When to…

[HopelessGsyGirl]

…sell all the baby stuff…

Apologies in advance if this becomes longer than planned.

Our DD was born in March 2020, no complications conceiving and no complications with birth. Since January 2023, we have been trying to conceive a second child with no success. All tests clear and not even a hint of a BFP in 2+ years.

Knowing we wanted another child, we kept all the big ticket items; cot, pram, side-to-me, bottle prep machine, clothes etc.

At what point do you go, fuck it, and get rid of it all? I feel like it’s a jinx and I don’t really want any of it anymore but I also feel like it would be Sod’s Law I would get rid of everything and I would magically conceive the following month 😅

The only things I have starting get rid of is clothes and even then I have got most of the baby stuff. I’ve only got rid of (charity) the older clothes, 2+.

I get rid of everything and move absolutely everything along once baby starts to grow out of it. I help others out and give away all my stuff to the next person who needs it. I find it's easy enough to slowly pick up new things once you fall pregnant again. I think the only thing I kept from 2022 baby and 2024 baby was a high chair and that's only because 2022 baby was still using it when 2024 baby came along. These days with the availability of lay-bys, afterpa, zip pay and other part payment plans, picking up the bulky items is easy enough and you have plenty of time to pay them off. I'm not someone who holds on to things and if there is a need for it from someone else then I'm always happy to move it on.
Regarding the ttc for so long, would you consider making an appointment with a fertility doctor just to see if you might need a hand along the way?

I had a long road to having another child after my eldest - I had her baby clothes made into a quilt for her bed. I kept the "nice" toys that had family heirloom written on them hopefully one day. Kept the next to me as it folded up in the loft so was no bother to store. Attempted to sell her silver cross but had no takers so got rid of it. ...then got pregnant with twins! X

@HopelessGsyGirl
Hi, similar timeline to you and also all of our tests have came back normal.... it's so frustrating isn't it.

We always talk about clearing out the loft. We have kept absolutely everything. But I think emotionally I couldn't do it just yet... I cleared out some baby books the other day and even found that hard never mind clothes etc with so many memories attached.

I don't want to have to buy everything again if we do eventually fall pregnant but at the same time I know that we will have to stop trying and clear out at some point.

Did you have an hsg test done with your other testing? x