Body tolerating one more
Hey all.. I currently have 5, youngest is 7 months and the others are 5y+.
We are spending the next year to see if we want one more or not. I am 35 and don't want any after 37, so that's my limit and factors into my internal debate.
Something that holds me back is what I don't know. Rolling the dice again on having a healthy child, how my body is going to fare as well.
My pregnancies were mild compared to many i read of I think (not bragging, just trying to add context). The usual nausea, aches, pains, trouble sleeping. Labors were all fine (no issues or tearing). No side effects. Maybe some soreness when I use my abs sometimes. Right now I feel mostly normal.
However, last time the midwife did comment that I was bleeding more than she liked, her words. She manually removed some and I got some pitocin. I think she inserted something as well but I can't remember if I'm making that up or what it might have been called lol. Anyway she left to do other stuff. No word on how much I lost, not urgent or an emergency by any means. My bleeding was normal after that and the nurses thought it was fine. Nothing on my notes online that mentioned it either. But she did say you have a higher chance of hemmorhaging the more kids you have.
A friend's mom has seven, the mom told me after 6 the Dr said not to have anymore (she was very young but IDK how old at this point). I guess she was pushing for a long time and they said her uterus was too tired. My friend said she had to have some mesh thing put in after the 7th. (I didn't ask for details so not sure what it was for haha).
So I *feel* good. But what if it's not inside? Lol. How do y'all take the leap again and hope your body can handle it? Hope this makes sense.