by Kathleen Cvitkovic

How do you really know when you are ready for your second baby? I think the answer to that question varies from person to person. Some people say that it is better to space your kids apart while others think that kids closer together in age is the best way. I think the answer can vary depending on the situation. Sometimes the best laid out plans do not always happen the way you want them to.

Take my story for example; my husband and I thought that having our first baby would happen quickly like it did for others we knew. You start trying and a month later you find out you are pregnant. That’s how it works right?

Well that was not the case for us at all. It was rough in the beginning because we kept running into difficulties each time we got pregnant. Finally after suffering from a couple miscarriages, we were blessed to have our daughter. Our first child, a beautiful little girl was born three years after we started trying to have a baby. We felt very lucky to have her after what we had been through.

Time flew by and we were already celebrating her first birthday! My husband and I knew that we would love to have another baby but with our history, we thought that it might take some time. We decided to try for one more baby and gave ourselves a timeframe since I was already 35. We felt blessed to have our daughter and had hoped to give her a little brother or sister!

Going into the journey of trying again, and already having a high-risk pregnancy with our daughter, we felt as though we might soon be blessed with a second. Just a feeling we both had. We weren’t only blessed but shocked that one month later we found out we were pregnant once again. WOW that was fast! It really took us by surprise.

Like our pregnancy with our daughter, this one was rough in the beginning with a few scares and quite a bit of testing to make sure that my body was able to maintain the pregnancy. Although high-risk, I felt confident that everything would be fine and as the pregnancy progressed and I began to feel little flutters in my stomach, I knew this was the case.

Our second baby was born 21 months after our first baby and we were blessed again with another healthy baby. This time though it was a baby boy! Every mother’s dream is when you hear that first cry emerge from your little bundle of joy. As you glance over at your husband, whose eyes are welled up with tears, you truly feel blessed for everything that you have in life! Nothing can ever top that feeling you have inside!

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