how to not want another baby...

[sosurreal09]

so DD is 9 m/o and my mommy ticker is beating again i CAN NOT get rid of the baby madness! im like oh i want to be pregnant i want another baby! i CAN NOT have another baby right now. i am a single mom and am unemployed...why cant i shake this? i love kids i want 8 someday like when i find the right man and have a ring on my finger lol but seriously...am i crazy or something? i saw a pregnant woman today and told her congratulations then started crying! whats wrong with me?

btw my DD was VERY unexpected like i was on birth control and her father and i just werent meant to be...but i am so in love with her and its completely changed my life for the better. idk if any of that may contribute?

[LionessMom]

my dd2 is 8 mo and i have beenday dreaming about another. i think it just your hormones lol... seriously though, i am not in a place to have more. i have fibro and can barely do what i do, but i keep looking for the missing kid like i am forgetting someone. i am hoping that wanting another one will fade away, but i doubt it. i was told that i wouldnt ever regret another but i might regret not having another. i waited 11 years between my first and my second. i really like the spacing...

[nikkitorrez]

I soooo wanted another baby too when my son was that age! It was maddening & I felt like a semi-crazy person In fact, my body wasn't even capable of being pregnant at that point but that didn't stop me from wanting/hoping for another baby...

Maybe it is just a natural hormonal feeling??

[RTT]

I have a 10 month old and an almost three year old and have also been experiencing inexplicable crazy baby fever, so maybe there is something that goes on hormonally when they hit around this age!?

[sosurreal09]

lol thats funny at least im not alone!

[mommyin2008]

When you all figure it out, please let me know. My son is 28 months and ive been ready for another one anytime now, but the baby fever is hitting hard now, esp since i just found out one of my close friends is pg accidentally by withdrawal which is what we have been using for over 2 years now. I dont get it. I wish it where me

[MommatoAandA]

My kids are 3 and 11 months. I AM DYING OVER HERE FOR ANOTHER!!

I am waiting to find out about the nursing program for January. I apply by Sept 1. If I get in, we can try March 2011, so I would be pregnant in the program, but not due until I graduate. If I don't get in, we can try as soon as I get turned down, but if I don't get pregnant by January or February, we have to wait again until I apply again for 2012. UGH. I JUST WANT A BABY. We are both on board for trying again and we both WANT this last little bundle, but life is totally getting in my way. UGHHHH


I'm trying to keep my mind off it, but it's not working.

[LionessMom]

i just found out a friend of mine got preg while on bc..... argh. i can not stop thinking about having one more. i feel crazy. lol. i just want to do it again. preg, birth, little newborn toes,.....

[sosurreal09]

lol they are so wonderful arent they?

[LionessMom]

yes they are wonderful.

[sparklett]

Speaking as someone who has waited for 3 years and will have to wait two more, there's no way to "not want" another. I absolutely want another, but I've also learned to be very happy with what I have. That really helps to ease the stress of wanting another one.

My philosophy: just becuase you CAN have one, doesn't mean that you SHOULD. I tell myself this all the time and feel better when I look at things in this light. I remind myself that my parenting values require me to be home with an infant, which is not possible right now. To me, having a baby just becuase I want to have a baby isn't fair to me or the baby. I like to think of the bigger picture and plan accordingly.

[sosurreal09]

you are so right! i know it wouldnt be best for the baby right now... i totally want a sibling for Aniela though. but we will have to wait!