Should we try for baby number 2

[Wth123]

I adore my 3YO even though hes hard work. Since I've had him my love for him just grows deeper every day, to the point where I just cant imagine ever loving anything or anyone as much as him.
Everyone seems to be bringing the topic up recently and asking when I'm having another as LO is older and it would be a perfect gap. I just brush it off.

I keep saying I'm not mentally ready, which I think i starting to use as an excuse. Im 33 OH 34. I know my biologial clock is ticking, I'm also more aware that it might not be as easy as last time. I have thought about this for quite sometime now. I did always say when LO is 3-5 I'd try but I also wanted to be able to really cherish the time we have together to just make memories with me and him but with covid we've missed quite a large chunk of time to do so.

Going from my experience, if a second is even in the radar, I'd stop using contraception today. If you wait until he's 5 you'll be 35 and it could easily be 2 years before you have a baby, especially if you have a MC. Plus, the longer you leave it, the bigger the gap and the harder it's going to be to entertain them both. A 10 yo really isn't going to be interested in the same things as a 3yo.

I've got a big gap between me and my DSis and we've only really been close since adulthood.