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Mazzy 
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 Posted: 09 May 2007 at 11:17am |
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Ok ladies, I need to hear your thoughts. DD is nearly 8 months and I'm thinking about TTC for #2. I just loved being pregnant over winter, so we'd probably start in a few months or more. Major hitch in that plan is that I still don't have AF and I guess won't get it until I reduce or stop BF.
Are any of you first time mums thinking the same thing? I swore up and down after DD was born that I wouldn't have another one (before I forgot about the labour) and since then haven't been too keen to start trying because I just love DD so much and can't imagine having another baby who might take me away from her IYKWIM. But now I don't know...
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emeldee
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Posted: 10 May 2007 at 1:12pm |
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LOL - I did that with Andrew. It was around this time (7 months) that we thought, awww, wouldn't be great to have another baby, they could be really close and be great friends....IDIOTS!!!! (us, not the kiddies). While I'm sure it's going to be really cool in a year or so when they can play together, getting pregnant this soon after having a baby meant that my body hadn't healed properly (takes about 12 months), making it a really hard pregnancy. My pubic bones seperated 5 months early so I could hardly walk, couldn't drive, ended up sleeping in a reclining chair in the lounge for months and worst of all, couldn't pick up Andrew. I was also HEAVILY pregnant as Andrew started walking, and had to chase around a toddler. My naps had to coincide with the toddlers, and if I was really tired I just had to keep muddling through. Because Andrew was 16 months when Connor was born, he wasn't really old enough to follow instructions (like 'leave that alone') so b'feeding Connor while the terrortot was roaming was tough. It took me three months before I so much as left the house by myself with them. Then there are other issues like two kids in nappies, two kids still in cots, two kids in full on carseats, grocery shopping with a baby and a toddler....all fun. As I was saying, later on the short gap is good....I hope...
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Mazzy
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Posted: 10 May 2007 at 1:19pm |
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See, this is what I need to hear. My pregnancy with DD was tough on my body so I would also like to get more active and up my fitness before the next one too (that would actually involved getting up off the couch I guess!). I read somewhere that three years is a natural gap between kids...ahh, who knows. Not that I have to decide right now anyway, just casting about for experience and opinions!
Thanks Maree!
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Maya
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Posted: 08 September 2007 at 2:11pm |
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Looks like most of you have already moved to the toddler board, but this is your official moving notice, Sept '07 babies have started to arrive!
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 Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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