Just me?

I just found out that I’m pregnant with our second baby (literally yesterday) our first born will be 2 in October. I’m having a really hard time with this because I feel guilty that my son isn’t going to be an only child anymore. I know that may sound silly but I worry that he’ll resent me or the new baby and that’s the last thing I want… we had 3 losses before we had our son so he is quite literally our entire world and he always will be. But yeah for whatever reason I feel like he’s not going to take it well, I don’t k ow if that’s just my anxiety or not.

Did anyone else feel that way going from 1 to 2?

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Hey. I’m pretty sure what you’re feeling is normal, I felt the same way; like I was taking something away from my first baby; especially with pregnancy and those early months. Though I wanted my second baby it was a little bit of a surprise. However he’s exactly the what we all needed 🥰😅 my oldest who is a little bit on the spectrum has a brother to help bridge the language connection with the parents and his needs, the way they absolutely needed each other in a way I never imagined and for all of us as well he the best addition to our family with his comic relief and repeating what his dad says to enforce rules lol
I will say it did take some adjusting for older brother to fully fathom this little person is here to stay and you have to wait for him to get bigger to play ; as well as talking my oldest through when littlest cries but it also caused me to help escort my oldest to be a little more independent and a big boy when it comes to certain things where I might not have otherwise

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Hey, Im.pregnant with my second baby after giving birth last year july. Lol. I got pregnant 10 months postpartum. Im scared too and worried about the future but I know my baby will be happy no have another younger brother by his side 💜

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That feeling is completely normal. Try to think about the fact that you're giving him a forever friend. Yeah, they may fight here and there, but you're giving him more family. Family that he will have even when you are gone.

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