OK so here goes. I had my LO 9 months ago at 29 weeks gestation. He spent 8 weeks in hospital and required complex brain surgery, among other things. Needless to say it was an incredibly difficult and stressful time. He is doing really well now though and has almost caught up with his actual age (as in, although is only meant to be 6.5 months old he is behaving more like a 9 month old). There's also nothing to say that this would happen again as they don't actually know why it did but suspect an infection.
During my pregnancy I suffered terrible HG; being sick to the point of vomiting blood. I missed a lot of work and was pretty miserable. This, combined with a prem birth means pregnancy was very tough going. This part is likely to happen again and is daunting to say the least!
HOWEVER... now, every month during ovulation time I am overwhelmingly broody! I've always wanted two kids but it would probably be sensible to wait a bit longer before having another since I've just gone back to work etc. My hormones just overpower my rational mind each month though and my DH and I seem to be throwing caution to the wind more and more.
If I did get pregnant now it wouldn't be the end of the world. My DH and I are closer than ever and both devoted to our son. Our flat is too small and we would need to move but we can probably solve that before too long. Money is tight though and I've just started to feel like myself again; I've always been very fit and now I'm training for a marathon to raise money for the hospital my DS was in (which would obviously be put on hold if baby number 2 showed up!)
Has anyone else experienced this total, overwhelming, non-nonsensical, irrational desire to have another baby? What did you do? I may even be pregnant as I type so any success stories of other people who've given in to their hormones would be great too; especially if you had a difficult first pregnancy.