Positive test on an off chance, shocked!!

[caramelcoffeelover]

Hi all,

I am sure I won't be the first nor the last panicking having just found out I am expecting a baby. Although, apart from those of you who are trying and would love a big family, I wonder if there are any of you who felt scared and totally not ready for another pregnancy. My second daughter is just coming out the terrible twos stage and my oldest started school this year. I so was looking forward to seeing them grow up and finally getting more time to myself and also quality time with them. I am not even going to start worrying myself about the financial implications at this stage (larger car etc).

I would so appreciate to see what you did in my situation and how it turned out for you. I feel like crying and DH does not know yet, I expect he will feel the same way as me!!

hi caramelcoffeeloverfirst of all congrats i worried a lil bit when i was expecting my 3rd baby who is now 6 weeks old but tbh hes slotted right in my dc are 4 2 and 6 weeks my 2 year old is going through the terrible 2s currently im sorry your panicking but you will be fine give it chance to sink in

Might it be that you are feeling like this

I remember vividly announcing that under no circumstances could I face having any more babies, and that DC3 was absolutely the last (even though DH and I had always thought 4 would be our ideal number.)

I was feeling exhausted and like I was teetering on the edge.

Then the very next day it dawned on me, I did a test and it was positive!

I remember going to my friends and crying...but actually it was because I was already pregnant with DC4 that I was feeling so wretched in the first place.

DC4, as they all are, is an absolute joy.

I was knackered through the pregnancy. The pregnancy and birth coincided with terrible twos, DC2 starting school and DC3 starting playgroup, but we wouldn't have changed it for the world.

Good luck, though I doubt you'll need it.