Has anybody regretted having another baby?

[courtney251]

Found out a couple days ago im early in pregnancy number 3. I have 2 boys already who are 2 and 4 and I will be honest quite hard work. I've always said I wanted another baby but now it's happened I'm petrified! Am I making a big mistake? Has anybody got any advice??

Anybody?

Sorry haven’t got any experience in this but didn’t want to read and run. Although from speaking to friends with 3+ kids they say the jump from having 1 - 2 kids is a lot harder than going from 2 - 3. As with any baby it’s hard at first but gets easier the older they get! … until the teenager stage

My third dc was unplanned but I've never regretted a moment. We ended up extending our house and holidays are more expensive than if we'd stopped at 2 but the happiness he has brought to all of our lives is more than worth it. I had more of an age gap than you between dc2 & dc3 - both older dcs were school age when dc3 was born.

Congratulations!! I have just had my 3rd baby. I have a 6 year old and 17 month old. This baby was a surprise and tbh I was terrified as to how I would cope being pregnant whilst having such a young child. I got through it and have a 10 day old baby. He's wonderful and we all adore him. Don't get me wrong, I had the same doubts as you when I found out. My 17 month old is very hard work and it's been a challenging 10 days but I just am taking each day as it comes and if sometimes I fail at doing much or shout a bit too much then I just start a fresh the next day. Good luck x

Congratulations OP! I have 3 (now 8, 5 and 4) and I have absolutely no regrets and would do it all over again. However, the first year or so of 3 was extraordinarily hard and there were times I did regret it somewhat, much as I loved them all. This was probably to do with the age gaps and the personality of my kids - I found 2 a total breeze and wasn’t prepared for my 3rd being as high maintenance as she was! I also had v v limited support (no family around, exH more interested in work than family) - I think with a decent support network it would have been vastly easier. Around a year it got much better very fast and the third is the light of my life - she’s still hard work but I utterly adore her, as do we all. I’ve been a single parent since last year and it’s great - I love my little tribe and wouldn’t change them for a single second. The start might be hard but ultimately you’ll be fine ☺️