Broody as hell - time for no 2??

[Munz]

not sure, I always said once joey was sleeping thru/ when he was a year old we'd try but of late the urge to have another one is gettin hard to resist. i'm not on the pill at the mo - AF has come back, if we caught now he'd be 16 months when the baby would be born. it's totally a bad time - money wise etc some months it's all we have for bread, milk etc, but also we have all the stuff ready for another oen - apart form a pram and cot.

I know i'm mad I just can't explain it, DH has said not yet - I think he's enjoying the boy, and I am as well, it's just the urge to have another one and be PG.

what do u think? is this a swings and roundabouts type thing that will pass then come back?

Not yet. Leave it a bit.

money wise it would be march at the earliest b4 we had more cash floating about and boy would be 13 months by then - so 22 months gap (assuming caught first tiem etc). i'd never catch on purpose if DH wasn't into it as well, and wouldn't want to convince him either if he's not sure iycwim.

Aww munz..I know I cant talk but do think with your first wait until joey is at least one. They grow so quickly it seems a shame to throw another into the mix so soon. I know I am pg again and H will only be little but it was nice to know with A that we had time to spoil him as the only one as it does get a lot more time consuming with each babe that comes along. I can also definetely say it is extremely exhausting to have a little baby who isnt walking when pregnant.

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I'm now 21 wks - my first will be 2.3 when this little one arrives.

I've really enjoyed his babyhood unpregnant! I don't think my back would have taken having 2 closer together. IMO, it would be a shame to let financial worries cast any kind of ckoud over the enjoyment of baby no. 2. 222months sounds like a nice gap!

lol, hm! yes I know your all right - so how do u cope then?

I think we'll start again early next year or so, I don't knwo it just feels like time's running out- which is stupid cos i'm only 24! lol.

(suppressing the urge so to speak I mean?)

munz no one can tell you what to o hun..when I was thinking of trying for this baby[which admittedly happened a lot quicker than I thought] everybody told me not too but I dont regret it at all...just that it is hard and I am glad to have enjoyed A to himself and also get time with H as A is in playgroup. Surpressing the urge..just think of how it would be to have horrendous morning sickness, spd, colds etc all while you have to get up and care for J. Although all that was obviously not enough to put me off...talk about sitting on the fence for me...pmsl

time running out! LOL - only if you want 15

I'm 36, and I haven;t get given up on the idea of number 3

• well i'd like to have 4 DH is saying only if we've stopped by 30, and he's 23 now

Just another thought to throw you in your indecision. I conceived when dc1 was 10m but m/c at 3m. Had difficulties conceiving after that and the upshot was that dc2 was born when dc1 was 2y9m. Not the gap that I had originally planned. I'm not saying that you would m/c but maybe worth considering that sometimes it's not as straightforward as planning a certain gap and it happening that way.

I know and it took us a good 8 months of DH being home (was away for an additional 6 months) to concieve J.

on the otherhand, i've previously fell PG thru a condom failing and the MAP also failing, so don't want to assume it will take a long time again as i've not gone back on the pill post birth.

DO NOT GO FOR A SMALL GAP!

Just don't do it

have 22 month gap

its exhausting and gruelling and you don't save money cos you have to buy two of everything

(Filly keeps to herself that this morning her kids played kitchens together for over an hour while she drank tea)

i have a 22month gap between my ds and dd and it is fab. Wouldn't call it hard work just everything takes a bit longer to do. Ds now 4.9 and dd2.11 and its great to see them playing and chatting to each other. Always wanted a smaller gap as my brother was 5ears older than me and we fought like cat and dog!