How many babies do you want?

[ella]

I want three in total (if we are blessed with them) but David kept saying after this one - no more babies, but we talked about it last night and it turns out he thought I wanted to get pregnant straight away after this one (yes he is insane). I was like no bloody way, this pregnancy was unplanned and we had planned to wait until Darragh was at least a year, so when I said oh no we will just talk about it when this baby is a year old - he was like oh that's ok then maybe we will have one more then

 

[mudgey]

I have to say I havent really thought about it, this bubba wasnt planned although I wouldnt change anything for the world now. But my first few months of pregnancy were seriously rough and as we werent planning a family yet I just havent given it much thought. I think Id want at least one more though, I always feel sorry for only children for some reason! Darent bring up the subject with OH though, dont think hes got his head around this one coming yet

 

[MrsBrightside]

We just want the one. We feel very blessed with our little miracle and have always said we only wanted one. Even tho when I say this to people they always say "aww you will feel different after you have had this one" and "its no good just having one they need someone to play with and he will end up spoilt" Nope just the one will do for us

 

[carlyr874]

I always said I wanted 2, so this should be it and this has been a really horrible pregnancy - much worse than my first but now I have got to the end of it I'm kind of thinking that I wouldn't mind doing it all again - I mean I do get 52 weeks maternity leave!

 

[Mik]

Is it too late to say none?

I had always wanted a big family, hubby wanted 2 so we compromised on 3 but I guess someone had other plans as we will have 4 with this one

 

[*Star*]

for me, i have three amazing kiddies so far (and pretty close together!)

i want a big family, but i dont want any more just yet.

when these three are settled in school we will look at having 2 more, close together. something close like oliver and amelia are (15 months apart) twins would be perfect

 

[EllieBelle]

Definitely the wrong time for me to reply - at the moment I am physically exhausted after 3 weeks of no sleep Dont get me wrong I absolutely adore being a mummy, but Im soooooooooo unbelievably tired!

If I was to answer now I would say we are definitely NOT having anymore, although my HV assures me I will forget all about the sleepless nights it in the next few months and want another one........she must be mad

 

[puppylove]

Im so blessed to be having this little one after having 2 m/c's but we would love to have 2 children so hopefully we can be blessed again when the time comes

 

[krissie23]

I feel really lucky to be having two kids, but I don't think we'll stop there! I would definetly love one more after this one, I'm only 24 so I wouldn't like to think this will be my last pregnancy and last bubba. We will probably try and aim for the same sort of age gap, around 3ish years... but I think three will be enough for us!

 

[MummyJess]

This will be my 4th baby. My 1st and 4th pregnancies were unplanned, but very much wanted from the minute I knew about them.

My OH and I both wanted a few kids, but had talked about stopping at 3, before this little man decided to come along. We would be irresponsible to plan another baby, at least for a while, because of space and financial constraints, not to mention my sanity and wanting to give the kids individual attention, rather than just crowd control.

You can see from my sig that my kids are all fairly close in age: 7, nearly 4 and 1. Because of this, I wouldn't want to start all over again in a few years time. I am 25 and looking forward to my kids growing up together, then still being young enough to have a bit of fun myself!

Yet I can't get my head around the fact that this might be the last time I am pregnant. My OH has refused all suggestions that he get the snip so I guess we are both pretty much thinking we don't want to make a decision now that would be hard to go back on. I will be much more careful about my contraception tho!

Realistically, I think 4 will be our number, but it's sad to think I will never have the excitement of another pregnancy and new baby.

 

[Anna23]

we plan on another a year after this lil one, so that's make 4 that's if we are blessed with 4

 

[sarah113]

i always wanted a big family but still not 100% sure if i want anymore yet

 

[Cixes]

Well this is my 4th baby and the last one.

My 1st and 4th were also VERY unplanned and to be honest i nearly didn't continue with this pregnancy because i didn't want anymore children!

To be honest i now feel i was MEANT to have this child, because it was all just planned without my consent!

Firstly i had a diagnostic laparoscopy last july and i asked my lovely consultant/surgeon to sterilize me...he said he wasn't happy to do that at my age (27 then) he said i was too young to make that final decision yet and so i didn't get it done during the op. I looked at the photos of my ovaries after the op and asked what the white blister was on one of them, to be told i had just ovulated and that was the egg! That egg happens to be the baby i am now carrying!!

Then before i knew i was pregnant (about 3 weeks before) i went to the spiritualist and was told that a baby was coming, i thought it was for someone else not me!!

So i think somehow this was meant to be and i was meant to put my career on hold for a year longer.

I definately have finished this time though i couldn't cope with any more....

i said to my hubby last night do you think we will think "what have we done!" in those first few months he arrives and he said yes..just like we did last time!

 

[jools221181]

We are still unsure.
At first we did just say the one but then decided we would like a little brother or sister for Brody.
I'm not sure if we will have any more yet, I hate the thought of never being pregnant again I love it! So maybe we will have more in a few years. Will have to see what our situation is with space and money

 

[JayK2387]

I never wanted children.

This pregnancy was very unplanned... but I wouldnt change it for the world...

HOWEVER... I dont think I want anymore lol xx

 

[Tiny Sue]

Hi

We talked about it way before we were married and decided on four, and adopting a fifth! I know, we sound crazy to a lot of people.

Now, I had such a crap pregnancy first time around, that I wasn't sure that I'd want four after Naomi was born. We DID want another though. After a year and a half of trying with no results, I was diagnosed with secondary infertility. 6 months later, I was ecstatic to find out I had fallen pregnant while on Tamoxifen.

I am now 35, I will be 36 when this baby is born. We always wanted more, but if it takes us 2 years each time, it will be risky enough to be having my fourth at 40. I know women have done it...but we'll see.

Adoption is a lengthy process too...so we'll see.

Sue

 

[Flossy82]

We only ever planned on having the one (DS) but we then talked about having another so 12 months later i was pregnant with (DD) after she arrived we really thought that would be it and no more for us but we got pregnant again but that ended in a mmc so we tried once again and are blessed to be pregnant with our 3rd another girl But there will be no more after she arrives 3 will be more than enough!

 

[dtaylor21184]

Just had my first 10 days ago but no i'd like more even though the birth was hard work ending in an emergency c section. i think 3 if i can manage it, sometimes i think more but 3 sounds good to me

 

[maybebaby]

I don't know at the moment. I'd love 3 or 4 in total but I'd want another small gap and don't know if I'd cope with 3 small children at once - I'm shattered as it is with just 2. I think I'd be happy to stop now but OH really wants at least 1 more and I think deep down so do I. So watch this space

 

[Mummy Rich]

This is a tricky one for me...

I had always said I wanted 3 or 4 children with the hope to adopt at least one.
This pregnancy came alot earlier than expected and to begin with was very hard to cope with ...emotionally. I didnt cope well with all the changes it brought to me. I guess stupidly I didn't think about anything changing so dramatically till the baby would arrive.

I seriously didnt begin to enjoy this pregnancy at all till I was about 4 months pregnant. I swore that my mind was made up and I just didnt want to have another child naturally. I told my oh I still wanted more through adoption and even joked about surrogacy to check out his reaction.

I am more than delighted to become a mummy in 12 weeks time. The thought that life could be any different than it is now is unthinkable. I don't know if I will have more. I do want more ch it's just so hard to be pregnant.

I admire all you ladies who have the gift to have so many ch and be as strong as you are or will be throughout your pregnancies. I sometimes feel like a failure with this pregnancy and that my confused feelings at the beginning were reflected onto Jackabella.

Because I love my oh so much I think I would have another one... guess it's a case of watch this space xxxxx

(that felt so good to get out off my chest xxxx)

to all you amazing ladies xx