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  #1  
January 26th, 2009, 04:27 PM
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What are your plans? Also, I am wondering when I should start again since I took a while before.
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January 26th, 2009, 04:35 PM
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Well we always wanted them close together. I love this age gap. Things are going amazingly well, but I guess that depends on the childs personalities. He's not jealous at all. He just kisses him all day long and loves talking about him.

We'd love to try again sooner then later. James is anxious to have another one, he really wants the age gap between Curtis and our third to be smallish as well. We'll see.

I guess if you have some challenges TTC then maybe start when it's an okay time for you to get pregnant, but maybe a little sooner then you "really" want? If you know what I mean? A time when you are comfortable but sooner then your ideal I guess??

I'm so ready to be pregnant again haha. Oh dear!!!!
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January 26th, 2009, 04:42 PM
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2 years does seem like a nice gap. I was thinking of starting again when the baby is one year old, or maybe a couple months sooner then that depending on how I feel.
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January 26th, 2009, 04:43 PM
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We started right when Curtis turned one. We lost a baby in April but got pregnant again in June. I'm glad we tried when we did. I love 2 years apart.
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January 26th, 2009, 04:43 PM
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Seamus and Kieran will be about 33-34months apart if she comes when the tentative induction is scheduled around the 8/9th of April(possible the 13th). If she comes sooner he could be between 30-33months old. I wanted no more then 3.5yrs between them.
I'm just over 3yrs older then my middle brother and we got along ok, I'm 7yrs older then my younger brother and I felt more mommyish and still do with him(hes only 14, 15 in April)
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January 26th, 2009, 04:51 PM
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I'm very torn about having another. I would love to be pregnant again and have another baby but I feel we can provide more to one. Plus, I don't want to share my love with another.
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January 26th, 2009, 04:56 PM
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There is 19 months between Liam and Lochy and I love their age gap! When Lochy was newborn Liam really couldn't be bothered, he was very indifferent to him but as they both got older they grew closer and closer. They play together all the time and while we do have our fights they really do get along well. It just melts my heart to see them together. I really wish the gap between them and the third wouldn't be as big as it is getting to be but it's not in my hands. If I'm pregnant now there will be 26 months between Lochy and the new baby.

Resi, don't worry about sharing your love with another. I was worried about that too but there is more than enough to go around. The amount of love you have for Oliver will equal the amount you have for any other child even though right now that seems impossible! I was worried about it up until Lochy was born but the first moment I held him all those fears disappeared.
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January 26th, 2009, 05:33 PM
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Liam and Lochy look so cute together. My brother and I were 13 months apart, adn in a lot of ways we were very close and it was cool being close in age. Then sometimes it wasn't I really want to have another boy close to this baby's age.

Resi, I see you having another!
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January 26th, 2009, 05:59 PM
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There will be exactly 3 years between this one and Emma. I can't imagine them being any closer in age. I needed the alone time with Emma before adding another one. Plus, I needed her to be more independent and potty trained before having another one. I like the 3 year ago difference, too!
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January 26th, 2009, 06:01 PM
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We plan on waiting until Conner is 3 to start trying. Honestly, I really didn't enjoy being pregnant...I adore my son already and I can't wait to be a mommy but the whole pregnancy thing just really doesn't agree with me and I'm not in a rush to do it again. Nic and his brother James are about 3 and a half years apart and they get along fantastic so...I think the age difference and how it affects the kids really depends on the family.
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January 26th, 2009, 06:11 PM
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I've always wanted to start trying for #2 once #1 is around two. But we'll see. I don't even know how long it'll take to get pregnant with our first, and I'm definitely not getting younger. So maybe we'll try for the second one sooner, or maybe we'll stop at one. We'll see
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January 26th, 2009, 06:19 PM
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I couldn't imagine having less than 3 years between kids. I really love the alone time with DD. She just turned 5, and I am guessing she'll definitely be over 7 by the time I have another, if I do. It seems the older she gets, the more I am content with just one. It's so easy, and now that she's older, I'm able to get out again with friends and I have to admit I am enjoying the freedom. It's also my way to feel better about not having more.
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January 26th, 2009, 06:44 PM
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My sister and I are 17 years apart. Needless to say we never got along.....So I dont recommend waiting that long. I wanted to have babies back to back but now If we do have another we're ( well, I at least ) gonna wait 2 more years.
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January 26th, 2009, 06:49 PM
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I just know I don't want two in diapers... Unless God has other plans!!
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January 26th, 2009, 07:09 PM
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I always wanted a 1 to 2 year gap between my children. I say that now, but of course that could change once I see how difficult it probably is raising small children/babies so close in age!

I was actually just talking to SO about this. I think we are settling on trying for this first baby, then after that just letting what happens happen. We will just NTNP as soon as the first is born. I so don't want to go through the stress of ttc again! But, of course, if it doesn't work out and we don't get pregnant that way, we will eventually ttc the next.
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January 26th, 2009, 07:28 PM
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Between 2 and 5 years apart is what I feel is okay. I was 6 and a half years older than my next brother (that I was raised with) and wound up being a bit of a second mother. Never got along until I moved away to college.
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January 26th, 2009, 07:44 PM
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Edward and Preston are just a month and a half shy of being 3 years apart. I was told that your body takes 2 years to fully recover from pregnancy. We just felt like waiting. If things go right as far as finances goes, hopefully we'll start TTC when Preston is about 1 and 1/2, maybe 2. Unsure though.
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January 26th, 2009, 08:06 PM
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We like a 2-3 year gap.. If we are pregnant this month, it will be exactly a 2 year gap, unless child number 2 comes before Sept 28th.. lol
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January 26th, 2009, 08:58 PM
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Well the non mom answer that I have right now is 1.5-3 yrs. (ask me again when I actually have a kid! LOL)
Also I really don't want more then 4 because that was to much of a gap between me and my brother---I was pretty set in my ways of being an only child then that little poop/cry bucket showed up and took daddy's attention (can't tell I'm still a little bitter can you )
Plus I would like to try to avoid being an "advanced aged pregnancy" or a "geriatric pregnancy" (which is medically over 35 yrs old)...who the heck came up with those terms anyway
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Plus I would like to try to avoid being an "advanced aged pregnancy" or a "geriatric pregnancy" (which is medically over 35 yrs old)...who the heck came up with those terms anyway [/b]
Probably a man who was never married!
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