One and done
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Coming from someone who is currently pregnant with #2, I was very scared to have another one and for a while I was one and done. With my first I struggled so bad with pre and post natal anxiety. It was hard and I feel like it took 2 years to start feeling like me again. This time around the anxiety and depression are hitting me like a truck and it’s so hard. I often have thoughts of “why did I do this again?” And it makes me feel guilty thinking that way but I hate being pregnant and I haven’t connected with this pregnancy at all. I’m not excited like I was with my first. So I would say don’t do it if you don’t feel mentally ready. Don’t let people judge you or make you feel bad for your decision. Mamas health is what’s most important!
I had my first baby after wanting 4 or more and now I think I’m done. She’s amazing and I’m so lucky she’s easy to handle but my postpartum journey was so rough and my husband made me feel so alone I don’t think I want to go through that again
I am one and done (I think) but people did guilt me at first. My LG is 14 months, and now, I do have thoughts about another one, especially when she goes to play with other kids and they don’t want to play with her (because they are kids and play alone), I think, if only she had a sibling . But, I’ve been watching sibling kids and even they don’t play together. Anyways, I want to be able to be there for her, my husband and myself, if I had 2… I would have to neglect my mental health, or something else to cope! I’m so sorry you had a tough time, I was completely against it up until 10 months… now I’m like, we are probably one and done, but more open.