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Sera, I think you should wait until your daughter is 2 yrs or older. It's so hard if your kids are about the same age. Also if you do happen to have a baby right now, you will be so caught up in watching your little newborn, that you don't really get a chance to see your daughter grow up.

I know how it is to have kids close in age first hand. My kids are less than a year apart in age, and it is so hard physically. I don't get much sleep, I hardly have time to eat or shower, and I usually play on the computer when they are napping and I'm done with the cleaning. Between cooking, taking care of the kids, cleaning our apartment, and finding a second to shower or sleep myself, I'm worn out. My kids are 20 months and 9 months old. The good things are my youngest can wear hand-me-downs from my oldest, we never run out of diapers because they can wear the same size, and we have all the baby furniture from Zane. The downside is being up all night with an infant and staying up all day with a toddler, or when one gets sick, so does the other. Not to mention, toddlers don't get the concept of "be quiet, the baby is asleep" so when one wakes up, usually the other does, too. Please give your baby a chance to be "the baby."

I was wondering, where are you from that you are married at 16? If I told my mother that I wanted to get married she's slap me silly.

My friend is 30 and has 2 kiddies who are very close in age. She's got a huge beautiful house, a dog walker, a cleaner, a gardener, a husband who earns a small fortune and family around the corner and she's just been diagnosed with Post Natal Depression. She blames it on having them too close together and despite all the support and everything she doesn't feel she can cope. I agree with Mommy - let your baby enjoy being the baby.