A friend recently announced her second pregnancy and she wasn't exactly...joyful. It was unplanned and her first child is not yet a year old. She's beginning to wrap her head around the idea and is getting excited, but her worries about spreading herself too thin, taking a second maternity leave so soon, how her nanny will react and how her son will respond to the loss of undivided parental attention are certainly not unwarranted. It's too late for her, but for anyone else entertaining welcoming more children, you may be interested in a recent article about the pros and cons of spacing siblings at different intervals.
