My baby was just born one week ago. Before he was born I had always wanted two children. But now, I am seriously thinking I can't handle going through raising a newborn again. I am also scared to have only one child. Help! Really depressed.

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Don't think about no. 2 yet. It's could be due to the initial stage of a newborn that you might have felt overwhelmed by the routine and settling him/her. I had the same feeling when I had my first. Then she was 16mths when we felt she was gaining independence and we were settled and we planned no. 2. Days b4 no. 2 came, I was afraid like how crazily busy we had w no. 1 newborn stage. But our no. 2 is far easier to handle w experience n not being overly stringent w the routine. For now : Put your focus and love on your newborn and try not to worry about things not happening yet. Always speak to someone when you felt overwhelmed and ask for help even if it meant they might not do it better than you would like them to. Babies grow up pretty fast. Before you knew it, you would be looking back and missing all these moments.

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