One and done?
Hi! My January 2025 baby is just over 17 months and my husband and I are leaning toward being OAD. We LOVE our daughter and we have been surprised at how content we feel as a family of three! We both work full time and have started getting back into our hobbies and spending time together as a couple. I truly feel like we hit the jackpot with our baby girl and I love being a mom.
I feel conflicted about being OAD because I always thought we would have two children. My husband and I are both very close with our siblings and she will not have any cousins close in age, so I feel unsure about deciding not to expand our family. On the other hand, it’s important to us that she has a well-rounded childhood, filled with sports/activities and opportunities to travel regularly as a family, which would become more challenging financially if we were to have another child.
I feel like I’m mourning the life I expected us to have even though I love, love, love our little family of three.
Anyone else feeling similarly? I just wanted to put this out there to see if any others within this community might be on the fence about being OAD!