Anyone else expecting their 5th?

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I'm 7 weeks tomorrow with my 5th baby. I'm really scared. I wasn't having normal periods beforehand and had spotting which I assumed was a period or the beginning of one but it only lasted 2 days.

I'm worried about how I will cope and also really stressed about finances.

Just wondering if anyone else is in the same boat?

Please no judgement. Thanks for reading

From the date of my last "period" (which was abnormally short for me), I'm due on 17th April 2025.

Yes me 😄 I'm almost 6 weeks and have 4 girls already ..my last one being 4.5 months old 😬 definitely my last one.

Also had spotting between week 4&5

Congratulations to you!

I have 3 girls and a boy 😊

This is 1000% my last baby 😂

I'm actually so scared thinking about how I'll cope! I'm really doubting my ability to manage! My household is already all go and very challenging.

How old are your other children if you don't mind me asking?

I have never, ever had spotting or implantation bleeding in any of my other pregnancies so this is all completely new to me!

I also have HG already, like I did with my last baby and it's seriously wiping me out. It's so unbearable at times 😢

My others are 17,15,3, and 4.5 months, I am the same wondering if I'll manage but we do 😄 this is the first time I've had spotting too, I had a miscarriage last year too so its frightened me tbh but I have an early scan at 6+6

How old are yours?

I don't have nausea at the moment ..which is unusual but I do have a constant awful taste in my mouth 😞

Will your older children help you out do you think? I hope all goes well with your scan, I'd love to have an early one but I will have to wait until 12 weeks 😊 my children are 11, 8, 7 and 2. I thankfully had a break from the nausea yesterday but it's back today!

Yes they do help a lot bless them, I have early ones coz of the miscarriage I get so paranoid. As soon as I wrote that yesterday I had a few hours of nausea 🤦‍♀️ jinx myself haha

How stressed is stressed in terms of finances? You do have options if it is too much of a strain on your family or your health.

Meee!! My youngest is nearly 6 months and I'm 16 weeks pregnant. I have 4 boys and expecting my first girl ☺️

We are getting by every month and none of my children go without anything. I just worry how another baby-child-teenager-adult will affect that and it's difficult to know how much until they are here

Congratulations! 😁

I just came to say you're very brave ! All of you with more than two children! I have just had my second after almost 13 years and I forgot how hard it is x

They just fit in after 3rd, I always wanted a big family, I think if I was younger I would have more than 5 but that's my limit now I'm nearly 40 x

Ah bless you, congratulations! X

I definitely found the 1-2 transition the hardest x

Wow.. good to hear older kids are helpful. How about your DH is he hands on ?

He is yes he does all the night feeds for the first few weeks too 😁 bonus x

What do you do for work?

I'm a hairdresser

How’s life now then ? I have 3 girls one boy and just had a positive test 🫣