I feel terrible. My husband has always wanted a big family, I did too but had some health problems with my last baby. I finally agreed to try for another one after lots of healthy discussions and I would ultimately love another baby but my health anxiety is making me freak out and I genuinely don't want to burst his bubble of happiness. It's been two days since I agreed and I feel sick at the thought of breaking his heart.
This sounds like such a heavy burden to carry, and I can see why you're feeling torn. That doesn’t make you selfish or weak; it just makes you human. If you’ve already had healthy discussions about expanding your family, then hopefully he’ll be open to another conversation. One that’s just as compassionate and understanding. Would he want you to suffer in silence, especially over something so life-changing?
Maybe you could approach it from the angle of, “I want this too, but I need to be honest about how much fear I'm feeling. Can we talk through this again, because I don’t want my anxiety to overshadow something we both want?” That way, it’s not about shutting him down or "bursting his bubble," but rather about finding a way forward together that takes your health needs into account as well.