maherwoman
Well-Known Member
Ok...anyone that knows me well has always asked...
"Are you going to have more children? Or are you going to have just Emily?"
I've had COUNTLESS people ask me this...and I always had the same answer:
"Nope, we're just gonna stick with one."
Then comes the diluge of questions...
"Why just one? Doesn't she want a brother or sister? Don't you feel bad that she doesn't have someone to play with? Why not have more?" etc. etc. etc.
This is something I've experienced, mostly since marrying Danny in 2005. People just never really understood, but I was totally okay with that.
Recently, Danny and I had quite the pregnancy scare...and it got us thinking. Why DON'T we have another? Would it be so horrible? I started crying at the idea of going through labor again (it was really horrible for me, I had many huge things go wrong...enough so that they had to give me four pints of blood before I left the hospital), but Danny reminded me that this time around, things are different...I have HIM. (I was single when I had Em...and met Danny when she was about two years old.)
So, we talked about it for a long time, and I realized...I really would love to have another child. But not just have 'another child', as much as I realized, have another child WITH HIM. You see, Em's never been just 'some kid' for him...he's taken her on full-fledged as his own daughter...so for us, it would be like having another child together.
I started to actually get excited about the idea! This is simply not my normal reaction to the idea of having another! Then I started thinking about how much help Em would be with the baby, and what an amazing older sister she would be, and how much wonderful help I would get from Danny, and how much love the little one would have...
So, we've decided to have another child...just one more. Heck, we've even thought of names for him or her! We're going to name him Robert William if he's a boy (both our dad's names), and Katie Elizabeth if she's a girl (the middle name being a tribute to his late mom).
So, there ya go! I'm really excited, even though I'm not pregnant yet. I think this is going to be a really great thing for our family, and I feel like I'm ready now. I sure wasn't before...but I have so much more support this time around, it'll be so great! (You'll have to excuse my thinking singly when I think of having a baby...as I don't know what it's like to have one WITH someone...but I will now!)
I'm even going to start collecting things for the baby...Em wants to buy stuffies for him/her, and books. Can't really start collecting clothes (if only due to the fact that I don't want to dress a girl in yellow or green, lol), but we can start collecting other things.
I'm excited!!
"Are you going to have more children? Or are you going to have just Emily?"
I've had COUNTLESS people ask me this...and I always had the same answer:
"Nope, we're just gonna stick with one."
Then comes the diluge of questions...
"Why just one? Doesn't she want a brother or sister? Don't you feel bad that she doesn't have someone to play with? Why not have more?" etc. etc. etc.
This is something I've experienced, mostly since marrying Danny in 2005. People just never really understood, but I was totally okay with that.
Recently, Danny and I had quite the pregnancy scare...and it got us thinking. Why DON'T we have another? Would it be so horrible? I started crying at the idea of going through labor again (it was really horrible for me, I had many huge things go wrong...enough so that they had to give me four pints of blood before I left the hospital), but Danny reminded me that this time around, things are different...I have HIM. (I was single when I had Em...and met Danny when she was about two years old.)
So, we talked about it for a long time, and I realized...I really would love to have another child. But not just have 'another child', as much as I realized, have another child WITH HIM. You see, Em's never been just 'some kid' for him...he's taken her on full-fledged as his own daughter...so for us, it would be like having another child together.
I started to actually get excited about the idea! This is simply not my normal reaction to the idea of having another! Then I started thinking about how much help Em would be with the baby, and what an amazing older sister she would be, and how much wonderful help I would get from Danny, and how much love the little one would have...
So, we've decided to have another child...just one more. Heck, we've even thought of names for him or her! We're going to name him Robert William if he's a boy (both our dad's names), and Katie Elizabeth if she's a girl (the middle name being a tribute to his late mom).
So, there ya go! I'm really excited, even though I'm not pregnant yet. I think this is going to be a really great thing for our family, and I feel like I'm ready now. I sure wasn't before...but I have so much more support this time around, it'll be so great! (You'll have to excuse my thinking singly when I think of having a baby...as I don't know what it's like to have one WITH someone...but I will now!)
I'm even going to start collecting things for the baby...Em wants to buy stuffies for him/her, and books. Can't really start collecting clothes (if only due to the fact that I don't want to dress a girl in yellow or green, lol), but we can start collecting other things.
I'm excited!!