Article: Health Style: Oops, I did it again; Having a baby can mean a long labour, sleepless nights, physical exhaustion and even depression. Yet many new mums find child rearing so enjoyable they want another one soon after and are unwilling to put their lives on hold to do it. Rachael Crofts discovers having already given birth can make it easier second time round.(Features)

Byline: Rachael Crofts

You've just got back into a size ten; your little darling is sleeping through the night; your social life is improving now that you can actually get willing baby sitters - and guess what? You're about to go through it all again with another baby.

Are you mad? Quite probably. But if common sense was an essential part of reproduction, the human race would have died out years ago. We haven't, because baby making and rearing is an instinct we are born with.

There are plenty of celebrity mothers - women you would think would be quite busy enough ...

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