Tick tock tick tock

yup - I've fallen prey to the dreaded biological clock

I'll be 30 *EEEKKKK* in a couple of months and keep uumming and ahhing about having another baby and have finally decided that it needs to be sooner rather than later!

There seems to be more to consider having #2 than there ever was with having #1. Perhaps I just know a lot more than before when it was "cool - lets have a baby, it will just fit in with our lives, nothing will change" Everything changes! For better

So... DH and I have decided that with the bonus payment I got from work and my nappy commissions, instead of re-doing the bathroom we're going to save up all of our money so that when #2 arrives I can take at least a year off and Caitlin will still be young enough to benefit from me being home with her too

We'll start trying in January to give us enough time to save up because it might not take us 18 months to get pregnant this time *fingers and toes crossed* and now I have the benefit of knowing I can ask our own Oh Baby experts with the whole fertility thing and doing it right this time.


I'm so excited!

Congrats on the decision all the best!!!

Congrats on the decision of trying for #2 and the best of luck to you

That is great news Toni hubby and I are going to start trying for number 2 in July this year (this will hopefully make an 18 month gap between two children). All the very best

It was a big descision for us too. having had a really good pregnancy (I know I was very lucky and this might not be the case with #2), then a horrid birth experience, then a not so nice first few weeks (which I now accept is the norm when coming to terms with being a new mum and I hope I'll not be so hard on myself next time around), and even with all of Caitlin's little medical hiccups she is an absolute joy.

The other issue I've had to deal with is that in my mind I was thinking that if I have another baby it will feel like I'm replacing Caitlin I know this isn't true and I know that having another child will benefit her just as much as us. I guess I was questioning if I had enough love for two children Of course I have! My Mum did!

The other, which is quite a big thing for us, is that friends of ours had a similar birth experience to us and ended up finding out after any months of TTC #2, that they hadn't put her all back together right after the CS and they ended up on IVF. It was a very traumatic time for them and I really wouldn't wish that on anyone
So, yeh - it has been a huge decision for us and we will use the next 8 months to prepare ourselves mentally and physically

That is exciting news. You are such a switched on person who has definately thought it through!
I wish you the best of luck for TTC and all the fun that comes with it!

That is awesome on making the big decision!! All the best for pre TTC preparations.

Yay exciting times ahead for you. I'm still doing the umming and arrhing thing about trying for #2. DH & I have talked about it alot and there is definately pros and cons with the whole thing. On the bad days I still find myself saying "and you want to go through this again why???"

Hehe, that's really cool :) So does that mean we'll be seeing another name change in the future "Three Blondinis?"