Accidental pregnancy - is 13 month gap too close?

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Oh dear - I think I need some moral support. I found out today that I am pregnant with baby number 3 and baby number 2 is only 5 months old. I'm worried that a. I will be the saggiest old bag in town from such close pregnancies and b. my second babe will be forever ignored and therefore turn to drugs and crime. Am I over-reacting? xx

I've got a 14 months gap between my first two and it is no bad thing. They are different as chalk and cheese (now almost 9 and almost 8) but still very close. I have to peel the younger one out of his brothers bed most nights.

When they were babies, it had its hairy moments, I won't lie to you. But there was never any jealousy because my DS1 couldn't remember a time when his brother wasn't there. And it didn't deter me from having DD 20 months after that! (I've left 6 clear years between and DD and expected DC4)

PS Video as much as you can or it will all be lost in a baby blur.

I'll have a 16 month gap between DS1 and DC2 when he/she arrives in May 2010. I too am terrified... Mainly because people reactions have been so different this time round than when I announced my 1st pg. Generally speaking people terat me like I've told them I am ill rather than pregnant and then look sympathetically at me.

The new baby wasn't exactly planned but its very much wanted. I'm just worried about how I'll cope. Didn't exactly breeze through things with my first and am worried about not being able to spend days in my pj's and going back to bed when no2 arrives like I did when DS1 arrived.

Lovely to hear some positive stories on here as I haven't really told anyone how stressed I am about coping.

Newmomma, you will never again have the life shock that your first born brings. With your second you MUST brush your teeth and get out of the house or the older one will go berserk. The second will fit in with the routine that you have already established. The workload will increase but you will keep your head. Promise!