Anyone on baby #3 (or more) and getting nervous?

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We’ve always wanted and planned to have 3 kids, but now that we are only a matter of weeks away from #3 arriving I am freaking out! My oldest will be almost 4, my current baby will be just turned 2 when the new baby arrives. I have no family near by, and we are pretty new to our area, so not really any friends near to help out either. I’m just not sure how I am going to do it, it’s seeming very overwhelming right now 😖.

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I have a 5 year old son who is autistic, a 19 month old son who is now showing signs of autism as well (ended up getting pregnant before he started to show signs, otherwise I probably would have been getting my tubes tied), and due January 31st with a baby girl. This little one was not planned in the least bit, but I am excited to have her join our family soon. I'm also scared as all hell. Don't get me wrong my boys are amazing, but there are days when I feel like I'm going to lose my mind.

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I’m pregnant with our fourth. Our oldest is going to turn 13 a month after she is born. Our other two are 11,&9. We are literally starting all over, we live on the other side of the world because my husband is military, and I feel overall crazy 😝. My only suggestion is to meal prep, and stock up on toilet paper and cleaning supplies so you don’t have to leave home.

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I agree my oldest just turned 6 on the 1st and my second will be 4 on the 31st of next month and I’m really nervous all I think about is if they will be okay while I’m having the baby or if the new baby needs way more than she least has it’s just so scary and I’m due February 27😩😩

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Yes! my oldest is 5 will be turning 6 in Feb 8  due date is feb18 soo..and I have a 1 year old that just turned 1 on Nov 13 so I have no problem waiting even though I'm so done with being pregnant ..ive been thinking of all the ways of trying to manage all 3

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I am having baby no. 3 in just under 7 weeks. You got this muma.

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We are in the same boat... my oldest is 4, followed by our son who is 2, and new brother will be here 1/26.

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I can relate! This is #4 for us. My oldest is 6 😬. We are military so we’re currently stationed 7,000 miles away from family and most of my friends and neighbors are moving right about the time the baby is due. My husband travels for a few weeks almost every month, and while I’m used to it on the one hand, I am starting to freak out a little about how I’ll handle a 6, 4, 2 year old and newborn by myself! I think we won’t go anywhere for a while...lol 😂 Until we move this coming summer again, that is! That’s also starting to make me nervous!!

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🙋🏽 me. 3rd baby. 
1st born 8yrs, 2nd just turned 1 on November 26 and now due February 6. 
Nervous about having 2 under 2 and the fact that this was a back to back pregnancy (not planned like this) so having to go through delivery/ postpartum again is what scares me.

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I’m glad to see all these other mamas with older ones are nervous too. My son and daughter just turned 3 & 1 in October and now I’m due with #3 Feb 10th and I’m freaking out. I’m also 3000 mi from family, but can thankfully afford part time help & she’s like a Grandma to the kids so I’m banking on her being my saving grace because my husband barely takes 5 days off when I’ve had babies. I’ll have 3 under 3.5 and I’m just gonna have to live one day at a time.
Something that helped me recently was a suggestion from a prenatal yoga instructor. She told us to go home and journal about all our fears - the rest of pregnancy, birth and what we may fear after they’re here. She said most people try not to be negative but it’s ok to be scared and to get those feelings out so you can acknowledge them and then move on from them. I wrote 9 pages in a journal and put it away and have never felt so sane since I found out about this little surprise. Hope this helps you too!

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My husband has a 10 year old boy with ASD from his previous marriage.
I have two daughters 8 and 6 yo from my previous marriage.
We are due with another girl in a few weeks.
All of our family live in Chicago while we live in the Dallas area. This is my first pregnancy that I don’t have my mom here to help 😢

Anyone on baby #3 (or more) and getting nervous?

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