more babies??

I am a mother of 5 living, 1 deceased, and one on the way. My first 2 are 3 years apart. The 2nd child is the only one that was planned just so you know. After that, I decided to live it to the man upstairs. Two years later, I got girl #3, two years later I got girl#4, 2 years later I got my first boy, 3 years later girl #5 (deceased), and 3 years later I'm getting girl #6. I think that because the first 4 were girls it sort of saved me some money. But not really, because most things I didn't hold on to. I gave away to family, friends, pregnancy care centers and battered women shelters. Also, you know how I said I'd leave it up to the man upstairs? Well with child 4 and 5 it was truly HIM. I was on depo for the 4th and the pill with the 5th. Whenever you feel it is right, you will know. If everyone waited until they were financially stable there'd be a lot of unhappy women (and men) out there who really wants to be a parent. The rich people have plenty money to support their children, but it means nothing if they just ship them off or have a nanny raise them. Being a parent is something special, and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. Not even when we have a few trials and tribulations in the finance department. I'm a firm believer in the phrase: "God don't give you more than you can handle". Just remember if you can to spread them out a few years apart. I've seen people with stair steppers and they say it's like having twins and stressful. I don't see how people do it, having more than one child in diapers (that's not multiples) at the same time. Now that has got to be where all the money goes. We all know, diapers are not cheap. Well, good luck with your little one, and with the future children you are blessed with.

i'm pregnant with my 3rd right now. my first two are exactly 2 and 1/2 years apart. my second one and the baby will be 2 years 4 months apart. the down side of close together is you'll have 2 in diapers and its more challenging caring for 2 babies. by the time our second one came around our first was potty trained and could take care of herself some and entertain herself.

your not alone with this one! me and my husband are 21 and we started trying for another baby after i stopped bleeding from giving birth! my son was only a little over a month old! i might (and hopeing) that im pregnant now, and my son is 6 months almost 7 in 9 days.

hi my daughter is 15 months old now and i too would like to start trying for another baby i'm also not married nor engaged i was pregnant with twins but lost them so my daughter would have been about 17 months when they where born but i wasn't bothered what people thought you to shouldn't be bothered what people think

I hear ya! My daughter is five months and I am thinking about another one, but not right away. I'd like to have another maybe later on next year so Brooke is two. I want a bunch of kids and I am 25 now so I don't want to be 40 and still having them or have them too far apart. I used to think that I wanted my kids 3-4 years apart because thats's the age difference between my brother and I but I really don't want to wait that long now! But I am not married or engaged either, but I actually don't want to be. Marriage to me doesn't make a relationship and right now I don't see it in my future at all. I would wait until the end of this year at least and make sure your finances and hearts are in the same place and then start trying.

my kids are almost exactly two years apart. We started trying for number 2 as soon as our daughter could walk. My grandma used to say that if you wait to have kids until you can afford them,then you'll never have kids. I think i did save some money with them being close together on clothes and toys and such.

Oh dear please consider your financial status when deciding for another child, you already said that you have money issues. Providing for a baby's needs is not cheap, yes a baby is adorable and cute but let's face the facts that they are really expensive to support. I have a sister who had 2 babies in a span of 2 years, now she and her husband are having a very hard time in budgeting their salaries just to buy all the needs of their kids. They couldn't even get their kids vaccinated on time because they don't have enough money, the worst part is they have to rely on my parents to pay their rent, utilities and buy their food. I want to also add that taking care of babies is not an easy task and it will get harder as the baby gets older. I tried considering to have another baby as soon as my son turns 3 years old but now I changed my mind because it's easy to take care of him now much more if I become pregnant. I wouldn't say anything about you and your boyfriend not being engaged or married, as long as you love each other it's ok for me.

I'm going to have 2 that are close I'm pregnant right now I'm about 28 weeks and my son was nine months old when I found. At first I was completely mortified and didn't think I could handle it, but as the pregnancy has progressed I am learning to cope a little better. My little guy with be just about 17 months when the new baby gets here. As far as it saving you money I dont see how it could especially when they are both going to be in diapers.

i already have one baby but i dont have husband..but when the time that i have the chance to have additional kids, well i wanted to have 3 yrs gap between my kids, so that i can manage all of their needs..i think if they are so close, it really have money problems because you will buy stuff together, but when they are gaps, the younger one can use the clothes of the eldest and other stuff that still can be use..and i wanted to have only 2-3 kids not more than that..

We only have one, we're trying for another so they'll be around 2 years apart. I don't see how having them close will save money, we've saved everything so we don't have to buy anything except for clothes if we have a girl. I don't think you should care what others think, it's your life afterall. My sister had her two children 15 months apart. When she got pregnant the second time, she thought "hey my daughter is easy to take care of, so what's one more" A 6 month old is very easy, they don't run away lol. Now she's extremely tired from chasing two kids so close in age.

I know everyone wants to have kids relatively close but you have to think of yourself as well. Seriously, the strain on your body is huge & you kinda need to give your body a half decent break before you have another. I'm not sure what good age gaps are but in the end, it's entirely up to you when you try & ceonceive again. Just remember it will be hard coz your little one isn't doing anything major just yet, when they get older they become more of a handful & it'd be so hard with a handful & a newborn :) Plus, once they get a little older the financial situation will change again coz that's when they start WANTING things - LOL! My little one is 11 months old now & although i'd like a summer baby we might try again after her 1st birthday - if i do want a summer baby, it might need to wait longer so we can try to conceive next April. I wish you luck!

On health aspect of both monther and child it is not advisable to have another baby so soon