Some Advice? - Bend,OR

I fave found 2-3 yrs seems to work really well. I have three that are 3 yrs apart each. Theya ll get alon really well.

Hello Mrs Z, you don't mention your age and sometimes that plays a roll on how long it takes to get pregnant. At this point, I take it you aren't having any problems. Age also plays a factor in how much time you want to wait until you have the next baby. After having 2 only childs, in other words, my children are 23 years apart, and having 5 years difference between me and my next oldest sister, I would not allow more than 2 - 3 years grow between the two last children. I remember no one wanted to play with me and I was always too young to be included in anything. In retrospect, I wouldn't suggest having a baby past 37/38 years if possible. I say that for health reasons, although many will disagree. At 40 you have to start going in for a mammogram and at 50 a colonoscopy. They are looking for signs of cancer and looking with reason. Certainly anything can happen at any time, but you certainly don't want to go through these procedures with too small of children. At my current age, I could still have another, but I don't think my back could handle the weight...I would probably be restricted to the bed. Sadly, I think that is just part of age.

i don't agree you have another one very close..wait till your baby is around 3 yrs old, it would be better. I'm talking from my personal experience. i have 6,5, 2.5 yr old and 4 months old. it was really tiring. me and my husband always fighting because of them. i'm working as a teacher and it was more tiring when i got home....

You will find my advice in this simply explaned cartoon booklet:

http://www.populationmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03...

Here is another link that will educate you about the effects of overpopulation of our beautiful planet Earth:
http://www.overpopulation.org

Or you can just google "the negative effects of overpopulation" and you might learn quite few interesting things.

My husband and I would like to have 4 children total as well. Right now we have an 11 month old and one on the way (due October). We said that after this next one we'd wait a couple years and then have our next set haha for lack of better words. We like the idea of having these two close in age and then the next two will be close in age... maybe not 17 months apart with the next two, but close to it. I can't speak from experience yet, but I can tell you what we intend to do. It's really up to what you and your husband decide to do. I'd say wait until your 4 month old is one and maybe start trying to conceive from there.

Hope this helps you out somewhat... Good Luck!

I've always seen that a woman's body needs a year to return to "normal" after birth. We got pregnant with our youngest when my oldest was 17 months. It's not as easy as it could be, but it's working for us. We haven't decided if we want more or not, but we won't make any real decisions about it until my youngest is 1.