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[Shanus]

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@abbalulu wrote:

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@Shanus wrote:

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@abbalulu wrote:

We also have two children exactly 10 months apart. Our son was adopted and our daughter was born exactly ten months later. When they were small sometimes I would have fun with strangers who asked about their ages on the two months out of the year when they were the same age. Sometimes I would end up telling them the truth and sometimes I would just leave them wondering depending on whether or not I was feeling mischievous that particular day. 

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@abbalulu   Wow! Same thing here. We adopted our son when he was 4 days old. Before he was 2 months, I got pregnant. I cried because I was happy AND because I realized I'd have both so close together  it'd be a real chore to handle. Luckily, my Mom lived close enough to come one or two days a week to help out and give me time off for food shopping, etc. Of course, with neither one walking, I had one on each hip. LOL

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@Shanus  I well remember the despair of not being able to have a baby, the joy of adopting our son and the shock and awe of  getting pregnant a short time later. I too was so worried at first, wondering how I would be able to handle two babies at the same time, but things have a way of working themselves out. Also I was not a young new mother-I was already in my early thirties when all this occurred. You were lucky to have a Mom not too far away. We had no relatives close by at all. In order to get the groceries I would phone my husband at work and give him the grocery list once a week. lol  It's nice meeting someone with a similar experience.

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@abbalulu   It's nice to meet you, too. After  few years of trying to get pregnant, going through whatever tests were available at the time, we decided to adopt. Besides my concern about the two babies, I felt a little guilty that I wouldn't have the time/pleasure of enjoying "alone time" with my son before my daughter would arrive.

[abbalulu]

@Shanus  I also had all the tests available at the time and a couple of surgeries also. I had the exact same feelings that our son would not have enough only child time with us before his sister would arrive. Only we didn't know it would be a sister as they weren't doing sonograms yet. I think they started doing them a year or two later.

This has been an interesting thread.

[Shanus]

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@abbalulu wrote:

@Shanus  I also had all the tests available at the time and a couple of surgeries also. I had the exact same feelings that our son would not have enough only child time with us before his sister would arrive. Only we didn't know it would be a sister as they weren't doing sonograms yet. I think they started doing them a year or two later.

This has been an interesting thread.

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@abbalulu  No sonograms when I was pregnant either. In fact, the OBGYN thought my daughter was twin because I was so huge....gained 63 lbs. on my 5'1" frame. I could barely walk the last 4 months. She was feet first and a tricky delivery. My son was adopted when I was 24 and daughter born right before I was 25, so at least I was done...one of each.