I kind of hate these threads because I was never friends or got along with my sister.
Part of it was her mental health, part of it is we have completely opposite personalities. She passed away back in 2019 and I miss her fiercely, but I don't miss the constant battles or the parental back and forth with her.
This is also why we had one. DH also had a similar childhood with his brother and them never getting along, on top of parental favorites. Thankfully as adults we can just not see them.
My brother is practically a stranger. We are opposites, and when I look at our childhood, all I remember is him terrorizing and fighting with me.
Ah yeah, my sister and I were complete opposites too. We're also 8.5 years apart. We were never friends really and I was always jealous of people that were close with their siblings. We get along and have more in common as adults, but there's definitely still a line there. I think there's so much that goes into siblings getting along well. Age difference, personalities, how parents interact and treat their kids differently, etc.
I have three, each four years apart. 1 and 2 have their moments - usually 1 is annoyed with 2, but when it matters they are thick as thieves. For example when 2 was overlooked for an ice cream treat at tennis camp the other day 1 was about to burn the place down.
Nobody shares a room but baby always stays with me till well past 1 years old.
1st delivery was long (30+ hours) but I delivered in another country and one of my nurses was American and she told me I probably would have gotten a C-section had I been in the US. Number 2 was induced due to me being overdue. They only broke my water and that was enough to start contractions. Labor was quick. Labor 3 induced 5 weeks early due to multiple failed stress tests for baby.
I conceived quickly each time (within one or two cycles every time). However, I had multiple losses between one and two.