In your experience, what would be your recommended # years in between child #1 & child #2? Pros and Cons. Thanks! :-)

Ideally, it should be 3 years for me. Mine are 5.10 yrs old and 2.5 yrs old. Pro's of Spacing out Pregnancies: .Birth spacing at this interval gives parents time to plan, especially with the finances. .Health-wise, this is good for mothers since they use up their nutrients during pregnancy and need to recuperate. It takes time to address nutritional depletion of mothers. They need to replace the nutrients they lost and need for themselves and for the next baby. .Parents get to focus on each child and attend to individual needs. Con's of Closely Spaced Pregnancies: .Mothers are not able to recover enough from the stress of pregnancy, childbirth, and child rearing. .Financially, it's demanding. .Physically, it's challenging for both parents. MayoClinic asserts that there are risks associated with closely spaced births. But it is also risky to have too wide interval, 5 years and up. For more information, please click this link: http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/getting-pregnant/in-depth/family-planning/art-20044072 For me, future success depends on healthy birth spacing. Additional source: http://cchealth.org/birth-spacing/problems-cause.php