A Year Apart

Well i took my first home pregnancy test today because i was in denial.

Its so soon. I know its my own fault but i just didnt expect it to happen so soon and so easy, i mean it took a year for kylah to be conceived.

Does anyone out there have babies a year apart? This one is due the same day as Kylah was. What happens if its born the same day? Kylah will hate sharing her birthday and id like her to have her own special day.

Im really scared now, only because i actually just seen the HPT saying positive.

DF said he didnt want another one, but when i showed him the test he couldnt stop smiling.

ARRRG i hope my MS isnt as bad this time. Im feeling really tired already..

i have no advice to offer, but honestly, if you ever want a couple of hours to yourself, i'm here

some good parenting programmes are out there too - you are both very young and with all the problems you guys seem to have maybe you should look into doing some so you are ready to cope with two kids so close together in your situation

Triple P parenting, and barnardos offer some great programmes.

And here i am freaking out about having two a year apart!! Good on her! How is she doing do you know?

KylahsMum wrote: And here i am freaking out about having two a year apart!! Good on her! How is she doing do you know?

She's doing OK, am going to visit on Tues, she's a single mum which is hard, the kids dad is in Melbourne, but she's staying with her parents which means she does get a bit of support with the kids which she really needs atm!

Holy heck Aimee, I reckon that would be even harder having twins second! Two babies are twice as hard as one, at least my friend can pen her twins in while she's feeding the baby. Mind you, now that I think about it, one of the families at MBC has 13 mths between their boy and their twins, eek!

Oh so like me lol

NOT! I am the lazy mum!

Whatever Emma! You always seem to be out and about, AND you work!

A girl on another forum has got 7ish months between hers (got preg when bubs was 4 weeks and then had that baby at 28 weeks)

Anyway that wasn't particularly helpful for you Kandice. I don't have that small a gap but things I found helpful were having someone watch baby every now and then in those first few months when your feeling like sh*t, so you can sleep. The middle months are fine you can sleep when baby sleeps and it goes really fast cos your so busy. The last few months you will need someone to look after Kylah every now and then so you can sleep again. Its actually quite convenient having a bump while trying to carry a baby cos you can sit them on the top of it. Beware of the comments you will get on how busy you will be, they used to drive me crazy.

When bubs is born try and get Charles to take as much time as he can off and someone to watch Kylah as often as possible for those first few weeks. Once you get into a wee routine you will be sweet as and since Kylah will more than likely still be having 2 sleeps you might be able to get them both sleeping at the same time so you can rest.

Good luck, you will be fine and on the upside they will be great friends and entertain them selves in a few years and you can catch up on sleep (thats what I tell myself every day )

and lastly I'd be more than happy to look after Kylah for a few hours every so often when your dying for a break.

im guessing the first few years are gonna be pretty hard but in the long run it will be great. I got preggie with the twins when kobe was only 8 month old which sent me into a panick! Just remember there are quite a few of us on here in chch and you can always call on us when you need to we are more than willing to help (and Vanessa and I are desperate for wee babies to cluck over seeing as ours are growing up so fast)