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I want a baybeeeeeeeee. No I don't. Yes I do. No. Yes. No. Yes.

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oliveoil · 28/07/2005 12:50

Arrrrghhhhhhhh.

Am really broody. Friend announced she was pg yesterday and I went all . Then thought of the horrors of the early days and went .

Can't really afford another. But can't imagine not being pregnant again.

Did anyone else get like this when their second was nearly 1?

Sigh.

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nutcracker · 28/07/2005 13:07

LOL Angeliz

Angeliz · 28/07/2005 13:08

i work out in my head every month, well i'd need a double buggy, could leave the cot up.....

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oliveoil · 28/07/2005 13:10

I have a double and dd1 is just about to shift out of it

Noooooo.

Will keep my legs crossed I think.

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nutcracker · 28/07/2005 13:10

If I could already drive and knew we could buy a bigger car, then i'd go for it without a doubt.

nutcracker · 28/07/2005 13:10

Go on Oo, you know you want to really

Angeliz · 28/07/2005 13:11

subliminal message to oliveoil,

'fill the buggy'

'fill the buggy'

'fill the buggy'

Gobbledigook · 28/07/2005 13:11

Sorry Olive - all my babies slept through early on. No downsides - it's FAB!

Sorry, winding you up now!

Bagpuss30 · 28/07/2005 13:12

The labour - ds2 was my biggest baby and it was the scariest labour ever.

Feeling housebound during the holidays because it just takes too long to get out of the house with all three.

Skinning you knuckles (for the millionth time) as you try to fit three car seats across the back seats of your car.

erm, that's about it actually. Have I put you off yet?

Have to say, I love seeing them grow and interact with one another though. ds1 and dd both came in to our bedroom and told ds2 that they love him so much this morning . Shame it was 6 am...... .

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oliveoil · 28/07/2005 13:15

You are not helping you naughty lot. xx

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Toothache · 28/07/2005 13:56

OO - I thought I felt the same until my little dilema today!!!!! That has brought my back to reality with a swift slap on the jaw!

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oliveoil · 28/07/2005 13:56

Would you not be a teeny bit pleased once the shock has subsided?

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Toothache · 28/07/2005 14:00

NO! Coz I would lose my job that I haven't even started yet..... which would mean we couldn't move house as my income is only income that can be used to get us a mortgage..... then we'd have 3 kids in a 2 bedroomed ex-council house. If this was 6 mths down the line..... then I'd be excited.... but its now and we haven't paid off the credit card from my last Maternity leave.

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oliveoil · 28/07/2005 14:03

Oh no. Try not to worry about all this until you know either way, easier to say I know.

x

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WideWebWitch · 28/07/2005 14:05

Oh go for it oo, you know you want to! They really don't cost much for the first few years, you've got most stuff presumably?

Toothache · 28/07/2005 14:10

I'm with WWW on this one OO! You're in a much better situation that me..... so do it!! Don't fight your hormones..... you rarely win.

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oliveoil · 28/07/2005 14:14

I do want to, but I can't afford to give up work. I get well paid (considering I do nothing!) so it is a fair wack to miss out on.

Sigh. Now why didn't I marry a rich man?

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Toothache · 28/07/2005 14:18

LOL Oliveoil - Me too!!! Once we have our new house and pay off the credit card (hopefully both by Feb 06) then it wouldn't bother me so much. DH would be suicidal though!

Dh will be earning a decent enough salary in the next month or so, but not decent enough to get us a bigger mortgage. Grrrrrrrr.

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oliveoil · 28/07/2005 14:56

Are you doing your test today?? Purleassssseeeeeee.

x

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littlerach · 28/07/2005 15:02

Do you know, Oliveoil, I was giving all DD2's stuff away until about 3 months ago when I thouyght that maybe, just maybe, I might want another!!
DH thought I was mad, then I had a really late period and he kind of though maybe.
We shall see!!

Ellbell · 28/07/2005 20:09

Oliveoil... What's stopping me is that I am due to be Head of Department at work for the next three years. It sounds really stupid to put that first, but the problem is that we're a very small department and there really isn't anyone else who can do the job (my current boss is on leave for the three years). Also, I really want to do the job - sort of to prove to myself (and to the people who think that having a baby turns your brain to mush) that I can do it. I know I'll find it satisfying and will get a kick out of it in some sense. In three years' time, I'll be 41 and my dds will be 8 and 6. It would be so easy NOT to start all over again at that stage. But... But... Also, dh is not keen (though he'd go with it if he thought I really wanted it). So many reasons not to, and yet I still feel broody. With me, though, broodiness kicked in at age 30, so I'm wondering if it will magically disappear at age 40! If not, well, I'm keeping my options open!

swiperfox · 28/07/2005 20:34

dd os 3.7 and ds is 13 months and ever since i decided no more it's all i think about!!!!!

Mytwopenceworth · 28/07/2005 20:51

i would love another one! dh said no way on earth and had a vastectomy, so its a moot point now anyway. but i could cry every day that i cant have any more babies.

emmatmg · 28/07/2005 20:53

I go through phases of broodiness, sometimes I'm broody, sometimes I'm desparately broody, sometimes I (secretly) cry when friends have new babies, sometimes I'm green with envy at PG women.
I'm in the secretly crying phase ATM.
Then it goes the other way when I'm not broody, the idea of another baby fills me with utter dread sometimes, other times it's just not even on my radar and doesn't cross my mind for days/weeks on end.

TBH though I'd say most of the time of feel broody and it's always there. The non-broodiness never lasts long and the broodiness always returns alittle stronger than it left.

Regardless of which way I'm feeling if Dh was to say lets have another baby I wouldn't have to give a second thought. I'll always want another one.

I do think that one day we will have another one though, I don't know when but I really feel like there will be another liitle bundle for us one day.
I hope with every fibre in my body that I'm right.

Toothache · 29/07/2005 14:47

OO - How's the broodiness???

Don't know if you saw my other thread, but the tests were negative!!!!

Pinotmum · 29/07/2005 14:53

I've been broody this past week or so. I thought I ws happy with 2 and have just gone back to work p/t with a college course all lined up for September. I am 40 in November and the house is half house half building site with no finish in view as money is tight. Not a good time for a baby but I can't shake it off. I told DH to get a vasectomy after ds was born but he didn't!! I mentioned to him I sometimes would like another and he surprised me by saying "what's 2 yrs" which I took to mean that's when they are most dependant on you so he's not against the idea.