in May 2023 Babies 🇬🇧

second pregnancy

Hi. I just found out I’m pregnant for the second time a couple of days ago. My little boy is 20 months and this was planned and at first I was really excited and happy and I know it’s only been a few days but last night I started getting the worst anxiety washing over me. It suddenly all came back to me, the feeling so rough in the early days, all the anxiety around trying to keep it secret and avoiding certain social scenarios/drinking plans etc, feeling so tired etc. Then I started worrying about how low I got in the newborn phase and really doubting that I could do this all over again. Plus the change from one to two! Haha I do genuinely want this and I’m sure a lot of this is hormone induced but just wondered if anyone felt this second time round when they found out? I’d hoped I’d handle it better second time round but I’m suddenly Feeling overwhelmed. Hoping I’m not alone x

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Not alone! I’m around 11 weeks pregnant with my second, and my LB is 21 months today. We are so excited for baby number 2 but I definitely have the low days, crying and worrying. But then I look at my LB now and think, we got through it and we can do it again. Let me tell you though, second pregnancy is going soooo much quicker than the first 😂 x

Definitely not alone. 23 weeks pregnant currently with a 20 month old. Some days I'm full of anxiety and overwhlem and others are a little brighter, just taking each day as it comes and putting a lot of it down to hormones. But we did this once and we can do it again:)! Xx

Slightly different because if the age gaps but I found out I was pregnant with my second when my eldest was 3 months old 🤷🏻‍♀️ and believe me I felt the same as u do right now, all the anxiety’s were coming back , the worries of not coping, how low I was still feeling after my first worrying I wouldn’t ever leave that stage with another baby on the way but it passed! Now I have a happy healthy 10 month old and a feral 20 month old☺️ you can do this momma just try not to overthink ! These feelings don’t last forever x

I’m 31 weeks with a 21 month old, it’s strange because I feel like I’ve hardly noticed my pregnancy in comparison to last time… I’m so consumed with my son I haven’t paid much attention to the growing bump lol but I’m most nervous that I won’t be giving my son the same attention that he’s had his whole life but also that I won’t be giving my daughter the same attention that my son got when he was a newborn! You got this mama! x

Thank you so much everyone ❤️ you’ve really reassured me. I’m so grateful for this group. I know it’s my choice not to tell people yet and I can of course do that, but it’s so hard when you feel you need to keep it a secret in the early days. Funnily enough, I’ve felt a LOT better today and it’s now my husband that is stressing about logistics and money and doing it all over again. But I’m sure we will be fine, we did it once, we can do it again x

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