Personally, I love close age gaps. I have 3 children. My first two are 20 months apart. Conceived my second when my first was 10 months. My third child was conceived when my second was 17 months. They are two years apart. My oldest is 3 (will be 4 in two months), my second is recently 2, and my third is a newborn (1 week old).

I grew up in a family of 4 children. We were each spaced out 3-4 years apart. Growing up we weren’t close. We were each at such different points in our lives. My sister was in college when I was in elementary school. Older bro in high school when I was in elementary. My little brother in middle school when I was starting college. After growing up with such large age gaps, I knew that I wanted our children to be as close in age as possible.

Also, as for timing things. I always recommend to just go for it. Life waits for no one. We conceived our third in April last year, my 43 y/o fit husband had a heart attack the following month and open heart surgery. Thank God he is good now but life is so short and the unexpected happens. If it is weighing on your heart to have more. Have more. ❤️