Reassure me about potential second pregnancy

[HenriettaChicken]

Morning all. I posted this in conception, but there was no traffic. Still not sure this is the right place but I'm hopeful you can help!

I have a gorgeous DS who will soon be 2. In a few months, when I will be aged 37, DH & I will also begin TTC DC2.

I am feeling very apprehensive.

Not about having another child, because I really really want another, but about the pregnancy.

Pregnancy with DC1 was hard. I had hyperemesis till 20 weeks, & full blown PUPPS from 39 weeks till 6 weeks after the birth.

Then there was the pre-eclampsia, and an induction well after a week after DC was due. DS was born with the cord around his neck, and sex was painful for a year after.

Reassure me I can do this again, and that it's worth it!

It's totally worth it and chances are a second pregnancy will be completely different.

I sailed through my first pregnancy with DS and wondered what everyone moaned about. This one as soon as the line went blue was totally different and has totally floored me at times.

Go for it!

it's hard but worth it. more tiring with but time goes faster.

Hi, I had PUPPP through my second pregnancy from being about 12 weeks right up until I gave birth. It then lasted for (no where near as bad but still there) another 18 months.

My 3rd pregnancy was completely different though and I didn't have a single problem with PUPPP at all.

Just re-read your op. DS1 was born with the cord around his neck too, but DS2 and DS3 weren't. HTH

i have honestly vowed never again and im not even half way through this one. thats not just from a symptoms perspective but a moral one too.

I think we would struggle to foster or adopt without a child in our situation but would find it easier when we'v had one, and thats the route we are going to take if we want another child :) lots of options out there...

Thank you all so much! Coffee - that's amazingly reassuring. Wow - I thought I had it bad but PUPPS for all that time is just incomprehensible.

Peeapod, that's a really interesting point. DH & I have discussed adoption, and would consider it if we struggle to conceive. I always assumed that childless couples would've been seen as preferable so I may have to do some research.