Hi all
Have been lurking here since I got pregnant with DS and have found a lot of good advice... First time I'm posting... So Hi everyone!
I just found out I'm 6wk pregnant with DC2. We always said we wanted a second, but this feels too soon and am beating myself up for not being more careful... We have been lucky with the first - a smiley happy baby, super social, BUT not a great sleeper at night and we have definitely suffered from it: terrible stress induced arguments etc. I also had a PND that I'm just starting to get out of and feel connected to my baby. I have been getting a lot of help recently (DP staying at home couple of days a week to help, and granny comes once a week), so that really helped feel myself again, and the prospect of going back to work part-time in a few months made it easier to cope.
Is it crazy to put myself through another pregnancy just as we're emerging from it all? DP has been amazing and supportive and I have been a total pain a lot of the time both while pregnant and since I had the baby... He is apprehensive about going ahead with the pregnancy 2, but he also says that he will support me if I decide to keep it (although I did notice a massive relief in him when termination was mentioned). We are still talking and debating, and I'm swinging between the options, I worry that this may just be too much stress on our relationship, family and finances... Anyone else had to make this decision? anyone regretted having the baby? or regretted having an abortion? What's it like to look after two DCs 18 months apart?