5 week pregnant after giving birth 4month ago

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Hi ladies, found out I'm 5wk pregnant after my first child 4 months ago!
Can't process this & not sure how to
Anyone else similar situation, my children will be either 11 month apart or second due around first child's first birthday
Is it hard?
How do you tell family?

@sockfluffinthebath Is this the post you’re looking for?

My dh was born 10 months after his brother. I can’t comment on how it was for their mum but they have the most wonderful and close relationship and are like best friends. They had the same group of friends growing up and went through all their teen adventures together.

@BeKind2022

My dh was born 10 months after his brother. I can’t comment on how it was for their mum but they have the most wonderful and close relationship and are like best friends. They had the same group of friends growing up and went through all their teen adventures together.

That I do look forward to & I have seen and heard by other posters that it is very good for the children but as the mother I'm unsure how to feel right now lol

My DDs are quite close together. I second the above poster - they are very close, and did everything together growing up. They look alike and lots of people thought they were twins.
It was pretty damn hard for the first 18 months or so, but after that got much easier. We found that they were the same level in things like swimming lessons, Brownies etc, so there was less rushing around from activity to activity.
Their school had mixed age classes, so they also had lots of friends in common.
It worked very well, but I can't stress how hard the first couple of years were! Looking back, I'm glad we did it that way.

Well I had twins and it took me quite a while to process it when I found out, so give yourselves some time.
As for bringing up two babies - yes, it's hard! Has some advantages, such as don't need to cater for different ages, but our first year was pretty full on.
As for telling relatives, there's no need to rush, but when you do, say you wanted twins and this was the next best thing ;)

My sister has 2 12 months apart. She was I shock for a few weeks and wasn't sure how to feel (she also had another DC aged 3) so really wasnt planning a third at all. Then she went for a dating scan and saw little one of the screen and a rush of love came unexpectedly. She got majorly organised, researching the best double buggy together out and about with, the best sling to pop the other one in, travel cot as a play pen (holding pen) so she knew she could put 1 year old down. Had the cupboards/freezer etc stocked up. Resigned herself to early nights and knackerdeness and relentlessness. Then... loved it for the most part. She had her moments and reached out for help when needed... more with the pre schooler tbh. The odd rough night and bout of sickness was hard. But all in all it wasn't as tough as her or her DH expected. Now they're 4 and 5, very close, share most hobbies and interests. Best of luck.

I love all your advice & I guess it can't change now unless the most dreadful thing was to happen god forbid. I just feel as though I had my whole life ahead of me to have more babies, maybe it's a blessing in disguise I think will say I planned it just to see the torment on everyone's faces let them think I'm beyond crazy lmao!!!

It just hasn't sunk in even tho the news hasn't left my head since I found out, also can I ask is it hard BEING PREGNANT WITH A CHILD UNDER 1??

Is it hard being pregnant with a child under 1?

You're certainly more tired, and towards the end of my pregnancy it got difficult to carry DD1, but it was OK.

Mine are almost 13 months apart. It is really hard at first - I think DS2's first year is a blur. But they have been at nearly the same stages, often even same clothing size, which makes things much easier I think rather than a 2-3 year gap.

Pregnancy with a not-quite 1yo is also hard! I was lucky that DS1 was a very independent mover and was running by then and could do stairs on his own (lots of training!) so I didn't have to carry him as much.

Not easy, but it's been good in the long run!

Although be prepared for lots of jokes about contraception.

Congratulations!!!

I hesitated to tell you this … BUT my friend had babies 11 months apart AND….. the „second“ baby was twins!!!! ❤️

My sister has 11 months between her first two and 13 months between 2 & 3 so she had 3 under 3. Her body was knackered but she managed.