It was hard because DD1 was an easy baby but it took me a long time to physically recover from the pregnancy/birth (long story which I won't bore you with). Then when she was a toddler, my goodness she was a terror and I too wondered about how I'd cope. The pregnancy with DD2 was awful because of my physical problems (couldn't walk, housebound for six months basically) and the fact that DD1 who was in full tantrum mode was housebound too. Added to that, we had a lot going on generally - buying/selling a house and 16-year-old DSD going off the rails so I worried myself silly about how I would cope with DD2.

But things change - they really do. We moved house, physically I'm a lot, lot better than first time around and DD1 is a bit older, bit (I emphasise 'bit') more sensible. And despite the fact that DD2 is nowhere near as easy a baby as DD1, it's all worked out brilliantly.

My age kind of helped otherwise I probably would have secondguessed myself for a lot longer, but I knew I didn't have the luxury of time to do that from a fertility perspective.

If it wasn't for the fact that I have physically rotten pregnancies which apart from being a complete pain, make it v difficult to actually practically look after children, then I'd be trying for no.3 right now.