Min, I was worried too, but there is only a 50% chance you will get it again - John took off 5 weeks after Elijah's birth (he had stacks of leave owing) and I found this was a lifesaver. I felt great with him there all that time (although he started to get on my nerves by then too LOL!) and when he went back to work I felt more confident. I am back on meds now since Elijah was one, but this is only because of my poor hubby having to work so much and hardly being here - I don't have any family support. So if you can work out a good support network, there's no reason why you can't do it

With the personality thing people talk about with kids and how they will react to a baby - Marisa has a beautiful, loving personality, but like that article Sarah put in her post, 'A New Baby,' you can understand how a 2.5-3 year old is going to get upset and not understand why that now they have to share their toys (not want to share) as well as their mummy and daddy, and they can revert back to baby behaviour and things like that as a way they see to get the attention they want. I think the older they are, the more they can understand this and not be in that 3 year old mind and so demanding of attention at the same time as a baby. Perhaps having them earlier than this can be easier too, avoiding that time of not understanding, but I haven't experienced this for myself so I can't comment personally.

They always tell you to make sure you still get one on one time with each child to avoid jealously issues, but for people like me, it's not much a reality when I wake up with them and go to sleep with them, with a hubby still working. So for some I think it can be an easier transition than for others. Just like everything, I think it all boils down to support or how supported you feel.

Caroline and I were talking today about 3 year olds, she said she's done lots of work the last few weeks with mostly three year olds and she said she secretly has this evil though that if the agency calls her for some more jobs, she'd say yes, as long as it's without three year olds LOL!!!