Leaving my first to have my second

I'm already dreading that part too about having my second baby 😢 (I'm 25 weeks now) I told my husband to bring him to see me every day that I need to be in the hospital, but I'm also afraid that the goodbye will make him sad, when I leave the house for something quick without him if my husband's talk about mommy he already gets sad and starts looking for me. The only thing I tell myself is that he's going to love to have a sibling, so it's worthed

Awhhhh I feel this so deeply! I'm in the same boat. My daughter is only 20 months and I too hate that she'll be without me for long especially at night since we co sleep. I'm a sahm and it's so difficult to think she could miss me. I want her to visit me during the day at the hospital but it would be so sad when she would have to leave at night. I'm definitely going to try and stay there for 2 nights max. Goodness I hope everything goes smoothly for that 😭😭😭

I’m already feeling the same way :( I’m only 13 weeks with my second and due date is just after my first turns 2. It’s sad to think of being in the hospital 2 nights without her :(

We just have to tell ourselves for our sanity, that they're still being loved and spoiled and even though they'll miss us, we'll be home SOON with thier forever bestie ♥️

Same 🫂

See this makes me feel bad. Because my son turned 1, two weeks ago. I'm due my second baby in 5 days and I'm so looking forward to not having to look after him for a couple days 🙈

I had my second baby when my first was just turning 13 months. I was dreading leaving my first to have the baby. To top it all off I ended up needing a c section & my second baby ended up getting sepsis so we had a long stay of 6 days in hospital. I knew my first was well taken care off at home but I had many moments in hospital that I cried wanting home to her. My family brought her to see us every day and that massively helped. I healed very well after the C-section though and I definitely think if I had of been at home with my first baby I wouldn’t have healed so well! I got plenty of rest in the hospital that I wouldn’t have got if I was at home wanting to lift my first etc. Honestly everything happens so fast so just try not too worry so much and just enjoy having that little alone time you get with your second & your son will be fine and love having you back home when you’re ready! 💕

It'll go by quick i promise 😁 I left my 5 year old my 3 year old and my 1 year old with my dad my mom was at the hospital with me for a day then went back to help my dad i was in the hospital by myself for the rest of my stay till I was discharged to go home

Being apart is a healthy thing for both you and your son. You don’t want to have an unhealthy attachment to one another. He’ll be fine so you focus on having your second. There will be another baby, it’s a healthy start as you will need to spend more time with the baby and you both will have to learn to adjust accordingly.

@Rebecca this actually helped so much, thank you