I didn't think I wanted another baby until I THOUGHT I was pregnant... now I'm sad and broody

[NedandEvie]

I am sure this has happened to lots of people. I have a son and a daughter and thought that was it. Then a couple of months ago I thought I had accidentally conceived. I felt pregnant. To start with I was terrified as dd is only 6 months old and there is only a 14 month gap between my babies. I then began to get used to the idea - my period was 10 days late. Anyway it turns out I was not pregnant - AF arrived and I have been almost yearning for the child I THOUGHT I had conceived ever since. Mad eh? Never crossed my mind before.
I now feel broody and obssessed about another baby even though they would be so close together. dh happy about three but thinks it's way to early. Where did this overwhelming and irrational broodiness come from? Anyone else been like this? What a sad and nutty tart I am!!

I'm sorry you are feeling like this and I'm sure that if you were convinced you were pregnant it should feel as bad as if you knew you were and suddenly find you are not anymore. I have a cousin who went through this several times (she TTC for almost five years) and as soon as she learned she was only late she became very sad, I guess once you have the idea that a new baby is coming it's easy to start dreaming about the future and then feel disapointed when you realise that it's not going to happen, or at least not yet.

I experienced something similar when I was PG, through out most of the pregnancy I was convinced I was expecting a boy, at the 20 wks scan they told me it was a girl, I was a bit surprised but was very happy, then because they couldn't see properly they asked me to jump a bit for the baby to move and then told me he was a boy, I never understand why I felt as if I had loose a daughter, I was very happy for DS (actually I always wanted to have two boys), but I felt as if I had lost a baby girl, which I only had for about 5min.