Our first DS is 12months old and we are certain we want another. He was conceived using IVF and we have 4 embryos on ice we want to try for a sibling with.
My issue is that I am still breastfeeding, I bed share with our DS (DH sleeps in our bed and I bed hop between him and DS :) I love breast feeding, I love co-sleeping, I am a SAHM and love it- don't feel an urge to go back to work and we are lucky we can afford for me to stay at home...
However, to have a 2nd child I need to wean our son off the boob and therefore probably stop bed sharing- you can't undergo IVF whilst breastfeeding (and my periods haven't even returned yet) and I understand there is a risk of miscarriage in breast feeding pregnancies (after losing pregnancies in the past that is something I don't want to risk unnecessarily) However, I don't want to "short change" my DS- particularly if there are no guarantees I will have another baby (due to fertility issues). I feel the clock is ticking slightly as although we have 4 embryos we can try with, if I needed to do another round of IVF time is not on my side (I am 38). Just wanted some advice or to hear your stories of IVF for a second child. I do understand this is a nice problem to have- getting to this point seemed like a miracle- I am now just trying to get the balance right for the whole family.