Having children close together (as in getting pregnant less than a year after having the last one) makes the pregnancy and delivery more dangerous or detrimental to the mother's health???
Hey everybody! Finally told my family, and it went over almost as well as stuffed duck and mink coats at a PETA Christmas dinner (sorry if any of you are actually in PETA and take offense to that, none was meant.) Their reactions were as follows:
"Either you're getting your tubes tied or I'll do it for you"
and according to the one that reacted with this the other two are
"Just concerned about my health because people die from giving birth all the time" which I'm pretty sure is her way of trying to sugar coat what they actually said because it was probably similar too, if not worse than what she said.
And the last member was just outright pissed (she's young and has jealousy issues over attention).
Anyway when I respond with "Well, this is why we decided to wait to tell you guys." I get the guilt trip about "Well, maybe we wouldn't be so upset if you'd told us sooner, so this is ALL YOUR FAULT."
So ladies, I ask you, have any of you ever seen or heard evidence to support their case that having children closer together makes the pregnancy and/or delivery harmful to the mother in any way? If so I'd love to see some links to this evidence (or to the contrary for that matter).
Here is a plate of delicious Halloween cupcakes for you if you've made it this far, and thanks again for listening.