I am having a minor panic about going from 4 children to 5.

[misdee]

please please tell me others feel like this.

I have been really emotional the last few weeks as the reality is hitting me. we are going to have 5 children. I am worried and scared.

dd1,2 and 3 were relatively easy babies.

dd4 has been a completely different child. she has various health issues and didnt sleep much for 16months. strangley i appear to have fallen pregnant around the time she started sleeping more than 4 hours at a time

the last few weeks have been rounds of appointments for dd3+4, and i think dd4 might be sickening for chicken pox has well (been snotty, grouchey etc, has been exposed to chicken pox in the last 2 weeks), and am worried i'll have to send dh away for a week if she does have it (he is immune suppressed after transplant)

so i think i am stressing over the thought of #5, when the reality will be different.

well i hope so.

[ramble ramble]

i think i was ok, til the scan, a little in denial.

i dont look pregnant. and if i ignore the all day sickness i dont feel pregnant iyswim.

just finding my it hard atm getting my head around the fact that around xmas, we will have another baby.

OMG, massive congratulations on your new pregnancy

you will be fine misdee.
You have had so much thrown at your over the years and you always come back bouncing.

You are an inspiration and imo quite well respected her on mn.

You are pregnant, are going through a hormonal wibbly panic stage which we all experience when expecting, whether the baby was planned or not. Its the case of "well im pregnant but how the feck did it happen" .

Pregnancy is a lovely thing to experience in life and you are lucky and choosen to experience it 5 times.
Enjoy it. Don't worry about the "what if's", you will deal with anything thats dealt to you just as you have done in the past. With confidence and experience.

Don't be harsh on yourself and go with the flow.

You have lots of support at home (from what iir) and much more here on mn.

you will look back on this is a years time, when your 5th is enjoying sunny walks with your dh and your gorgeous girls and smile. xx

congrats on your pregnancy! that's wonderful news

Wow congrats misdee!

You've had a tough grew weeks with the the dds being ill so I'm not worried you are a bit stressed about the new baby.

I know I went through a stage of panic with every one of mine. It is just a passing phase and completely normal imo.

That was meant to be 'few', not 'grew'

misdee I've escaped from pet threads! Just saw this and you will be fine. I have 5 DC wo sets of twins and a singleton DS in the middle. I had major panic when I thought I was having number 4 but seeing 4 and 5 on the scan panic turned to hysteria! However everything was fine - busy but great!

Congratulations and enjoy every minute you can! Big families are fab especially with labradoddles too

How old are the older three? Will they be able to distract DD4?

Look at it this way, if DC4 was a difficult baby, this one is going to seem really easy in comparison, and if it is as much hard work, at least you will be prepared and already know the tricks to deal with it.

It will be fine - it will be great Five is a lovely number. Are you hoping for another girl or a boy?

older 3 will be 10, 8 and 5 when bubs arrives. and all at school.

dd4 will be just over 2years old.

mimimu how did you cope with 2 sets of twins hats off to you!

blimey misdee. urrrrmmm. congratulations.