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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did you stop at one or go on to have another? How did you get over the fear and trauma from your first? Was there a certain age gap that you think helped? [/quote]

I’m not sure that my first qualifies so i’ll describe what i found extremely difficult - colic (pretty constant crying) for the first 5.5/6 months. My daughter was and continues to be physically healthy and there was nothing happening physically like reflux that was linked to the crying. It was physically and mentally exhausting. We did sleep train at 13 weeks so she slept at night starting then but she didn’t sleep at night for more than a few hours for the first three months and even after she started sleeping at night she did not nap during the day until 6 months. I know many people deal with very serious health challenges so i don’t want to make light of that. My first child was very difficult to me but obviously it’s not comparable to many situations.

I went on to have two more children after my first. Spacing was 29 months between first and 21 between second and third. Second child was very easy and third child (3 months now) is also very easy. Not like sleeping all the time easy but not like crying all the time hard. I’ve never had family help beyond parents who were around the first few days and we never used a night nurse or postpartum doula. [/quote]

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