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| Gerber_Daisy |
| 06/20/03 at 15:50:32 |
| Sisters, I AM SHOCKED! I'm five weeks pregnant and I have an 8 month old son. I'm 145 pounds and 5"2 and just started a diet and exercise plan to get rid of my baby weight last week (I had lost it all, down to 130 and then gained it back in the past two months). I'll stop doing crunches and keep on the treadmill and I'll just accept the fact that I'm not getting into those skinny clothes before the end of summer. :) And I was using the birth control pills for pregnant moms (ortho micronor). Btw, my husband is estatic! I just told him and we're going out to dinner. He is very helpful, alhumdullilah. Anyway, how do you handle two small children in diapers at the same time? I heard that my milk will dry up. I also heard that it's bad for your health to wait less than a year and you gain more weight than the first time and it's even harder to lose. I'm going to need another crib! And another diaper genie! And another car seat! Am I suppossed to stop picking up my son when my belly gets big? Tell me the truth. Prepare me for the inevitable. What should I really expect? I was thinking of telling people that Allah blessed me with another baby when they ask "Was it an accident?" I think it's bad manners to tell people about the birth control pills. What do you guys think? My kafir parents and friends will definitely ask this. My muslim friends will probably throw me a party!! :) |
| Re: Back to back pregnancies |
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| Anonymous |
| 06/22/03 at 08:06:29 |
| asalaamu alaykum, congrats on the pregnancy. don't worry about a thing, allah wouldn't have let you get pregnant if you couldn't handle it. I have a friend whose kids are 11 months apart, so for a month they both are the same age!!! Anyways, in the beginning the older kid temporarily becomes the fathers child or if you have anyone else helping out, it'll be their kid until you are able to handle both. i know people who breastfeed throughout the next pregnancy and it just doesn't seem wise, too exhausting, and the few i know who did it ended up with tiny babies, just seems like it takes too much from the fetus. but allahu alim. well insha-allah you will be fine, its tough, but once you get a routine going things will get easier. oh, and the older child will most likely be jealous, so never leave him/her alone with the baby, or not too close either, i know some kids if they can't get close enough to hit the baby, they'll just throw something at him (smart kids). may allah make this pregnancy, birth and so on easy for you insha-allah. take care. wa alaykum asalaam |
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| faisalsb |
| 06/23/03 at 04:18:10 |
| [slm] Congratulation Sister! Mashallah you are very fertile .........:) I think more kids are blessing of Allah Subhan Wa Tallah. I know couples who had their first baby after 10 years of their marriage and some don't have it at all. Your birth control experience tells us that it's not in any human's hand to have or not to have kids. What Anonymous said really makes sense it sounds she is a experienced mother. |
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