This is MY BABY. I decided since the boys are gone (almost) my husband and I could go through male menopause together. He got me a hot car, I dyed my hair blonde.
Scary, but yes that’s me (imagine the amount of air brushing). Just missing a baby with some cool baby clothing, oh yeah!
For a lot of us this is hard to talk about - for others it never happened. To some it’s with the first baby, some the 3rd or later. But, you go through 9 months of anticipation, go through labor and the nurse hands you the baby and you look down at the baby and don’t recognize him and don’t feel any attachment.
When my first was born I looked at him and asked the nurse where my baby was. Hopefully, she thought it was drugs or something. But, by the second I got to my room, I realized his face was eternally burned into my soul. The love I felt was overwhelming. When they finally brought him back he had on the cutest baby onzie and I was a basket case waiting for him. I couldn’t stop looking at him and loving him. I never had this problem with my other two and I have stopped feeling guilty. It must have been a glitch of hormones.
Another Baby! I just got a call from my sister. She has 5 kids and is pregnant again! One thing I can say for her is she loves babies and if anyone should have them she should. All her kids are great. But, this means more gifts. Since she has already had 5, I figure she has run out of hand me downs and it is time for some cool baby clothing 
to replace that old boring stuff. Now it’s time to go shopping - not my idea of fun.
I don’t know about you, but I have mixed ideas about how many kids couples should have. You look around and sometimes it’s kind of scary. One thing I do know is the children my sister raises grow up with a sense of responsibility and maturity beyond what I see is most kids today. I have 3 myself, but I’m done. Knowing they will be a credit to our society I am not concerned with the number of children she has. Hopefully, it will offset some of the kids growing up without the love and guidance she offers.