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Breastfeeding. Its technically not stopping us, but I think it's playing a large role in me not getting pregnant! I'm slowly starting to wean currently. We are down to wake-up, after lunch, and before bed! It's progress!

My second daughter is only 7 weeks old!! We are stopping at two but my second is so easy going and I'm enjoying it so much I reeeeeally want a third now!! DH will never change his mind but, yeah, total baby fever over here!

My desired age gap between kids and moving. I would also love to lose 10 lbs and get back to my wedding weight. A girl can dream, right?

Most importantly, my anti-pregnancy pact with @jape14.

@Cherrybee: giiiiirl, you are crazy! LOL LOL

@dc yoga bee: Do you offer whole milk just with meals?? I've been contemplating introducing WCM soon!

@MrsBrewer: Same. My daughter is 9 months and still nursing on demand, although less frequently than she was. My cycle hasn't returned yet. We'd like to have another baby sometime next year. We're not in a hurry, but are ready when it happens. I'm starting to get the fever and getting more impatient though...

E is 7mo but I've been having major baby fever for at least 2 months now. It's not as much "oh this is so easy I can do another one" but rather we want a big family and the newborn stage is hard so I want all of them close in age and just be done with it instead of dragging it out every 2-3 years. But I have two big reasons for not TTC right now
1. I had a c section and reeeeeally want to try for a vbac so I read it's good to wait 18 mo between deliveries
2. I live in Houston and kinda want to see what this whole Zika thing wants to do here. They are saying not if but when the disease hits, I just don't know how bad it will be.

I just had one Monday lol. DH is already talking #3. I told
him he owes me a vacation first and then we can discuss the possibility lol.

@catomd00: this. Mine is 3 weeks old and DH wants me to find out how many hours I need to work to qualify for mat leave again! He's hoping I'll go back to work pg. I need some time though - pregnancy is hard on my body! I've barely recovered from this most recent one...

I have baby fever and have for a while. I just don't know how ready Dh is. Even I some days say hell no I need some more years and other days think Argh I want to be pregnant!!!

@LBee & @jape14: I think you should both break your pact and join me so we can be in another month board together

@JennyPenny: I can't imagine not being with you guys. I think @jape14 may be with you because she's starting before us and your timeline / trips line up too! I'm thinking December... SO far away. Jealous of your trip and your weight loss.

I have had a tough 2-3 months including a miscarriage, losing our nanny, and some total insanity at work. I keep failing at getting a positive ovulation test because I am so busy that I lose track of my cycle. Last cycle I vaguely knew it was time to focus on baby making but honestly I just was too worn out. I need to get out of this rut and I really want to get pregnant soon because I am already 39 with a 2yo. Calgon, take me awaaaaaayyyy!

@MrsBrewer: @dc yoga bee: It would be cute if you guys were pregnant again together with littles the same ages. I have no baby fever. I have handing down baby gear fever to a friend of mine whose expecting their first. They're willing to all of what fits and what we're not using.

I don't have enough arms.
We'll hopefully ttc this time next year.

Oh man, I'm struggling over here hahah!

We've been talking about when to start trying again, but still have some things in the way.
DH just found out last week he's getting laid off come September. His company is closing, so everyone is going to lose their job. He has a couple interviews lined up, so we're cautiously optimistic.
We also just bought a new vehicle, so we need to rebuild our savings account, any pay down a little more debt.
I'd *ideally* like to be in a home for our second baby, instead of our current two bedroom apartment. But that may be further off than we would like just cause of $$.
Lastly, there's work/PTO to consider. For my job, I can get 6 weeks short term disability at 60% pay for maternity leave, then use my accumulate PTO on top of it. It takes a year of not using any PTO to accumulate 6-weeks worth, though. So I'm not anywhere near that. If DH gets a new job. We should be able to manage me having a maternity leave with just a couple of the weeks unpaid, but it's just another thing to think about.

Oi, so much to consider!! But I am really wanting another baby!!

DH needs to finish grad school. I'm the breadwinner and teach in a lower paying area, so we really need him to be done before we consider #2.

There's also a good chance we will move when DH is done and I'd prefer to wait until after that. Also, I'm an immigrant and want to be fully done with immigration and taken DD back to NZ to visit family first.

I want a larger age gap (DD is 15 months), I need to lose the baby weight still (don't judge!), I'm loving DD's increasing independence, getting a break from the baby stuff (bottles, etc.).

I'll be so ready for a new, soft, squishy baby when we do start trying again! Probably early 2018.

My best friend is getting married in January and I'm really happy with a 3.5-4 yr age gap...I have like theoretical baby fever right now but realistically I don't actually want a baby....So I think in Feb 2017 we start trying! My son will be almost 3.

Our girls are 3.5 and 1.5 and I have it bad! My husband has about 3 more months of training for his new job (he's gone 4 days/nights a week). I've been super sick with both pregnancies too, that would be hard to manage until he's home more. But then we also talked about house hunting. I think my husband would love to be all settled with work and finding a home but I keep thinking that if we try soon that's still nearly a year before baby would come...