pregnant while babies are 1 or no?

who advises wating or not waiting? how do you lift your twins in and out of highchairs and carseats if you are pregnant? but i really do not want to wait!! they are 10 months now? is it eaier when they are walking??

 

My boys have been walking since 11.5 months. Although I don't have to lift them quite as much, they do still have to be lifted a lot. Car seats, highchairs, changing table, bathtub, etc. And they are heavier now than they used to be, AND they are into everything, so I am always having to pull them out of things if we go places (I have a safe zone at home, so it's not too bad here, but when we go to family dinners, etc., we spend the entire time keeping them out of things).

Only you can decide if you think you will be up to that while pregnant - especially since you have no idea how your pregnancy will go. What if the doc says no lifting or bedrest? Do you have resources to help you out so that you could manage that kind of situation, or could you afford to hire help if need be?

Just some food for thought....

 

I got pregnant with a singleton when the twins were 13 months old. It wasn't too bad. I was still lifting and carrying both around at the same time until I delivered. It was after my c-section that I had to be careful lifting them. My husband did a lot of the lifting for cribs, high chairs, car seats, etc., and I taught them to climb up on me on the couch instead of me picking them up. I got pregnant with this baby when she was 12 months old. She is much heavier than the twins were but I'm not too worried about lifting. Your body is used to lifting. I agree with pp though that it depends on how your pregnancy goes - like bedrest. Also if you get really bad morning sickness, it might be harder to run after two busy toddlers.
In my case, I prefer them close together.

 

I prefer them closer together too and I found out I was pregnant with Hannah the day before the boys turned 10 months. It was good timing bc I wasn't big in the beginning when I had to lift them a lot but honestly, 1 baby is soooooooo much easier than 2 to be pregnant with! The only thing that got really hard for me at the end was bending to help them do things (they were 18 months when H arrived), DH had to take over baths and I just sucked it up and sweated and got out of breath when he couldn't Overall I will say it was a breeze over the 6wks of bedrest and being pregnant with twins!
As for lifting...I could still carry both of mine up until Hannah was born...HERE is a picture of me holding both at my BIL baseball game almost exactly 1 month before Hannah was born
Good luck whatever you decide!

 

I'd say wait. For the last few months of my pregnancy I could not keep up with my boys. Granted their motor skills are pretty advanced, but I found it very frustrating that I couldn't keep up with them from about 7 months until after my c-section healed.

 

for what its worth I prefer that my kids are farther apart. We knew we wanted more than 1 child but we didn't even start trying for #2 until our dd was 3 years old. We wanted our first daughter to get that special one on one time and so we started trying when she was 3 because it took us about 2 years to get pregnant with her we thought if it took that long again she would be in school and baby number 2 would also get that special one on one time. Sadly for us we had major infertility issues and instead of having them 4 or 5 years apart my dd is 9 years older than the twins but honestly that has worked out amazingly well. Thats just my 2 cents.

 

This is a good point. I had my twins and DD vaginally so I did not have these issues to think about. My sister had my nephew vag. and then 16 months later had my niece by c/s and she said while the c/s was not bad it was horrible not being able to lift him and he couldn't understand why, however by 8wks post partum she was able to keep up.

 

I'm 4.5 months pregnant with #3 and my DD's are 11 months. They will be 16 months when this baby is born. I won't lie.. the first trimester was very rough, but I also get really bad morning sickness. Now that I'm in my 2nd trimester, I've got a lot more energy and the difference between the 2 pregnancies (the twins and this one) is astounding! I even ran.. yes ran.... into the grocery store today to get out of the rain... The only thing other than the first trimester exhaustion and the morning sickness is that I frequently hurt my back because I think I overdo it with the carseats or try to carry them both on the stairs. The thought of trying to financially handle the 3 is also very daunting right now, but we are really looking forward to having them close together!

Also wanted to add that I always lift them in and out of cribs and highchairs... my doc said there is absolutely no restriction for me... even at the end of the pregnancy.

 

Your kiddos will get used to you not being able to hold them all of the time if need be. My girls are 19 months and I still have to pick them up all of the time, but that is because I always have! It is a little easier when they are walking. I would be afraid to have a newborn right now though with how mean the girls are being to each other! We are going to TTC soon so I don't know how much better it will be in a year either! Good luck! If you feel like you want another baby, I say go for it! Any age is going to have it's disadvantages!

 

If you feel you are ready, then I say go for it! My twins will be 28 months when #3 is born, but we started trying once they turned 1. I'm already 34 so I didn't want to wait too long, and personally if I was out of the phase of diapers, night waking, and other joys of the under 4 set I probably wouldn't want to go back!

 

This is exactly why I personally would space them a bit further apart. I just don't think that a 1 year old should have to get used to not being held or helped when they need it. I think that a 2+ year space is close together and gave me a little more time to spend with them as babies before my attention was unavoidably taken away by an infant.

 

I cannot even imagine, I mean AT ALL, having another one when mine were a year old! I was still drowning at that point LOL.

Anyway, I wasn't even sure I was ready when they were 3. Now we have one coming the same week they turn 4 and even tho I'm still nervous, I am happy that I've had four years with just them! I think it's important because they already had to share me I think waiting is good. There is no harm in spacing them a bit, that will give you more time to enjoy them!