feeling broody again

[laura109]

my daughter is coming up 8 months and i am feeling so broody. she is a lovely baby and made things so easy for us. i think thats why im already feeling this way. i miss the excitement. i miss the midwife appointments and hearing the heartbeat. i miss planning things. i miss those first few weeks of having a newborn to hold.

my partner and me are not being careful again and it seems he is feeling the same. we want two children. i was always tired and feeling sick last time for the first 4 months so i do worry if ill be able to handle that part again.

anyone else broody?.

 

[Jbree]

Yeh me too i miss the exact same things as you and my daughter is 5months... But i have always said about a 2 year gap, im trying to enjoy my little girl and think how i wouldnt have the same time for her if i had a newborn. Also i think it would be so much easier when shes a bit more independent ie can feed herself walk entertain herself for a while. But still im very broody already.!

 

[mummytobe_93]

my daughter is coming up 8 months and i am feeling so broody. she is a lovely baby and made things so easy for us. i think thats why im already feeling this way. i miss the excitement. i miss the midwife appointments and hearing the heartbeat. i miss planning things. i miss those first few weeks of having a newborn to hold.

my partner and me are not being careful again and it seems he is feeling the same. we want two children. i was always tired and feeling sick last time for the first 4 months so i do worry if ill be able to handle that part again.

anyone else broody?.

I was like this after my daughter and soon got pregnant again I now have a 2 month old and a 22 month old.

One thing I will say is have another for the right reason not the wrong reasons. Being broody because you miss being pregnant and having appointments (which I felt) isn't a good reason because as soon as your baby is born that's all over once again. I got bad baby blues after my second was born as I realised my pregnancy was over once again, the appointments were over. Also that excitement and baby bubble is very short lived with a second as you have to carry on with normal life very quickly and get back in to routine.

If you want another baby because you want a small age gap and so your baby can have a sibling do it!

But in terms of missing being pregnant and then having a baby because of it and then over coming the fact it is most likely your last pregnancy and birth experience etc can make you feel broody again as soon as number 2 is born and it's a never ending cycle!

I was exactly the same though and was as soon as number2 was born. However number 3 will have a big age gap! But I don't know how I will deal knowing its my last baby.

Also a good baby doesn't always mean an easy toddler, the baby stage is pretty easy compared to the toddler stage so just bare that in mind. A small age gap is lovely though! Xx

 

[hanni]

I feel exactly the same! I miss every single bit of it 🙊 I keep having to remind myself that there's lots we need and want to do before we have a 2nd.
I really miss my midwives! I miss trying and testing and all the excitement (although you really don't think it is at the time).

 

[laura109]

its weird isn't it lol. i had two midwives. you see them for 8 months of your life so they become people you know. i deffo have loved being a mum. when i do have another baby i want to treasure it more and take it in more. it scares me that one day she wont need a bottle or she wont fit into sleepsuits lol.
i want to treasure her for a while but im also itching to do it all again. xx

 

[BabyS14]

My daughter is 3 weeks old and i feel the same way. Just a couple days after I had her I felt sad she wasn't in my belly anymore and that I had to share her with everyone else. But, it also took me a year or so to get pregnant, so it is weird not reading any ttc forums or any of the pregnancy trimester boards. I felt kind of lost for a while.

On my way to the hospital while I was in labor I said I wouldn't do it again, but now I know I have to have another one. Hoping I can hold out for a 3-4 year age gap.

 

[vickyandchick]

DS has just turned one and the same feelings have hit me, HARD.
We won't be having another for a while yet because, as a pp said, it's just not for the right reasons

 

[MumToEva]

I was the same after my first - the broodiness just wouldn't settle, hence why I have a 17 month gap between my 2 (plus a miscarriage in between). I was never broody the same way after my second - I think my body knew it needed a rest. I have no regrets about having them close together - pregnancy with a young baby is definitely harder, but they are the best playmates foreach other because they are lose in age.

 

[susan_1981]

I have 2 and am still broody. I was broody the day after my first was born! I don't think I'll ever stop. We do plan to have one more one day but the thought that that will be my last makes me sad. I was pregnant with my second when my first was just 6 months old. Sometimes I wonder why I'm broody as it's hard work some days but still fun! x

 

[laura109]

thanks ladies. we are not preventing so when it happens it happens. i want two to grow up together close in age. my daughter is so good that ive not experienced sleepless nights and crying very much at all. im sure the next one will be a terror lol!! i was always made to be a mum. ive never felt so happy. i hated the first trimester though so id hope not to be too sick x