8mth old baby and 8 weeks pregnant!!

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maggy22 · 14/12/2009 10:57

Hi, just found out I am pregnant again ( complete shock !) feeling really overwhelmed as feel my 8mth old is still a little baby and so demanding... wondering how others cope ???
Thanks for any advice x

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dizzycringles · 14/12/2009 10:59

congratulations I have no idea but someone more helpful will be along soon am sure

Chynah · 14/12/2009 11:32

I got pregnant when DS was 6 months old. Found the early stages tiring but am now 22 weeks and it's not so bad! DS will be 15 months when his little sister arrives and I expect it will be very hard work for a while but we'll get through it somehow!

ALittleBitPregnant · 14/12/2009 19:18

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maggy22 · 14/12/2009 19:28

Thanks guys, the first trimester was tough last time around, now the tiredness and nausea seem unbearable...but hopefully as you say Chynah it will get better. My DS will be 15/16 mths too when new baby arrives - I wonder what he will make of him/her !! Good luck with the rest of your pregnancies !

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gemitygem · 14/12/2009 19:32

Congratulations, the age gap is fab. I have two ds 13 months apart, then a two year gap between dd and ds2 and am pregnant again now. There will be a 18/19 month gap between dd and next one.

My boys are so great together, wanted the same thing for dd so tried straight away after she was born. Took a good few months though to conceive.

The first year of the short age gap was really hard, but it does get so much easier.

bristols · 14/12/2009 19:35

Congratulations!

This very thing happened to me and, to be totally honest with you, I was devastated. Thankfully the pregnancy was quite easy and flew by because I was so busy with DS1!

The first six months were very hard indeed but worth every second. They are three and almost two now and are the best of friends. I wouldn't have it any other way

Take every offer of help that comes your way, now and once the baby is born. You will cope, even if it seems an impossibility, and you will have two children who are really close.

Try to rest as much as you can (!) and enjoy.

All the best

tvfriend · 14/12/2009 19:38

17 months between my 2 (should have been a bit bigger but DS born 6 weeks early). Has been fine to be honest- hard work but do-able and I can definately see the benefits of having a small gap.
When I found out I was pregant I felt really sorry for DD as I thought she was still only a baby and needed me but as soon as DS was born he was the one I felt sorry for as I felt he never got the attention that the 1st one does!
It will be fine! Good luck!

tvfriend · 14/12/2009 19:41

I also think that when the oldest is 15/16 months they are too young to be jealous of a new baby in the same way that slightly older children can be- I may be wrong but def seems to be the experience of myself and friends with similar gaps (most of my friends actually because we all left it so late to have children!)

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