More children after twins?

plumpous · March 2015

This is my first pregnancy and 2 days ago had my first U/S in which we happily saw our di/di twins (what an amazing surprise).
We used to talk about just having 2 kids total, but now I feel like if that's the case then this will be my only pregnancy. Makes me kinda sad.
Anyone in a similar situation? What are your feelings and thoughts about it?

KCwalza146 · March 2015

I am 14 weeks with twins and my husband and I always thought we'd have two kids, maaaybe three. I felt the same as you at first, sad at the thought of maybe only being pregnant once. People keep saying "oh awesome, one and done!" But if anything, we are more likely to have a third now! I think...ask me again in 6 months...

Emilywooddesign · March 2015

Same boat. We are expecting boy/ girl twins. I always wanted one of each so I'm happy about that but I really just wanted 2 kids. We will probably have 3 now, I want an age difference I think, although I'm sure once the twins get here I might not let my husband near me again

amh0411712 · March 2015

We only ever wanted 2 boys, we had our boy twins in Nov of 2012. At first i was pretty sad about it, but came to terms and was super happy. We had a surprise pregnancy just pop up with a Nov EDD, we practice NFP and we're technically in the safe zone when we DTD. So just because we have 1 plan, doesn't mean God has the same one.

ckalm5 · March 2015

No more for me...but this pregnancy was completely a surprise and will be our 5th and 6th daughters

chickaboo1974 · March 2015

I struggled with IF- it took 5 years to have our boys. So all we wanted was a baby. I was thrilled to have my boys. I can say when they turned 2, I had a tad bit of baby fever. But I soon had some medical issues that would make it very dangerous to me to have another baby. So we are done- plus I am now 40 and my husband is 50.

mrsrichey11 · March 2015

My twins are 11 weeks old right now and we decided before we were married that we only wanted two, but when I was asked if I wanted my tubes tied when I went in for my c-section, I hesitated. I'm honestly not sure if we will have more. We tried for three years to get our babies, so I know fertility treatment will have to be done again if we want another, but I just don't know. We are preventing right now though because we just can't have more than two this close!

HeavenBlessedMom · March 2015

We do ivf and have a 28 mo DD and 11 mo old triplet DSs. Plan 1 more in another yr and a half or 2.

greks84 · March 2015

We are having boy girl twins, c section scheduled for April 30, and I already know that I will want to get pregnant one more time. My twins were spontaneous though so just my luck I will end up with twins again lol. That would be fine though, we always wanted 3 kids so 4 would be fine if it worked out that way. No more after that tho!

plumpous · March 2015

Oh I had the same feeling that my next pregnancy will be twins again. No idea why. But the day of the US I got this strong premonition about the twins and I was right. I am a cynic but throughout my life I'd often get these very strong hunches that always came true so I am kinda believing it could happen again. Would be super convenient though since I will already have everything for twins (like a double stroller etc).

TwinMom916 · March 2015

We had our B/G twins through IVF. We were told we had a less than 1% chance of ever conceiving naturally. We didn't have any embryos to freeze from the IVF. It was such a physical and emotional roller coaster and we were so blessed with a boy and a girl we decided no more.
But God had other plans for us. In December I thought I had the flu. Not the case! I was pregnant and the old fashioned way! So baby #3 is on the way! Our twins will be almost 2 when this baby is born. I'm having a planned c-section and have decided to get my tubes tied. 3 is good for us!

neongreen · March 2015

This is my first pregnancy (di/di girls), and while we're not going to make any life-changing decisions anytime in the near future (like getting my tubes tied during a c-section), I really feel like we're done at #2. We'd always say we'd see how the first one goes (haha, look how that turned out), and I never wanted more than three. I'd be afraid that another pregnancy would result in twins again and we'd wind up with four kids. DH isn't the "I must have a son!" type, and while one of each would have been nice, I'm 100% okay with staying at two girls.

But again, no major decisions being made here yet.

WillyBean · March 2015

I have nightmares about more children. Is that weird?!

KDR1979 · March 2015

When we got married, we expected to have 3-4 kids. But, it took 5 IVF's to get our b/g twins. We did have 1 frozen embryo that we used last summer and it resulted in a miscarriage. I never wanted just 1 pregnancy (especially "high risk" that included 6 weeks of bedrest and delivering at 36 weeks). There are some benefits to just having twins. IE-we are planning a big Disney trip for their 5th birthday and it will be so easy to go as a family of 4 (and to not have a baby/toddler on they trip). Also, we'll just pay for 5 years of childcare and then they'll go to school.

Right after the last miscarriage, I was really upset. We were out of embryos, I turned 35, etc. But, I am starting to feel better about it. We know we are lucky to have kids at all.

If we hadn't had infertility, I think we would have had 3 singletons.

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