I am a 35 year-old SAHM. We have a soon to be very active 18 month-old son who keeps me extremely busy...you know that toddler stage. Anyway, my DH for a while has been wanting to TTC #2 and I have mixed emotions about it. Lately, I've been feeling very run down and just not myself. For a couple of months I blamed my lethargy on taking care of a toddler, but now I am wondering if something is out of whack in my body...thyroid, hormones, etc. I would love another child and I know that I am not getting any younger, but I don't know if I could handle a toddler and a newborn. *SIGH* I have an appt. with my ob-gyn next month and I am hoping they do some bloodwork to find out why I am feeling this way. For those of you that have more than one child, was it a huge transition to add to the family? Did it create more stress? I just don't know if I am ready to do this all over again. Thanks for reading.
I'm with you! I am 37 and have a 20 month old who runs me ragged. We both want a 2nd child and I know I have a limited number of years left to conceive, but when I think about being pregnant again or having to get up with a newborn again AND deal with my toddler son, then I want to put it off a little longer. I think we are going to wait one more year and let my son get potty trained before we add another child to the family. Good luck, mama!
IM a sahm also pregnant with my 5th child.. yes it can be a little more stessful going in all different directions or having those nights awake with a newborn.. but in the long run its also has a lot of pros when the new baby is older your older child has a live in playmate meaning a little more time for mommy to sit down. It is a big transistion adding more kids to the family but in the end it really is worth it. I hope you can find out whats going on that making you feel that way. I also think maybe you need to sit down with your hubby and really talk about what it might be like adding another child into your little family especially seeing you will the one home with them during the day while he works and if you are breast feeding you also waking up with a newborn at night, just to be up in the morning. I hope everything works out for you!
proud mommy of 4 wonderful children and blessed to be adding another one to the group in march 2010
Well I tell you what..I'm 21 and I have 2 awesome little babies that are 11 months apart. And right now, I cannot imagine being pregnant again. My dd burnt me out on pregnancies. I was so tired taking care of a baby while I was pregnant. It really was too much for me. I still haven't caught up on sleep and they are 2 1/2 and 1 1/2. LOL. Toddlers are super active, so I KNOW I could not have a baby in the house right now.
my 2 oldest are 2 years and 2 months apart. It was weird b/c when I brought the baby home I had energy I didn't know I had. Plus my 2nd was such an easy baby that helped out a lot too. It wasn't really that stressful for me. I really enjoyed it! They are now 7 & 5 yo. I just had my 3rd and I'm glad we waited longer with her. It's nice that my 2 oldest can help out. Plus they really get to enjoy the baby and actually understand the concept of her. I'm thinking of trying again by next Spring (not this coming Spring but next) so they will be about 2 years apart. My 1st 2 are so close that I would love this one to have a sibling close to her age too.
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