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Considering having another child

TW (previous abortions mentioned)

My partner has recently expressed that he would love another child.

I have been in a bit of a battle with my mind and have been considering it for a while (before he brought it up). I experienced bad postpartum anxiety, depression and perinatal ocd that unfortunately I kept being dismissed when asking for support from professionals. I also don’t have much support from family and it’s just me and my toddler all day every day until their dad comes home.

I would love another child, however we only live in a small 2 bedroom house that we’ve been renting for the past 2 years. We’re really happy here and with prices constantly increasing we wouldn’t be able to afford to pay the extortionate prices estate agents and other landlords charge at the moment.

Has anyone been able to make it work with having more children whilst only living in a 2 bedroom property?? And also lack of support. We also have concerns for possible autism/adhd with the child we already have which can be challenging, resulting in me needing to go on antidepressants (I’m doing so much better since).

I also feel I’ll feel guilty as I had to unfortunately have 2 abortions after having my child (one when she was 1 and the second when she was 2) so I feel I would feel awful having another child when i didn’t feel I could go ahead with the other 2 😢 (I AM NOT ASKING FOR JUDGEMENT)