I am about to give birth to my second child. The problem is I can’t imagine loving her as much as I love my firstborn. What if I always love my first child more than my second? I’m petrified I’m going to mess up baby number two’s life and she hasn’t even arrived yet!
If you get a group of moms together and do a quick poll, you’ll no doubt find that this particular fear is every bit as common as the fear of having your water break in public and the fear of giving birth on the side of the highway (two other highly popular late pregnancy fears!)
Fortunately, the problem usually takes care of itself as soon as baby number two arrives on the scene. Once your new baby has had a chance to start to wind his or her way into your heart, you’ll begin to feel confident that you’ve got more than enough love for two.
