I'm clearing out my baby stuff and I am feeling super emotional

[Mamabear04]

Just that really. I have 2 beautiful kids but I don't plan on having any more as DH doesn't want another and tbh I don't think my body could take another pregnancy/birth. My youngest is 2 years old and I'm still recovering. I felt really positive when I started selling the bags of baby stuff on but now I'm getting to bits like the baby carrier and pram and honestly I just feel like a ball of emotion. I'm not sure why it's hit me all of a sudden. I am so happy with my little family but I feel so sad that I'll never have the baby phase again. Is it normal to feel like this? These emotions have sort of come out of nowhere.

Normal.

I totally relate although I'm not there yet. I've recently had my (probably) last baby. When my husband and I left the hospital after I gave birth we both felt really sad, like it was the end of an era and often get sad when she grows out of clothes and things.

I'm going to a group for Mums with anxiety or depression and they asked if there's anything we'd like them to cover and I said "how do you not feel sad all the time when it's your last baby about it being like the end of an era?" and they didn't really have an answer.
I guess maybe it's allowing yourself to feel the sadness but also being realistic about the pros and cons of each phase.

Like I'm glad my baby is 5 months now instead of newborn because I haven't got blood gushing out of me and she can smile, but it's ok to miss how tiny she was.