Were you excited? Scared? Nervous? Thrilled? Something else?
Was it the same feeling you had before TTC #1?
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I'm still in the pre-TTC stage, but I feel pretty calm this time around. A small part of me is anxious to begin because I'd like to get this show on the road and put my baby-house days behind me.
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Excited and Terrified at the same time! DH basically had to pull the trigger for me/us.
We are just in a very good place with DD that I was really scared/hesitant to rock the boat on our little family. 3.5 months pregnant now!
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Combo of all. Also a little ambivalent. How I feel varies day by day, even hour by hour.
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I was and still am nervous (6 months pregnant). Not nearly as excited as I was for #1 even though I definitely sooooo want this baby. But now that we've been there and know how hard it is, I am nervous to throw another into the mix...
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Anxious because of our history of losses. I'm 38 weeks and I'm still nervous until I have that baby in my arms.
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We are in the "almost ready to ttc for #2" camp ... right now, the topic is mostly positive, but met with a lot of logistical questions. We're really settling into life with our 20 month old, and adding a new baby means starting over ... it's a lot to consider.
My first pregnancy ended in m/c ... I have a double MTHFR mutation, and after my LO was born, I had another m/c ... So aside from the logistics of another baby, I'm a bit nervous to ttc again, and just really hope for an easy, positive outcome.
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I was nervous! Mostly about logistics of having two and doing the newborn stage again, and being pregnant/nauseous with a toddler. I was also really excited though!
The nervousness quickly went away as TTC went on..
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I was very anxious. D had been dead set against having a second for a long time, and I waffled back and forth a lot. I was on the "maybe one would be best" side of the fence...or was at least coming to some sort of peace with only having one...when he changed his mind.
I wasn't very gung-ho about it, tnh, but I had this image in my head that I could never shake of two kids in matching Christmas PJs cuddled up together with a bowl of popcorn on Christmas Eve, so I sort of just closed my eyes and jumped, as it were. I figured...it took us over a year with two losses to get E, so I would have time to come around to being excited about it? But then I got pregnant on the first cycle post IUD removal! Don't get me wrong, I'm super excited now, but at the time I was pretty stressed about it.
I was super excited about TTC E...I didn't know how hard it would be
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@2PeasinaPod: big hugs. Almost there!
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This makes me feel better!
I'm really excited but also scared and nervous and worried about LO. He's 2.5 and then center of my universe lol
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i feel the same as you, and a recent MC makes me a little less excited about TTC than i was with #1. But, to be fair, i was pretty nervous about #1 too, and how it would turn our worlds upside down. and it did, for the better. The second i had my first U/S with #1, it all became real, and I was just so in love, my fears (mostly) went away. So i'm hoping the same will happen the second time around.
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We did not TTC for DS, he was a happy surprise. With DD she was totally planned and I was definitely nervous.
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Definitely excited, but scared, nervous, and resigned, haha. We wanted two close in age, but were just like "Why are we doing this???"
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@plantains:
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We are going back to the RE in November and I'm totally stressed/nervous about it. Partly because I have a new job and I won't be telling my boss (my last boss knew we were going through treatments so coming in late after appointments wasn't a big deal) and the financial aspect. My last company covered infertility but my new one doesn't. And I'm worried it will take longer since I'm 4 years older.
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We just decided to start try for #2 this month. I am so incredibly excited and terrified at the same time!
With TTC the first time I just felt excited and SO ready. I don't feel like I'll ever feel totally ready for baby #2! (DD is currently 2.5)
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So excited! I think I was even more excited trying for #2 than when we were ttc #1, because now I REALLY know what I'm getting into. We have been really lucky with LO #1, because she has been such an easy-going and loveable baby and toddler, so we may have some rose colored glasses lol!
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Excited and nervous. Excited because we were ready to be pregnant with #2, but nervous because it took us awhile to conceive #1, and we experienced a loss.
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We were a little nervous and excited for LO 3.
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I was alot calmer this time around. The first time, I was excited and relieved that we were finally ready to try. After we lost that pregnancy, the second time was pretty bad, and I was very anxious and desperate. I think this time has been easier because I already have LO and I knew deep down that if we could never have any more kids, I'd still be content.
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We are not TTC for #2 yet but thinking and talking about it a lot.
I am calmer about the idea of #2 than I was last time because I know what it is like to have a baby and to be a mom. The whole parenting thing was so scary to me before.
We didn't have to TTC last time though so I do have nervousness that it will take a while to get pregnant and stretch out the age gap more than we would like. I do feel like the clock is ticking now.
I was not sure if I wanted another one for a while because I couldn't imagine trying to parent two kids. As LO gets older and more independent I am getting really excited to see her as a big sister. And I am excited to have an infant again, which shocks me, but time really does heal all wounds I guess
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Apprehensive. I knew I wanted two (DH was less certain), but the idea of being pregnant again and willingly accepting more sleepless nights was not appealing. I'm still feeling this way at 31 weeks pregnant! But there's some excitement mixed in there, too. The first time around, I was nothing but excited and grateful, so this has been a pretty different experience. I also had trouble conceiving #1, but got pregnant NTNP with #2, so I had a lot less time to process the idea of this child before jumping into pregnancy.
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I was super, super nervous -- I didn't feel ready. Then we started and I got impatient! We're on cycle 5 with a chemical pregnancy behind us and now I am so very ready.
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I was actually scared about timing. I have a lot of co-workers that have BIG gaps (like 6-10+ years) between kids and I wanted a less than 3 years gap.
Our first we were like whatever s/he comes when s/he comes. The second is more pressure because I was trying to create a certain gap between them.
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Super nervous. Not knowing how long it would take and then also knowing what I was in for (feeling awful for 9 months). In the case of TTC I really feel that ignorance is bliss.
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I'm anxious. LO1 happened quickly and #2 hasn't (not that its been long, 3 mos trying) so I am anxious and worried about having possible issues... I'm also excited. I can't wait to be pregnant again
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