The second baby
Category: Pregnancy
Posted: Dec 17, 2007 11:42 am
(posted by: Mom2Gabe&Josh)
So I am expecting our second baby. We planned the pregnancy and I can tell you the dates of every significant step in the process, as I could do the same for our first baby. It's amazing how different I feel with this pregnancy, both physically, mentally, and emotionally.
With the first baby, we were scared about everything. I was so in tune with the changes in my body that it was all I thought about all day. With our second, it's almost like I expect everything and I feel guilty that I don't get all giddy with each change of my body like I did with our first. Of course I am incredibly excited to have the baby and can't wait for our family to grow.
Also, my symptoms are so different. As long as I am not tired I could go all day and not have a single pregnancy symptom. Again with our first, I was constantly reminded with heartburn or backaches even early on of our bundle of joy.
Emotionally I am soo very excited for our family to grow but I am also scared. I am scared of our first who will be only 15 months when the baby arrives and how he will react. He is so attached to me and I am a SAHM and I am his world. He wants to be with me above everything and I don't want to hurt his feelings at all. I know he won't remember the tears in a few years but I just want the miricle answer of how I will still be able to keep the closeness that I have with Gabriel and create the closeness with our new baby the same as I have with him.My mom says it just happens and she was worried about the same thing but it just is natural and happens. You will always make time for the children.
