Feeling horrible
Is it normal to both want more kids and also be petrified at the same time? My daughter is six and for the last year all she has done is ask for siblings because she’s lonely and wants a friend and my spouse and I both kind of thought we were one and done but the more she asks the more I want to give her a sibling because I know how lonely it can be. Lots of my family members are only children and constantly talk about how much they wish they had siblings even as adults and how lonely and scared it made them. On the one hand having another kid doesn’t sound so bad for our family and for my daughter and on the other hand the idea of even thinking I’m pregnant makes me swing from excited and happy to utterly terrified panicky and wanting to throw up back and forth all day long. Is this a normal feeling? I am scared I’ll regret having a second child and changing our family forever but I’m also scared I’ll regret it if we don’t and I can’t figure out what to do. Has anyone else gone through this and have any advice or is this a sign I shouldn’t do it?
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