One and done? Anyone else?
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@Scarlet I’m exactly the same. It’s so difficult but I feel my daughter should have me at 100%
I feel so conflicted about this because I do want a second child but I had a bad pregnancy, traumatic birth, PND and just generally didn’t have a good time. Then account for extra money/time/etc etc and I don’t think my husband really wants a second. I can see us never having another child but at the same time I am hoarding all the clothes my son grows out of just in case 😭
I’m one and done. Pregnancy and birth were okay - not amazing, but not awful either. But it was the postpartum period that was horrendous. I was an emotional wreck and breastfeeding didn’t help. But aside from that, I just feel done anyway. I just have no desire to have another child. Before I got pregnant, if someone else announced a pregnancy or had their baby, I felt such an ache to have one of my own. Now when I hear about new babies, I’m happy for them but the broodiness is gone. I had a pregnancy scare about a year ago, and the absolute panic I had whilst waiting for the test to load told me how little I want another child!
I think I am too. I love the thought of another baby but I don't think I could go through with pregnancy again. That was a horrible time mentally for me, and I figure I would rather be here and healthy for the child I already have. Don't get me wrong, I do feel sad about the fact my son will grow up without any siblings and worry about his future when mum and dad are no longer around. It's so tough.
I recently had my 2nd baby. I was exactly the same as you, it took me ages to feel like me again, I had a really traumatic birth with my 1st and PPD for months & that was me one and done up until this time last year, on a complete whim we tried for a 2nd, I worried so much about a hard birth again and bad PPD again. I had everything in place in case it all went tits up again but this birth was the complete opposite & having a 3 year old and a newborn has been hard yes, but it has also kept me away from PPD. It was everything I unfortunately didn’t get with my 1st❤️
@Rachel I feel the exact same. I want another and want to give my little boy a sibling but also had a tough time birth and recovery. Other half isn’t bothered about another
i had a super traumatic birth with my first it was a horrible pregnancy super sick, there was problems with me and her it was an emergency c section which gave me severe ptsd i ended up having anti depressants sleeping pills as i was suffering from sleep paralysis and therapy, my first was born with a birth defect midwives didn’t know so they ended up making her worse giving her sepsis at a few hours old for her to be transferred 2 hours away from me at 4 hours old to have surgery the next day. took a lot for me to want to have another baby but can honestly say i’m so glad i did i enjoyed my pregnancy so much (no two are the same) my daughter came out perfectly healthy i was checked up on my midwives and ultrasounds constantly, my labour and birth went amazing laboured all the way till 8cm at home as soon as i got to the hospital i was ready to push, it completely healed all my birth trauma and pregnancy trauma having my second really made me want 10 more babies xx
@sophie you’ve summed that up perfectly at the end, the second baby does heal the birth trauma for the first. I feel exactly the same. If I hadn’t had my second I would have always been traumatised from the first birth, but my second baby arrived in 2hrs after 20 mins of pushing and that was the closure I needed from my first birth x
@Amy definitely no two pregnancy’s are the same neither are the births i tried so hard for a vbac and i got it i was so proud of myself and its strange because the bond i feel to my second daughter is so emotional as she completely healed me xx
Yes I am one and done too. I had PND and found the first year of being a mum so hard. In the last year or so I have started to feel more myself. If I had another I worry I would set myself back again and not be the mum my daughter deserves. It is a really hard decision though. Especially now my mum friends are starting to have second children and I worry a lot about my daughter not having a brother or sister.