My friend is pregnant again

[W.T.Faulkner]

She has a 4 y/o, a 2.5 y/o, and a just-turned 1 y/o.

The first and second kiddos were intentional, but the 3rd and now the 4th she claims were total accidents.  She told me by having the 4 year-old wear a t-shirt that says, "Oh, no, not again!  I'm a big brother of 3!" 

He said to me, "Aunt WTF, look at my shirt!"  I read it, gave him a big hug, then said, "I have to talk to Mommy for a second!" and covered his ears and whispered, "WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!?" to her.  She started cracking up, lol. 

Guys, I'm never, ever having sex again.  Seriously.  I'm so terrified of 4 kids under 5. FOUR KIDS UNDER 5.

[nymama]

My uterus is in a corner sobbing and rocking.

[joenali]

Has she heard of birth control before? This was no accident, she obviously knows how babies are made.

[W.T.Faulkner]

Apr 17, 2014 14:44:25 GMT -5 joenali said:

Has she heard of birth control before? This was no accident, she obviously knows how babies are made.

We're Catholic, so. 

I said to her, "I"m pretty sure you know how this is happening."  lol

[nymama]

Also, I can barely mentally keep it together with a three year old and four month old. Four kids under five. Newp.

[speckledfrog]

Yeah, not an accident.

[KKD]

I have a friend who just had her fourth baby this morning, with similar age differences – but all planned. Insanity!

[Odonata]

I never planned on having more than three, tops.

*thanks* to my infertility, I don't think I'll be having this issue! In fact, I might be one and done.

[fivenow]

This is funny. Even though I'm a lurker (on the worst possible day to be a lurker chiming in), I had to respond to this thread. You basically described my kids here, even down to their ages, more or less. In my case, #3 was planned but #4 was not. He's 6 weeks old now. Several times a day I shake my head and think, this can't be my actual life.

[snickers]

WTF is she thinking, BC exists for a reason. Sucks to be her.

[snickers]

Apr 17, 2014 15:23:08 GMT -5 fivenow said:

This is funny. Even though I'm a lurker (on the worst possible day to be a lurker chiming in), I had to respond to this thread. You basically described my kids here, even down to their ages, more or less. In my case, #3 was planned but #4 was not. He's 6 weeks old now. Several times a day I shake my head and think, this can't be my actual life.

You are amazing then, because holy moly that would be a lot of freaking work. Although they would probably amuse themselves a lot, no? I feel like you should make a movie about your life, lol.

[sewpinkgal]

H has a cousin that had 5 under age 6 when her twins were born. Yup, pregnancy #4 was twins. :/

Let's hope this isn't the case with your friend.

[shostakovich]

Hmmm, let's put our heads together and solve this mystery. Did she and her H drink from the same cup maybe?

[iamali]

Do you live in a state where abortion is against the law?

[fivenow]

Apr 17, 2014 15:32:50 GMT -5 snickers said:

Apr 17, 2014 15:23:08 GMT -5 fivenow said:

This is funny. Even though I'm a lurker (on the worst possible day to be a lurker chiming in), I had to respond to this thread. You basically described my kids here, even down to their ages, more or less. In my case, #3 was planned but #4 was not. He's 6 weeks old now. Several times a day I shake my head and think, this can't be my actual life.

You are amazing then, because holy moly that would be a lot of freaking work. Although they would probably amuse themselves a lot, no? I feel like you should make a movie about your life, lol.

It is a lot of work. We're still adjusting to life (to put it mildly) with a newborn again. The older two are easy and mostly entertain each other and, lately, have spent an embarrassing amount of time on the kindle. We actually fostered for a while, but having two toddlers was easier than a toddler and a newborn. Do you hear that? I have become immune to my own insanity.

[missbella]

I knew people that got pregnant on their honeymoon...with twins, pregnant a couple years later...with twins, pregnant again...only one this time. They had 5 boys under 5.

[isabel]

That is a lot of babies. Jesus.

[noodleoo]

Probably flameful: My opinion, if you aren't using birth control and are still having sex, you can't call it an accident or a "surprise" pregnancy.

[Deleted]

good god.. i'd cry

[pantsparty]

"Four Kids Under 5" is the title of Stephen King's next horror novel.

[berbles]

I have friends. When I met them, they had two little girls, ages 3 and 6 months. And then he tells me his wife is 3 months pregnant. With twins. ALL GIRLS.

The twins were conceived while she was on the mini pill. They were born 10 days after the youngest's 1st bday.

Now they are 2.5, 3.5, and 5. Oh, and Mom will be 25 next week.

[katfco]

That just sounds scary.
I have a friend who was an oops baby--along with both her brothers. Her mom was on 3 different kinds of birth control. One was the pill, one was condoms and the other was an IUD. After the third, both she and her husband had surgery.

[Deleted]

Apr 17, 2014 15:44:06 GMT -5 iamali said:

Do you live in a state where abortion is against the law?

This was pretty uncalled for.

OP's friend is obviously fine with having #4 since she made the oldest a shirt.

[kirra]

Four kids under five sounds like insanity.

That said, I don't see anything wrong with wanting four under five, but WTF would you lie about it and say it was an accident? Twice?

And yeah. It's only an accident if you're using birth control.

[W.T.Faulkner]

Apr 17, 2014 15:44:06 GMT -5 iamali said:

Do you live in a state where abortion is against the law?

She's totally happy with having an insane house; she wouldn't even dream of this (catholic).

[jenny1223]

Apr 17, 2014 17:14:14 GMT -5 katfco said:

That just sounds scary.
I have a friend who was an oops baby--along with both her brothers. Her mom was on 3 different kinds of birth control. One was the pill, one was condoms and the other was an IUD. After the third, both she and her husband had surgery.

Is your friend's name notit by any chance?

[katfco]

Apr 17, 2014 17:45:59 GMT -5 jenny1223 said:

Apr 17, 2014 17:14:14 GMT -5 katfco said:

That just sounds scary.
I have a friend who was an oops baby--along with both her brothers. Her mom was on 3 different kinds of birth control. One was the pill, one was condoms and the other was an IUD. After the third, both she and her husband had surgery.

Is your friend's name notit by any chance?

Haha, no! She's a legitimate person, as is her mother.

[sergey]

This is my mom's story almost exactly. Well, except for the funny parts.

[quietlyloud]

Having kids that close is crazy, but fun too....coming from the crazy lady who just has her 5th kid in 6 years.

[karmasabiotch]

I don't understand how the fertiles do it so easily.