ok so I find myself with a faint line on a pregnancy test today, I have 4 boys already. what surprise any IM'S out there with 5 children that can give me some positive advice. I haven't told hubby yet as want to do another test before to confirm, hubby wasn't keen on any more children, but said if it happened we would cross that bridge if we came to it. I always said If we fell pregnant again it would be great but now I'm here I'm not sure how I'm feeling!, please not that there will be no discussion of termination as we will keep the bub if all goes well, I'm just after advice on how you mums coped with 5 kiddies.
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No need to take a second test. A faint line still means your pregnant :)
False positives are rare but can happen so taking a second test wouldn't be a bad idea.
I took like.. 10 tests to confirm! I couldn't help it.
It's worth taking a second test because it may be a chemical pregnancy which will show a faint line and then disappear.
Congrats anyways, I don't have the experience myself to tell you anything but good luck :)
My surprise 5th is now 1 year old. When I found out I was pregnant, I was a mess. I didn't want another baby, we had been taking precautions. I was just starting to find myself outside of being a mother and wife after having our 4 daughters. Another baby was not part of the plan! To be honest I spent most of the pregnancy in denial. I didn't really want to acknowledge it at all. But from the moment she was born, I knew she was meant to be. She was the piece of our family we didn't know had been missing. Surprisingly my husband handled the pregnancy amazingly- he showed more excitement about it than any of our previous ones and he was more involved in the early days than he had been with the others.
5 wasn't really a huge change to 4. We already had the car and house (although had to shuffle some of the kids around to work out the best sleeping arrangements). We hadn't planned on more so had to buy everything again but did so on the cheap from second hand pages. I think the only the we bought new was the car seat. And prior to the birth, we only got the bare essentials- a couple of bits of clothing, a bassinet, a swing, car seat and a couple of blankets/wraps. Everything else we slowly got after the birth as we needed it.
hi on telling people about your 5th pregnancy how did you go with the comments from others about having so many kids.... it plays on my mind heavinly about what people think I know it shouldn't but it does!!!! I'm torn as to what to do!!!!
needing help here lol I'm a mess
This was my story. Happy with 4 and was on the pill again. Whoops, number 5 decided he needed me. I had a lot of really awful stuff going on in my life at the time, and had no idea how I would manage another. I couldn't enjoy the pregnancy, I was anxious and worried a lot of the time. I'm not ashamed to say there were many days that I just did not want him. Once he arrived, it all disappeared. I knew this part - I am a mum and I had this. Can't imagine life without him as part of my wild bunch! Although, it seems I saved the wildest child until last, lol.
It's ok to feel ambivalent. It's only natural to be uncertain. But you got this. With 4 already, another will fit right in.
Feel free to inbox me anytime for a mummy of many chat ??