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How many children did you want when you started trying? How many did you want after the first one? Or did you only want one? 
Before I got pregnant I wanted 2-3 kids.
After I had my first, I want another one when he’s 5.
Now, I’m having second thoughts, this little one has so much to learn and if I have another one around the age of 5. It doesn’t help me teach everything he needs to know about the world. I’m afraid I’m gonna be to focused on the baby that he will feel neglected.

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You somehow find the love and ability to care for them all. My son is 8. I had another child when my oldest was 5 who was special needs. It was hard but I made it work. He passed away and we then had another baby. She is now 10 weeks old. It just works. Since having my oldest I wanted 3 kids. I have 3 so now I’m good. ☺️

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I've never been sure. And I'm still not.
I hated being pregnant. I got GD. I hated giving birth, which is freaking awful. I hated the newborn phase and the hormone crash.
There is also things I've liked. But in general I find it pretty awful. But I've never imagined my child growing up as an only child.
With a post partum reaction, possibly depression, I'm hoendtly not sure. But my husband made a good point about not making that decision right now. We'll see what we feel like along the way.

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I originally wanted 4 and now I only want 2. If it was up to me, I’d only have 1. I don’t want my baby to be an only child so that’s why we decided on one more. I struggled a lot with PPD. 😔

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I’ve always wanted a big family because it was just me and my sister growing up. My first son was such an easy baby and I loved being a mom so then we went for 2.. well when my second son came he was born premature and colicky. It was SO HARD. So now I had a barely 2 year old and a very hard baby and I was questioning my big family ideas lol ... well we survived the first two years and it got easier so then we decided to try for a girl and we got her . So we had a almost 5yr old, almost 3yr old and a baby girl. She was amazingly easy too and wonderful so when she was a year old we decided to go for our final baby... and then we lost him at 18 weeks.. and then two years later we lost a girl at 14 weeks .. it was so hard but the desire for a fourth never went away so two years later we tried again and now I’m almost 19 weeks with our surprise gender baby. Four is our limit tho for space reasons and financial reasons. (We live in so cal) but so thankful for our big family :)

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When I first started trying I wasn’t entirely sure how many I wanted but I thought probably no more than two. Now I have two and I don’t think I’ll ever be done because I just love being a mom so much. I feel like I’ll always want a little one around.

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We wanted to have three more (he has one from a previous relationship) we are pregnant (32w) with our 4th child/3rd pregnancy. So we have hit where we wanted and I’m so done ( I don’t enjoy pregnancy) but now my husband wants one more and that’s been an ongoing event for the last few months. Unfortunately for him I’m actually done and will be getting my tubes tied, I feel bad he’s not in the same place as I am but sometimes it’s just too bad, carrying babies and being a mom to two toddlers and a moody preteen is no walk in the park. I’m very excited to meet our new addition and compete our family. I feel so out of it during pregnancy being so tried and moody and having no patience. Our kids deserve better. I told him if in 5 years he’s still feeling that way we can revisit it with adoption in mind. Anyway to answer your question. We wanted 3 more, we are about to have the planned total of 4 kids. 11, 3, 1 and newborn in March. One of us is happy, one of us could be happier but is also happy.

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I was positive I only wanted one before I even got pregnant. After 9 months of puking multiple times a day, I was even more positive. About a month after I had him, I really wanted another one, but his dad is set on one. Now that he's a little older, I go back and forth. He's such a great guy, and because he's easy, I'm able to do stuff that would be nearly impossible if I had a second or someone who was even a little bit difficult. As an example, I just moved across the country at basically the drop of a hat for 6 months for work. It's incredibly hard, but I can do it with one. I wouldn't have even considered the opportunity if I had 2. But I also am incredibly close to my brother and would love for him to have a similar sibling relationship. I'm torn.

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3 and still 3 but the second could always change my mind about having a third so we’ll see!

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2 and still 2

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I grew up an only child, so I’ve always wanted a big family because I didn’t have that. 
So 4 is my max. 
We’re on baby #2 right now. Hopefully the next time I get pregnant it’s twins. So I only have to preggo one more time😂 I love babies and kids, but I hate pregnancy. 
My husband also wants 4. So it worked out for us.

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