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traia · February 2013

I was lurking on the february 2013 board and noticed one of the moms just had her 6th baby and her 6th son!!!

So it made me curious? Do you think any of you ladies will keep trying for more kids if you keep getting the same sex? Or do you just really want a big family?

I personally am having our 3rd and final baby. So there will be 5 of us. And although that may seem small, i never pictured having 3 kids. I always wanted
2 a boy and a girl. And now we have 1 of each. So im interested in knowing what this baby is going to be.

ELauren88 · February 2013

I grew up in a family with 4 kids. I consider it a big family, not the biggest, but still. DH wants to stop at 2, and I'm inclined to agree.

However, I do think we'll keep trying til we have a boy, as DH is the last one to carry on his family name. Buuut, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it! We don't even know the sex of this baby yet, so it may be a moot point!

MrsSteSte · February 2013

We haven't talked specifics about number. We have to survive one, first. lol

I'm one of two and H is one of six. There are ups and downs to both. My biggest issue is helping pay for college for however many there are ultimately.

WildRumpus · February 2013

I would love one of each, but we're done at 2, no matter what we end up with. I come from a family of four kids, and while I liked having a big family, DH and I just feel like you can do so much more and be so much more involved with just 2

Lovehavinggirls · February 2013

Dh would like three kids. I am in the mindset of one at a time. This will be 2 so we will see what happens after this one.
My sister had 4 boys and to me that's a lot of kids I can't imagine 6.

tiffbot1985 · February 2013

We both have liked the idea of 3, regardless of sex. We will see what happens!

rayandbrit · February 2013

We're planning on this being one our last for awhile. I would really like to adopt in a few years (at least 3), but if we don't end up adopting, this baby will be our last. We're obviously hoping for a boy, but everything in me feels like it's another girl, which will of course be wonderful too!

cinderin · February 2013

I wouldn't keep trying to get a certain sex (though I really would like a girl).

This is our first. At most, I would like two. We have a lot of twins in our families, so I am always "worried" I might have twins (I would prefer to have singletons only). :-)

I don't know how we will feel (or where we will "be") when the time might be right to have a second one, so at least one, hopefully two.

eewhite5 · February 2013

While I would like to stick with 2 kids, I did agree to have 3 if this is another girl. And if it is a 3rd girl, well then we have 3 girls. While I would like a boy as much as SO would, I am not going to just keep going until I have one. If this is a boy, super! I can be done if I want to be done. I don't love being pregnant so I would not want to do that too many more times

I went to high school with a girl who just had her 5th baby and the first 4 are boys, #5 was finally a girl.

hannahbagels · February 2013

My pregnancies have been getting harder and harder emotionally so whether this is my third boy or my first girl, I am done. I always thought I wanted a daughter but if I get 3 boys then woohoo.

janneann1127 · February 2013

Our plan has always been 2, regardless of gender. It would appear we are having two boys, and honestly that's fine with me.

johnson8586 · February 2013

I come from a family of 6 and DH from a family of two. I would love 4 or 5 kids, but DH says 2 maybe 3. I suppose we'll see! I also have almost 90 first cousins, so 4 or 5 kids doesn't seem like a lot to me. I loved growing up with my brothers and sister as my closest friends. There was always someone to play with, too!

Twinsmakefour · February 2013

I'm also from a family of two and dh is one of 9 3 half and 5 siblings. I always wanted 3 or 4 and dh was set on three. We have two girls and are expecting twins. If these twins are girls then I told dh he can get a male dog bc this factory is closed!

MommyAmes2 · February 2013

This is our third, we have one of each. I don't mind what gender this one is and we are done after this one.

I have one sister, H is one of four. Three is enough for us.

AlexKate45 · February 2013

We are stopping at two, regardless of the sex of this baby. For us, a decision to have another child would never be based on trying for another sex.

Goodysgirl · February 2013

DH and I have always wanted 4, with at least one of each. We now have a boy and a girl, and are expecting #3. I hate being pregnant, and DH hates seeing me so miserable, so we finally decided that 3 it is.

I think the decision would have been made even if it was 3 of the same.

LeahVB2011 · February 2013

Honestly, I am taking it one pregnancy / baby at a time to decide just how many we will have. I know there will be at least one more after this one but once baby # 2 comes, we will see how many we want to have. DH comes from a family of 3 kids and I come from a family of 2 ( just me and sister) but both of us would love to have a bigger family. And I don't think we would keep trying just to get the other gender.

Mrs.Handy · February 2013

I think trying for a different sex is a really silly reason to have another baby.

Have another child because you want another one not because you want a boy/girl. You are not guaranteed to have any sex and what about the kid that is not your desired sex? That's a crappy way to come into the world.

We're probably done at two regardless of what sex this baby is. Although the curiosity is killing me.

MammaBear81 · February 2013

Mrs.Handy:
I think trying for a different sex is a really silly reason to have another baby.

Have another child because you want another one not because you want a boy/girl. You are not guaranteed to have any sex and what about the kid that is not your desired sex? That's a crappy way to come into the world.

We're probably done at two regardless of what sex this baby is. Although the curiosity is killing me.

All of this, except we weren't done at two! We always wanted a big family, but we also said we would take it one child at at time. It's easy to say "I wan 87 kids" when you don't have any, so we said we would "evaluate" after each child and see if adding one more to the mix would work. So far the answer has been yes.

I totally get "wanting the family name to live on" or "buying pretty dresses and bows" but it's not a reason to have another child... (not to mention there is no guarantee your son is going to get married and have kids, or your daughter is going to want to be dressed up like a pretty princess).

magdalina.h · February 2013

This will be our 3rd, hopefully 2nd living, and our last. Our plan was to have 2 and be done.

Ms.Wax · February 2013

This will be our 3rd and final child. We have 2 boys already, and going in I think I was hoping for a girl. However, all I can think about now is how nicely another boy would fit into our family. We'll find out next week what it is...

Ritter1125 · February 2013

DH has four from a previous marriage. This will be "our" first. I have always wanted one of each, but have always seen myself having at least 3. I love the idea of having a big family. I come from a family of four which is the average. I guess we will see where it goes after this LO is born.

kelyr1 · February 2013

We are on our fourth child and have three girls at home. We have never cared whether our babies were boys or girls, although the thought of taking care of a boy now kinda scares me. Either way, we are done.

Lilmrslay · February 2013

If I had met my husband earlier, we both would have wanted 5 kids.

Unfortunately we met a bit further down the track, and then have had trouble conceiving so this is my first at 36 (37 when LO is born). We have already said we would like to have at least one more, which will have me at around 40 assuming we don't have major problems again) and probably be done.

My husband has 2 boys from previous relationships, one of which I have lived with and helped raise since he was 1 (now 8) so we would basically have 3 kids anyway.

I wouldn't ever go back for more just to try and get a certain gender.

JET29 · February 2013

There is a good chance we will be done after this baby. We miiiight try for a third but we're taking things one step at a time. I'm 99% certain we wouldn't want to have any more than 3 kids.

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