Someone talk me out of it!

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DS is 12 months. Without wishing to bore with the details, suffice to say I had a totally awful postnatal period, was medicated for PND etc etc. Now, he sleeps (more often than not) and I have stopped the medication and feel great.
I am now totally deluded and thinking about having another one. I have mentioned this to a few close friends and the sound of their jaws hitting the floor was deafening. They think im insane. As does DH - although he is willing to go along with me (anything to have sex....)
Someone talk me out of this or tell me it might not be so bad second time around and to listen to my ovaries??

I honestly think you need to not jump ahead and enjoy some time with your ds before you go rushing away to have another one.
This is purely a personal opinion, and I know there are arguments for each side, but unless there are factors such as maternal age to consider, I don't understand why people feel the need to rush into having a 2nd baby whilst the first one is still an infant. Neither of the children have the full attention they deserve when they're so close together.
Give yourself a chance to recover, both physically and mentally before you listen to your ovaries!

Hope others with more experience will come on soon, but I'd say don't give up hope!
It's possibly too soon, give yourself a bit more recovery time then talk to your GP.
With good antenatal care and forward planning it coud be better next time
But please don't rush!

Thank you...i've been feeling broody since the 'bad times' ended, prob when DS was 9 months ish. Ive been fighting the ovaries since then and now i feel they are winning!
I am an only child and am keen for my son to grow up with a sibling close in age....I have (deluded) ideas of them playing together etc.
I am 32 but DH is 41, so not exactly time-pressured, but he's no Rod Stewart either!

I have a 2 yr old and a 9 wk old and I have found it sooo hard to cope with them. I adore my children but if I had known how hard I would find it I would definately have waited longer, maybe until oldest walks everywhere or even school age. Just the act of getting out of the house puts me off going places. It is getting easier though. I have a friend who suffered badly with PND and had her 2 kids with 20 months gap and she coped fine so I think it just depends on you. I do feel bad for my oldest though, I feel Ive abandoned her, but she is coming round to the situation and even plays with her brother now :)