Many of my friends are going through the question at the moment of whether or not to try for a third. Do we or don’t we? It is that burning question inside where many of my friends feel ‘complete’ but not quite ‘complete’.
How do you know when enough is enough? How do you know that you are actually done, and that those pregnancy and young bubba stages are over for you?
How do you know?
After my youngest son was born, I battled with terrible anxiety and depression. I battled with a little boy that was so angry, rigid and found feeding challenging. I battled with a baby that would not sleep. Just wouldn’t. He felt unhappy, and I felt unhappy. Having a young vibrant two-year-old also made the situation some what extra challenging.
Having gone through IVF for both my children, my husband and I knew early on that any more would be HARD. And not just hard for us, but our two young children too. But, apart from anything else, I knew I was done.
Done!
And now, we are in the best stage of our lives we have ever been since having children. We can have a family meal together in a public restaurant where our children don’t total make us go batty in front of a crowd of people. They actually sit still {for the majority of the time}.
We are planning holidays, new adventures, and new family goals. We are settled.
But everyone is different. I have seen first hand the experience and emotional challenge every month {literally} of girlfriends saying to themselves “I know we are in a good place, but I am not done.” And they probably aren’t.
For us, put a new baby into our family now, I think I would send myself into a facility. We are done! Done!
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