My baby is one week old today. I had a straightforward pregnancy (medically) although I suffered with sickness all the way through, as well as horrendous heartburn and hip pain toward the end. I worked up to 38 weeks and our son was born 4 hours late at 40 + 1 weeks. The labour was amazing. I mean, don't get me wrong, it was mind bendingly painful but, what an experience! He was born less than an hour of us getting to hospital. Even the normally terrifying first visits to the toilet were absolutely fine.
We're all so in love with him, my older children are besotted with him and I honestly feel so happy.
I know it's quite common for women to get the 'baby blues' after birth, but I don't know what this is. I don't really generally enjoy the pregnancy part of this experience, but I'm missing it. I miss that excitement and I miss being part of something so amazing and special. My older children are 9 and 12 so the age gap is huge and now I'm thinking our new baby should have a sibling close to his age in the near future.
Surely the usual thinking is 'oh my god, never again' so soon after birth but I'm thinking if I was physically all healed and I could guarantee no sickness, I'd be seriously considering doing it all again very soon.
Has anyone else ever felt like this or am I some sort of glutton for punishment or something?
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Already want another baby, surely this isn't normal?
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2ducks2ducklings · 13/11/2017 20:02
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