SS- I'd love one more, but things aren't stable enough to contemplate #5.
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I chose "soooo done" but I don't really feel that way all the time. I know in my heart- and mostly I know in my bank account that we are done. I would love another one but I think I would keep wanting another and another. And then there are some days that I want to give one back. ;-)
I chose "soooo done" but I don't really feel that way all the time. I know in my heart- and mostly I know in my bank account that we are done. I would love another one but I think I would keep wanting another and another. And then there are some days that I want to give one back. ;-)
We have a 9 year old DS and a now 1 year old DD. It took us that long to conceive DD naturally (and we had resigned ourselves to the fact that we'd be a one child household before we were blessed with DD). DH turns 40 this year and I'm 36 ... I don't want to wait another 9 years before we'd conceive again! (Not that it would take that long, but just to put things in perspective).
I would say as of right now we're good with 2 kids. But we haven't really had "that talk" yet and I'm not completely sure I even agree with the previous statement of being "good" with the 2. LOL. I guess we'll see where the next year or so takes us.
I was going to, but then decided against it. My heart isn't in it fully to have another one right now. I will come across this subject of trying for number two next year around this time.
Voted "SS" because there's no "later" option. My husband and I have some health and financial issues to deal with first before we'll be ready to talk about a second child, and I have some major emotional hangups to overcome as well.
Yeah we decided to have another one despite financial reservations. LO will be 2 by the time #2 is born and 3 by the time maternity is over. He will be attending school (junior kindergarden) sept of the year following (at age 4) so that means 1.5 years of two in daycare which is going to be rough but we will scrape by.. We also save 1 year of daycare costs while we are on maternity, so it makes sense to time it now.
Good luck @none5 ! That's how I got my girls Way less stressful since I had my son. And I wasn't expecting it to work at all, since it never had before. Surprise! Anyway, we are so done! 3 is plenty.
TTC since May 2006. After 3 failed Clomid cycles, 2 failed Injectibles/IUIs, 2 failed IVFs and 1 failed FET, we moved on to adoption!
Last ditch FET resulted in BFP, and identical twin girls!
Grace, I feel the same way. I don't know if I will want to be done at 3. I know financially we won't have a bunch of kids, but emotionally, I want quite a few. I would be a little extra sad if I didn't have at least one girl. Boys are great, but I would love a girl. Hugs!!
I also don't know how many we can have if I need another c-section this time. I'm hoping for a VBAC. I think if I have two c-sections it's going to be c-sections for all of them, which is not super healthy and I don't know how many kids they safely suggest.
I am pregnant with number 3 with only about four weeks left! We will be done. I love babies and kids and I'm a little sad to think that I'm moving out of the pregnancy phase of life. If finances were not an issue and I could stay home full time indefinitely I'd consider a fourth but that's not a reality. Also I will say this third pregnancy has been hard on my body (my first two were pretty straightforward) and I'm also having a third c-section, so for those reasons I am actually happy to be done.
Re: what's your status?
so sorry. Let us know how your appointment goes.
Over-40 parents...what we lack in vigor, we make up for with cunning.
Is there a point when women feel done, or is it different for everyone? Just like our clock starts ticking, does it just quit ticking?
Anyway, we are so done! 3 is plenty.
TTC since May 2006. After 3 failed Clomid cycles, 2 failed Injectibles/IUIs, 2 failed IVFs and 1 failed FET, we moved on to adoption!
Last ditch FET resulted in BFP, and identical twin girls!
I also don't know how many we can have if I need another c-section this time. I'm hoping for a VBAC. I think if I have two c-sections it's going to be c-sections for all of them, which is not super healthy and I don't know how many kids they safely suggest.
Good luck none5!!!