I’m currently pregnant with DC3. I had my first son when I was quite young, and since met my partner and this is our second child together. We’re still relatively young with a lot of child bearing years ahead of us and DP has said he wouldn’t like to rule out one more in 5-6 years assuming we’re still in a good place financially. DC1s biological father provides financial support for him also.
DP is 1 of 4 and is a big family man. We have a really close age gap between our first child together and the baby I’m currently pregnant with which is why he’d like to wait 5-6 years. Of course this isn’t something we’ve spoken about in great detail as this pandemic has really shaken us in terms of how quickly it’s affected people’s livelihoods. If we do speak about it again in a few years our situation may be completely different so I’m just assuming this baby now is our last.
I don’t know if it’s hormones because I’m currently pregnant but I do feel sad about never experiencing this again. I know we have our children forever and as my first son grows up I find myself saying things like “this is the best age.. no now this is the best age” as he grows.
Myself and DP settled down quite quickly and a lot of our friends haven’t started having children yet, or they have recently had their first. I just feel like I want to experience this all over again with my children.
I look at my oldest son and it scares me how fast time goes. I’m probably just having a little hormonal wobble but just looking for how others have dealt with these feelings if they’ve felt the same way?
Sorry if I sound ridiculous.