Broody for pregnancy and birth again?

[mummytobe_93]

My son is 5 weeks old (I also have a 21 month old daughter)
My son was born on our bathroom floor after a horrific and intense labour, as soon as I had him I fell in love with him but swore I could not go through that pain again. That night I was sat in hospital staring at him and I felt sad that I would never give birth to him again and get to meet him for the first time (that moment everyone looks forward to and cherishes forever)
A few days after I had recovered from the birth we had decided we will eventually have one more in the future. Probably in around 7 years (im only 21, 22 in a few weeks and I start my degree next year) so I feel happy that I will experience pregnsncy and birth again but I just want to go through it again now.

I was the same after my daughter. I loved being pregnant and the excitement and counting down the days and weeks etc and now I feel like it's all over. Obviously I know it's not and I have my son who I love so much and can't wait to watch him grow up. But I just feel so sad.

My best friend is due any day now and I just keep looking at her bump and she doesn't know how lucky she is.

I am so broody for pregnsncy and birth and that special moment when you meet your baby but I don't actually want another baby any time soon. I miss watching him move and feeling him kick and watching my bump grow. Does anyone else feel like this? 😂

pretty pointless thread but I just need to know that im not alone in this weird feeling! X

 

[Fizzyfefe]

You have described my feelings exactly! We are definitely not in a financial position to have another baby yet, but I want to be pregnant again so badly.

Hugs to you! It hasn't gotten easier as my baby has grown... Quite the contrary, actually, as I want another one even more.

 

[hanni]

Yes, completely.
I wouldn't like another baby just yet but I'd love to go from about 30 weeks pregnant up until giving birth again.
I had to have a ceserean under a general anastetic so I feel like I missed out. I just want to know what my birth story will be for the next baby (if you know what I mean?)

It really is the most amazing time of your life and you don't even know it until it's over.


Is it weird that I miss that I'll never have my first pregnancy again? I'll never have the newness of it all, I'll never have the late night trips to Tesco for food I'm craving or be able to nap constantly just because I can.

 

[Kitteh_Kat]

I was so broody after giving birth, it was weird. I loved being pregnant though, and missed it so much!

I am glad we waited 2 years in the end; I feel much more prepared to have another one, especially with a toddler that loves to help. (at least for now )

 

[Taurus8484]

Yes...it saddens me so much that i will never have another. I would love a third but hubby says no. I make sure i take in every precious second with my youngest as they grow so quickly.

 

[Xuxa]

Totally get what you're saying. I just had my 5th baby, he is 6 days today and I would love another one!
I might have another one still, probably start trying second half of next year... Wish they could stay little just for a while longer...

 

[justplay91]

Same thing happened to me and now I have a 13 month old and I'm six months pregnant. I feel like if I just could have waited until he was a year old, the broodiness would have significantly decreased, but who knows. After this baby, I will definitely be ignoring those feelings for at least a few years!

 

[george83]

I feel exactly the same. I was trying to savour my last pregnancy as I knew I wasn't going to have any more and wanted to remember and soak in every last part of it. I then had to have an emergency c section at 36 weeks and baby was taken straight to nicu where he stayed for two weeks. I missed out on everything and it breaks my heart so much but that in turn has just made me desperate to try for another so I can try to do all those things I missed but I know in reality having a fourth just isn't practical

 

[luckyhug]

My littlest (DS) turns 1 tomorrow, and I'm having a few of these feelings again! However, they were both preemies, both spent around two weeks in NICU, and what happens twice is almost guaranteed to happen again so I'm having to put a lid on those feelings.

Never bringing a baby straight home with me EVER is truly a crap thing to have to learn to deal with, although I have to look on the other side of it that I DID bring my babies home - thank god!!

I definitely still have these feelings so it is totally natural, everyone's journey is different though and mine is that I have to be thankful for what I've got, so to speak.

I'm def a teeny bit jealous of ppl that still have that whole meeting their newborn thing again though - that was us a year ago tonight and I'd go back to that in a heartbeat 😍😍😍

Do we ever really want no more babies??? 😢😢😢 x

 

[SoupDragon]

This is me...my DD will be 1 in just less than 3 weeks, and if I could be pregnant again tomorrow, I would be. But I'm not ready for another baby yet, in the slightest! We'll have to WTT for a few years yet, for reasons both practical and emotional.

I really want to have another crack at birth and breastfeeding - DD was massive and back-to-back, and she got stuck, so had to be born by emcs, so even though I laboured for 2 days, I still feel like I 'failed' and missed out on having the natural birth I so badly wanted (and very naively assumed I would have). DD also has a tongue tie, and couldn't latch, so she only actually breastfed a handful of times as a newborn. The rest of the time she has had either formula or my expressed milk. Again, I just assumed that because I wanted to breastfeed that I would be able to. So I'm hoping things will be different next time.

I really miss being pregnant...I was tired, uncomfortable, swollen, itchy, nauseated, but I really miss it, lol. I feel so broody when I see a pregnant woman (even someone in the hospital cafe yesterday with a flat tummy and a Bounty folder set me off!) or a tiny baby, and looking at DD's smallest sleepsuits turns me into a weepy mess!

I am trying to use this waiting period as a time to get the healthiest I can, and to look forward to and anticipate my next TTC, BFP, pregnancy, birth, and baby, as the next will also be the last, so I don't want to have it be over too soon. Plus I want to just enjoy my amazing, gorgeous, lovely daughter and cherish her growing up, as much as I want her to stay a baby forever!

 

[Sb86]

I loved my bump by the end of pregnancy but def wouldn't wanna do birth again, or the beginning of pregnancy.. I just miss my bump and feeling her kick, but I don't intend to do this again haha!

 

[vickyandchick]

I feel the same, LO is 1 in a few weeks and oh how I miss being pregnant and the itty bitty baby stage. It doesn't help that my SIL has just had her little boy either, my ovaries went into overdrive when I saw the pictures.