How many babies will you have, total?

ihateusernames*

whats your ideal number of Children? 

Mine be used to be 1... But now we're on our 3rd so we figure why not finish with an even 4?

newmommyZ

I want 4 also.  DH thinks this will be our last (#2) but I'm sure we'll at least meet in the middle. 

mtmama2

If you ask my husband, he'd say 1 or 2, but if you ask me I would say 3 or 4!  

Knottie16288692

Since I've had a c section I can only have three. I have an 8 month old now. After this baby is born, we want to wait a couple of years. You know... so when I get baby fever and decide to willingly subject myself to this crazy thing called pregnancy.

EnglishTeacherMama

DH thinks he wants 4 and I think I want 2, so maybe we'll end up at 3 as a compromise? (And I'm stuck with pretty lousy morning sickness right now, so I can't really comprehend anything at the moment beyond surviving this 1 baby.)
But my parents went for 3, and the third pregnancy was twins, and there was a surprise baby after that, so... these things are not too predictable, I guess. Haha. We don't make a lot of money so I do want to be careful. 

kiyamurph

Growing up I always said I wanted 3, but now that we have a 2 year old, I'm thinking more along the lines of one more and done. I don't want my husband and I to outnumber ourselves with 3. 

joyfuljenny

I always wanted a big family, but 5 years of infertility derailed our plans. We have 1 right now, a 13-month-old from our 3rd and final IVF. Amazingly, after that transfer, one of our remaining embryos rallied (I had a day 3 transfer and there were only 2 embryos to transfer that looked okay, one implanted, the other didn't; they monitored the rest in the lab for a couple more days) and progressed to the blastocyst stage after all, so it's frozen and we planned on a FET sometime this fall. But even more amazingly, this current pregnancy happened with no medical intervention whatsoever. So... I'm hoping that this one continues to term, and that our frozen embryo implants and leads to a healthy pregnancy and baby... then we would have 3 and I'd be so thrilled! But even if something happens and our daughter is the only child we ever have, I will continue to be so thankful for her.

nelliebean92

I grew up with 4 other siblings so ive always wanted 5 or 6 of my own. Unfortunately with my pcos/infertility struggles I'm on pregnancy #4 with no children. Dh has 3 girls of his own in El Salvador and even though he does say he would love a big family, I just dont think I will get that many. So hoping at least 3!

jmacd22

*TW* I think I can only endure one more pregnancy. I am a punk when it comes to this. I didn't even work with my last 2 pregnancies. Unfortunately one of our girls passed away so god willing we will have a total of 3. 

meq124

Unless there are two in there (it seems like there is something in the M17 water) then the we will stop at two. Although I was having a moment the other day about this being my last pregnancy, but I have always wanted two and same with DH.

girlmama83

This will be our 2nd and we really haven't discussed whether we are open to a 3rd or not. We have a girl and I would love one of each so if this baby is also a girl, I would be open to trying for a 3rd/boy. But I would definitely stop after 3.

dubcompanion

DH would like 2-3, and I'd like 3-4. This would be first. 

As to when we'd start trying for the next (assuming this ends up being our first living child), is what I'm still undecided on. I keep thinking 3 years between each would be great, but since I'm 30 already, I worry about reaching AMA while we're still developing our family. Every so often, I think, "It wouldn't be SO bad to just have them stair-stepped and close in age... Right!?"

PattersRN

One and done

nursemama-2

This is #3 of 3 and then we're done!

Scarlett830

This will be number two for us. I think DH would be fine with that, but I'd like four ideally.

kjd291

This is number 2. I'd like 3 or 4

smevan11

Two, so this will be our last. We always said we wanted two, but as we were nearing the birth of our son we decided to evaluate how many kids we wanted a couple years after he was born. Little did we know this would not be as easy as the first time around. I struggled with crippling anxiety that made me not want any more kids, then when that was under control we struggled for almost two years to conceive. So, long story short, 2.

hippiemama-2

I always assumed two, but now that this is our second pregnancy- I'm not sure I'm ready for this to be my last pregnancy. So maybe three?

ladyoriza

This will be our second and final. I would like to have a boy and girl, but I'd be fine with just two boys too. 

Luckycharm1068

This one is #4 and we will be done after that

betsy538

We were one and done, but the universe had different plans....so, I'm going to go out on a limb and say we'll be done with 2

RunBooRun

We're aiming for 2

SoraLk

We both want two children - and according to my family history I could very well have twins, so I could be done after this pregnancy. Hoping for a boy and girl as well.

JAGinMI

This will be our third and final!

datalover13

I always wanted 3 or 4... DH always wanted 1 or 2... I think we'll probably reevaluate in a few years as long as this one goes well.

Foersty

One and done. 

Spartanrd4

We will start with 1 and go from there- if we had more, 2 would be the max. Especially since I will be 33 when this baby will be born and I will start being AMA. I was basically an only child growing up and don't really see anything wrong with it. We'll see how it goes, just want to have at least one healthy child at this point! 

howdthathappen

2, which makes this our last. We were back and forth on whether or not to have a second and this one took us a little by surprise so the choice was made for us.  

librarymom917

This will be my 2nd, his 4th. We are done. DH didn't want another and I did because my stepkids live so far away we only get them for summers and I always wanted two of my own.  I didn't think DH would ever change his mind but he did in June and here we are. I'll be getting my tubes tied after this.  

kaylaef

I want 3, hubby wants 4 or 5. But I really don't love being pregnant! I'm always so sick

afbaby0715

This will be babies 3 and 4 for me, plus I have 1 stepdaughter.  So 5 kiddos in the house.  We're done .

ihateusernames*

I've had 2 csections! You can always try for a VBAC? I'm probably going to have 4 csections but if you space them out appropriately, it's still quite safe for everyone (unless you have other issues as well).
Anyway, just wanting to offer you hope in case you want more. My aunt had 4 csections, no miscarriages and a very healthy uterus afterwards. @Knottie16288692

ihateusernames*

That's so amazing! 3 sounds wonderful too  @joyfuljenny

i I am so sorry for your loss. I can't imagine how awful that would feel. @mcdonald-bailey

MixedBerries88

I used to think I wanted a baseball team but now I'm thinking I should just see how this first one goes and then decide if we want more.

ShaunaT25

2. This will be our last baby. My sister has 3, and I do not have the organizational skills to juggle 3 kids with activities, school, etc. lol. 

CanadianintheSouth

2 is as much as I can handle.

AverageAsh

We would like four children, we do plan to fostadopt down the road so we will see what that looks like then. We do count our angels when people ask, I usually say we have one daughter and two little angels because they count on our tally:)

Schumerator

When I was younger I wanted a huuuuge family because my family has always been pretty small. Now that I'm older and realize how much kids cost DH and I both say 2. We were both part of 2, one girl and one boy, and we are happy with that. I've even toyed with the idea of being one and done, but I will just see how I feel after I have one! I really reallyyyyy hate when people say "You can't just have one!" Ummm actually yes I can. And kids are only spoiled if you make them spoiled. I know plenty of families who have 3, 4, 5 etc children and they are extremely spoiled, and self centered, because that's the way they were raised. Sometimes I just envision having one and being able to do more and go more places and have a healthier budget, but I just don't think one will be enough for me haha. That was a lengthy response, but there you have it!

Mack2342

We will be done after this one so 2.  I would like 3 but I will be almost 42 when I have 2nd baby and I don't think my body is up to a 3rd.  

kelizr

Our plan was 2... Unless we have another girl. Then hubby wants to try again for a boy. I can see myself being ok with that... Just wasn't what I had originally thought!

jlotero

This is our 3rd, can't decide if this will be our last or if we will go for a 4th. We have two boys now, 3 and 5. By the time this one is born there will be almost 4 years difference between my youngest DS and baby, so DH and I have entertained the idea of having one more closer in age to this one. Who knows, when this one is born, I might be singin' a different toon....