Is it possible to have babies 9 months apart

But I know as long as I eat healthy, take my vitamins, and take care of myself, everything will be great! I just found out I am pregnant with baby 2 and there will be an 18 month age difference.

I wanted our babies close I am 36, so cant wait too long but now I have these overwhelming feelings of guilt and anxiety. Guilty that I am somehow robbing my first of his baby years and anxiety about nursing all the time when the second arrives and having a 1. I have cried a LOT these past days and I know thats crazy. I think some of it is hormones, but I just need to know it will be okay, these feelings are normal and its the plan for our family.

Is this guilt normal? Its 18 months insanely close? I feel like everyone has 2 years, but whats 6 months. Kate, you will be okay. Your babies will be okay. This is awesome in so many ways. I have one, am only having one and believe very much that all children benefit from structure, healthy sleep habits and compassion. Hi, I gave birth to my second child when my first born was 11 months. I had 5 babies and my biggest gap was 18 months.

Pregnancy is hard, but your baby is so worth it. Hi Rachel, I was looking online for something to encourage me with raising 2 babies under age 1! One is a foster son who is 11 months old, and then unexpectedly I am also raising my granddaughter age 3 months! On top of that I am a single parent and 61 years old. Donna, thanks for your encouragement and I pray you find wisdom and divine direction to help you raise these sweet babies.

What a woman you are! Hi Rachel, Thanks for such a great article. There seems to be limited info on closely spaced kids I have been searching the net for info. I have a 2. I would like to try for a 3rd now but have this horrible feeling of guilt about how it will affect my new bub. I am also really concerned about not been able to continue breastfeeding until my 4 month old is 1 which I had hoped to do. Is it true my milk will dry up if I fall pregnant again?

Thanks Ange. This makes me definitely feel way less crazy! I adore it! Anyway, thank you for this post! Our 5th was a surprise and honestly it was hard. I am curious if you breast fed your babies, and if so, were you able to continue doing so while pregnant with the next? The thing I keep thinking about is wanting to continue breastfeeding our first as long as possible, but not sure if I will be able to produce anything for her. We have 6, 4, 3, 2 and baby 5 due in 6 weeks. Our 1st 2 are 15 months apart, then 14 months, then 12 months and 2 days.

So not many others can relate or understand what my life looks like. Very refreshing to read your story. I truly needed your encouragement to keep them on a schedule. We followed babywide to a T and my husband is a pediatrician so life was good when they were all napping and little. Do you have any advice in this area.

Thank you for putting together your blog and sharing your advice!!!! After the end of my first marriage in got married. In November had 2nd child. Reading your article reminded me of my days up to 4 kids and miss those days.

I always use to say the same things but as they grow up feels it is getting more tiring. Especially having 5 boys in the house can be a handful and a lot of noise. And this my story?? Hi Rachel! I am in exactly the same boat as you!

My four babies are all 12 months apart, and their birthdays fall in the same week, apart from the fourth, who was two weeks early! I love it though! Thank you for such an encouraging post! Do you have any advice for a three year old who is really whiny and sensitive, and generally cries a lot? Great advice and so nice to find a positive story.

I really struggle with the judgy comments, which is silly because I wanted the babies closed together. In the end I want 5, and I have no problem with having a baby every year. I dont love being pregnant so getting it out of the way would be nice. My son only sleeps on or next to me for naps and bedtime.

We had been trying nap training but got nowhere. I guess we will try again and probably sleep training when he is better currently sick. Being a mom is awesome and I love that our family is growing. We had our children close, too, and even today they all get along wonderfully!!

We had 4 in 5 years and 1 more years later! Today, they are 28, 27, 25, 23 and 14!! Still loving every minute!! Hi Rachel, My husband and I would like to have our babies close together, as you have. I have a 4 month old baby girl, and I am thinking about 2. But I am breastfeeding, and I have heard that it is hard to get pregnant and sustain a pregnancy while breastfeeding.

Do you have any advice on this? Thanks, Rachel! I have an almost 7 month old born October and just found out I am about 8 weeks pregnant… I am excited, but so nervous. I am back at work, so I am working a very demanding job and have my first baby on a very strict schedule.

Can you please share your experiences with this? My fiance and I just had a baby girl who is about to be 3 months in early December and we are thinking about trying for another baby. I read all your articles about Irish twins and they were certainly helpful. Although I am left with just a few questions for you. I was wondering if you felt you missed out or took away from any of your kids by having them so close?

I was talking to a friend who had babies close together and she was saying she felt that she took away from her 1st baby… Also I am about to go back to work at the end of December and I will be going back to school in January although the classes will be online.

So I am a little worried that if we do have another baby that I may not be able to take as much time off with the 2nd one as my first. I was wondering if you had any suggestions for managing school work life and 2 babies? THe kids are thick as thieves and have a ball together which is nice ;. Finding this website is an answered prayer! I have a 21 month old a 3. I feel like I found my twin! We both sleep train, dream feed, and are Christians.

I do have one question, with my first two I gave up on breast feeding. I will not pump as it stresses me out but I also was never into bf it just felt too overwhelming. Any tips? Napping with my kid helps me get through the day but even then I find it very challenging to keep the house spotless for example now I have a mountain of laundry to make and it would be good if I could clean the bathroom as well. I hope that after my second turns 6 months old they might play together independently.

I co-slept with my firstborn until he was 12, getting him to sleep by himself in his cot during the night has helped me so much, definitively routine is a must.

Kate, I love hearing all about your routines and strategies and you are so right, we need to do what gets us all through rested. Family naps sound fun! Your email address will not be published. This evening brain dump journal sheet will help you get in a peaceful mindset so you too can sleep peacefully through the night.

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Years ago, when two children were born within 12 months of each other, people often referred to them as "Irish twins. When people refer to Irish twins, it's important to recognize that although the siblings are close in age, they are not actually twins. In other words, they were not born during the same gestational period.

Calling them Irish twins is just an informal way of classifying siblings that are born close together. If you're referring to twins born in Ireland at the same time to the same mother, they are true Irish twins.

But if the children are born months apart, they don't meet the true definition of twins. Twins are two children born from the same conception , carried during the same pregnancy, and born together.

There are two main types of twins:. Pregnancy and breast-feeding can diminish the body's supply of iron, nutrients important for the mother and baby. The March of Dimes, an organization that aims to prevent premature birth, recommends women wait at least 18 months after the birth of a child before becoming pregnant again. One of the public health goals of the U. Department of Health and Human Services called Healthy People is to reduce the percentage of pregnancies conceived within 18 months of a previous birth from 35 percent to 32 percent by With a newborn and another baby who was beginning to crawl, life was hectic at first for the couple.

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