Pregnant AGAIN

[rosesin]

Just found out I'm pregnant again after just having a baby 5 months ago. Undecided on what I am doing yet but I'm scared either way. Has anyone else had babies so close together and found that it has actually been ok?
Tia

Hi hun I think you will be fine think of it this way your 5 month old baby will be over 1 by the time you have new baby so you should be ok. Just don't do anything you will regret x

I have 3 kids youngest being 4 months and 2nd just turned 2 I'm pregnant again Too but I know I can't keep as it's just not possible for me to bring up 4 kids on my own apart from once a week when There dad visits

The age gap between my youngest two is 18 months and they keep me on my toes but it's not that bad and they'll be close growing up .. I was worried but it's not that bad x x

Thank for both replies.
I agree , am trying not to do anything I regret but I know that whatever decision I make will be the right one for my family. I've always wanted two anyway just didn't expect it to be this early I guess. I like that they will grow up to be close that would be nice! :)

If your in a settled family life and you have the support .. it would be nice to have two close , parenting defiantly ain't easy .. I'm sure you will make the right decision . Good luck on whatever you decide x

I had a baby in June 2018, I'm currently 12 weeks pregnant again. I'm really looking forward to watching them both grow up together. Plus I'll get good use out of DD's old baby stuff which is sitting waiting on this one coming, so won't be as expensive.

10 month age gap between me and my big brother, we were really close growing up too 😊

My DD1 was 5 months old when I found out I was pregnant with DD2. I'm now 31 weeks pregnant, and I'm really looking forward to them growing up together.

As PP have said, it hasn't been as expensive as the first time around. I kept all of DD1's clothes and so far we've only had to buy a double pram, cot and a few new bottles.

Having said this, I will absolutely be taking contraception after DD2 is born!! I definitely couldn't handle anymore! Lol!

Financially I think we will be ok. Dp is in a good job and we have loads of stuff from first baby we can keep!
Will be tricky though as my family (very small) lives far away so only have DPs mum who works a lot so will basically be just me and DP.
@myotherbagisgucci was your pram expensive ? Also is it big ? Not a major big deal but I hate the thought of lugging around a massive pram! The one we have now is already quite big !

In April I’ll have 2 dds , 16m apart. I’ve already bought a double mountain buggy duet as my second hand single pram broke... its amazing and very slim ! Highly recommend. A small age gap is not uncommon and they should be great mates growing up. It’ll be hard at first yes. But as you want 2 kids anyway (I did too) I say just go for it !

I bought a Bugaboo Donkey secondhand from FB marketplace for £500 with all the accessories. I did sell DD1's pram to put towards it.

I also have a stroller for DD1 and a sling for DD2, for times the double will be too big. I'll mostly use the Donkey for walks to the park or to baby group, as I live in the countryside, so it will be ideal.

Il just add in DO NOT get the Icandy peach double buggy you need so much stuff for it . It's ridiculous can't stand the buggy I paid over a grand and I ain't happy at all!

Thanks for the tips!
I've just looked at buggy's mentioned and the seem nice!
It's still in debate about what we're going to do!
Last time we spoke we just went round in circles going through pros and cons.
We both thought it would be better to concentrate on our baby that we have now but I deffo have enough love for two!
I guess another discussion is in order !
Thanks for advice xx

My DSs were due to be just over 12 months apart; DS2 arrived at 37 weeks so ended up being less than a year age difference. It was tiring when they were tiny but for most of their childhood they had very similar routines, interests and did a lot of the same activities - football, swimming etc. It did feel that baby years for both of them were a bit of a blur though and this was probably a factor in having DC3 when they were at school.

It's a scary concept having two so close together and I definitely find it daunting at times.

But for us the pros outweighed the cons and we always wanted two children anyway. Plus this way, we get all the baby stuff out of the way at the same time.

Good luck with whatever you decide OP! xx

2 of my boys are 15 Mths apart. Older ds was 6 mths when I got pregnant again with ds 2.
I was terrified about how hard it was going to be when in fact it was really easy. As soon as the younger one was on his feet they were best of friends.
It was far easier than I expected.

@myotherbagisgucci are you me?? I'm also expecting DD2 with 14m age gap with DD1 and I'm 34w pregnant!
It will actually be more like 13.5m as baby will be delivered at 38 or 39 weeks.
Shitting myself about it all but I know it will be easy once the littlest one is out of the newborn stage.

Hahaha @londonmummy2 I'm glad I'm not alone and the only one shitting themselves. Lol! 😂

Mine will probably be less than a year difference too!
But nice to know people have done it and not found it so tough !!

Don't bank on children being close just because they are close in age. I have 2 siblings, one 15 months younger than me and one 7 years younger.

I always got on much better with the much younger one. Me and the one closest in age used to fight and argue all the time.

Now in my 60's and I see my youngest sibling a lot and we chat and text all the time. The other one I see once a year at Christmas and we rarely chat or text