Feeling slightly broody just after having baby?

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My baby is 3 weeks old. I’m loving every second of being their mama it’s the best thing in the world!

However the past week I’ve noticed I’ve missed being pregnant slightly, not more than I love having my baby here. But I’ve had thoughts such as ‘I can’t wait to do this again’ but again I really don’t want any babies anytime soon, me and DH are keen on an age gap if possible!

But is this normal? I feel guilty because it seems like I’m not enjoying this stage with my new baby, I am but I do have thoughts of I can’t wait to be pregnant again in the future and have another baby I loved every second of it.

I don’t know if maybe it’s because I feel like my 3 week old is growing and changing every day and I miss the moments, but love seeing them grow at the same time!

Yep, I wanted another about a week after I had DD because she was just beautiful (still is of course) but she was my perfect little squidge. We did hold off and it passed when the adrenaline went and tiredness kicked in. DD is now 2 and I'm 6 months PG

Hormones. Don’t act on it just yet.

I was obsessed with getting a double pram. I blame the hormones.

I felt/feel the same after my 2nd baby even though we'd only ever planned to have 2. She's 3 months now and I'm still not sure I'm done but I won't act on these thoughts just yet!

I have a toddler so I know those years can be tougher than the cute baby stage.

God yes this happened to me, my DD was SO PERFECT and I was in such a bubble of happy hormones and love that I could have had another one the very next day

Give it a few weeks and the feeling wears off, give it a few months and you’ll swear never to do it again, then it comes back again

I've felt the same after all 3. I think it's just the falling in love stage, plus I really enjoyed the newborn period and have had fairly chilled babies.

Yep, feeling the same. My second and emphatically last baby is six weeks old, and I'm hopelessly broody. I feel bereft at the thought of not doing this again. Husband is talking about booking a vasectomy, the thought of which makes me want to cry.

Hormones are supposed to do this to us so I'm going to try to squash all of these feelings and remind myself of the million and one reasons we've decided to stick at two.

Yes!!! Then it passed. Then when she was 10m my period came back and tht first month ALL I could think about was another baby. Like it was all consuming in my mind for that month

Then it calmed down again haha!
Def nothing abnormal bout it.

Thank you all for the reassurance :)

I felt so guilty and worried am I being ungrateful? But it’s like you all said it’s because our babies are so perfect we just want another!

I would definitely like a few year age gap at least wow! But I am so excited for when the time comes to do it all again :)

It's your hormones. I felt like this too after my little one was born. Then after 6 months of sleep deprivation I changed my mind 😂

Hormones. It happens again at around 9 months when they’re much bigger than a newborn so you miss them being so small, and at the same time they’re so chunky and cute and delicious. I’m convinced the 10 month sleep regression is aimed to prevent people having 2 under 2 😅

Yes it’s normal it’s just hormones. Wait till your baby is a toddler and then have another one if you like:) the interaction between your toddler and a future baby will be the best thing you can ever imagine. For now enjoy your beautiful baby and enjoy the moment. Don’t forget occasional glass of wine in the evening to relax and take your mind off things for a few minutes, all the best

I was a bit like this. The plan was to start trying again at the one year mark. Yet when the time I didn’t feel ready and kept procrastinating until 16 months. I’d keep telling myself, ‘Just one more month…’