We have a five month old at home and I am ready to have another right now!

In all seriousness, though, we have two and are considering a third, but for now we are saying we are done but are open to expanding within the year. I would like to get rid of about 50 pounds before even considering getting pregnant again.

I want another one.

Three weeks after delivering, I'm ready to start now.

Must be my Irish heritage... I'm only partially joking. :-)

My husband has two sons from a previous marriage (ages 10 and 12). They don't live with us (live in the suburbs with their mom), but come into the city to stay with us on the weekends...Husband definitely wants to take things slow as far as having another is concerned. To make sure we all fit, all our needs are taken care of, etc...he's a good daddy!

I just don't want to wait too long...I'm 35 and he's 40. I don't want to be raising our youngest from a retirement village, you know.

Anyway...

In short, if we go by my timeline, we'll have another one in 2 years. If we go by husband's, it may be more like 4. I'm pretty sure I can win him over on the 2 though. :-)

I love my daughter. She was planned (married 8 years at time of conception!, got degree, lived/traveled abroad, all that good stuff). I wouldn't trade her for anything.
But I just want the one. One is enough.

I had a super easy pregnancy and a fair delivery (ended up inducing 8 days past due and "needing" epidural, was not my intention on either front), but I still don't want to do it again. Also, I both love and hate breastfeeding. I was spending like 10 hours a day feeding my daughter and she still was only in the 5%. Breastfeeding caused me so much grief. I couldn't leave the house, I could barely get off the couch. If she was sleeping, she would wake up and cry as soon as I set her down. Those first 6 weeks were just crazy! I managed to get a couple hours of freedom weeks 6-8.

In any case, my daughter will be super spoiled! Now we need to focus on paying down student loans and eventually settling and buying a house.

I'm trying to con my sister (bff, she's only 11 months older than me, lives 5 minutes away) to have a wee one so my babe can have a brother/sister-cousin.

I've got 2 already - my son is 3.5 and my daughter 20 months. Not long after my son was born we were already talking about trying for a 2nd, so we waited until he turned 1.

I'd love to have another one but I'm 35 now so if we do try it'll have to be at some point this year, probably when our daughter turns 2 in May.

Our son will be 4 in June and starts school in Sept (we live in England, kids start school at age 4 here) so that'll help, both with childcare costs and only having 1 little one at home. I don't think I could cope with pregnancy running round after 2 of them all day!

I'm terrified of gaining lots of weight though. I'm nearly at goal now and working on toning up now. My BMI is 26 now and I don't look overweight anymore, but I put on so much with my daughter and I was very unhappy and uncomfortable after. I don't know if my self esteem could take another blow like that! I know that the weight gain was partially my own fault as I didn't really exercise and I ate too much, but you can have all the best intentions and then feel crappy in pregnancy.

I've been incredibly lucky with labours and births though - around 7.5 hours with my son, arrived at hospital 10cm dilated, just had a bit of gas and air and no stitches. He was 10 days late. My daughter was 12 days late and induced, just with a pessary. 4 hours 21 mins labour, gas and air, no stitches, home 5 hours after. I'm scared i'd have a horrific labour a 3rd time!

I also struggled to breastfeed both of mine - my son was 7lbs13 at birth and dropped to 6lbs 7 by day 6 and I was told to formula feed by the midwife, so I mix fed for as long as I could. 22 months later my daughter wouldn't stop feeding, i couldn't even go to the loo without her screaming, so after a few days I had to start giving a formula top up, plus I had my 22 month old vying for attention. I was very depressed about it and I'm scared of that happening again.

If I could just keep having babies I Definately would! I love babies & being a mommy!
But we don't have the resourses to support a large family. I have girls - a 2 yr old & a one yr old (18 months apart.) I would love to try for a boy in a few years but my husband says he's done. I suppose that's best, so that way we can maybe send them to private school...

That is awesome!! lol

That is awesome!! lol I have a 4 month old too lilmsmayberry!
We are done!!! We have a 4.5 year old boy and a 4 month old Baby girl. I'm 36 and although the second delivery was way better than the first even with NO drugs - I am still done!
My husband did throw it out there that we should try for a 3rd while I was 9 months pregger's for our daughter. I don't think he;ll ask me that question again! Maybe if we were in our 20's, even late 20's.!

I'm 31 now, and even though I have more patience this time around because I'm older, I'm sure lacking the energy. My husband doesn't want anymore either. I'm sure he is just tired........ Of watching me get up with the baby. Haha!!!!!

Wow- I have a 3 month old too, and can't even imagine having another one yet- lol. But I also have a 2 1/2 year old who is the most strong-willed little munchikin I know...so 2 is about all I can handle right now.

I've always wanted 3, but I just don't know if we can swing it financially...AND I'm really afraid of having another girl. Cause 3 little girls turn into 3 teenage girls and that scares the crap out of me. If we could guarantee it'd be a boy, I'd for sure do it. As for now, we'll have to wait and see how things go. If Jovie's anything like her big sister, we will be definitely be done with just 2!! Haha.

I have 2 already and we MIGHT have a 3rd but no more. We knew from the beginning that we at least wanted a minimum of 2 but no more than 3. I had a horrible recovery (like jls8209) with the 1st, plus she was a horrible sleeper & nurser, so I couldn't even think about going through that again for at least a year. We waited a year and a half before trying for the 2nd & it happened the 1st try lol. The 2nd one was 100% easier (the labor, recovery, & the baby) so before we left the hospital I was saying lets do it again! However it is still up in the air if we will have another but it will not be before this baby is one before we start trying. Also no more than 2 years or so because I am already 33 & would prefer not to have any after 35, that's just my own preference. Well also because there's no way we could have THREE in daycare at the same time!

That is awesome!! lol I have a 4 month old too lilmsmayberry!
We are done!!! We have a 4.5 year old boy and a 4 month old Baby girl. I'm 36 and although the second delivery was way better than the first even with NO drugs - I am still done!
My husband did throw it out there that we should try for a 3rd while I was 9 months pregger's for our daughter. I don't think he;ll ask me that question again! Maybe if we were in our 20's, even late 20's.!

I'm 31 now, and even though I have more patience this time around because I'm older, I'm sure lacking the energy. My husband doesn't want anymore either. I'm sure he is just tired........ Of watching me get up with the baby. Haha!!!!!

The "that is awesome" comment was for your kickball comment! lol
I was 31 when we had our first, and he is awesome and was such an easy baby - not so much now, lol, but he's just testing his boundaries!
Being 36 and having our second has really kicked my but!!! Gained only 12 pounds with the 1st and lost 35 when I left the hospital. Gained 30 with our second, plus had some to loose before I even got pregnant. She is a totally different baby than our Boy. She cries, like all the time....I have to hold her, like all the time. I'm exhausted, like all the time...I know what you mean about Hubby's, mine always tells everyone how tired he is....and I remind him politely (not) that he has not had to get up with her once because I'm nursing!!! He says he hears her, but all I hear is snoring, lol!!!

So we're in that middle stage - no birth control anymore, not actively trying to have another baby, but no effort to avoid pregnancy at this point either. Devon is now 4 1/2 months old. Call me crazy, but I'm ready for the next one (last one, since we only want two)!!

So we're in that middle stage - no birth control anymore, not actively trying to have another baby, but no effort to avoid pregnancy at this point either. Devon is now 4 1/2 months old. Call me crazy, but I'm ready for the next one (last one, since we only want two)!!

Oh my word- that's exciting! I can't even imagine having another one right now, but I have a crazy 2 1/2 year old as well...there's definitely something to be said about having 2 close together and being done. Good luck!

Not sure! LO is 2 months old and I just got on BC last week so not ATM. I had such a fantastic pregnancy and labor that I wouldn't mind having another but who knows, I am perfectly happy with just having Jax

I have two right with a very large age gap my son is 9 and I just had my daughter 2 months ago. We always said we wanted 3 but it took me so long to get pregnant with #2. We wanted a 3-4 year age gap between the first 2 and we tried for 3 years before giving up and we accepted that we would only have 1 and then 1.5 years later I am pregnant and we were excited, but right now we are content we have no room for another one anyways plus my husband turns 40 this year and he doesn't want to be an old dad. Like I always say never say never because thats when you make a liar out of yourself. This last pregnancy took a toll on me and it was hard I was in a lot of pain towards the end. My hubby and I joke that if we did it again I would give birth at home because of how fast all my deliveries were with my son labor was 6hrs from start to finish with an epidural and my daughter was 4hours start to finish w/o epidural (dilated too fast). After doing it w/o the epidural really do not want to do that again and I know if I did my labor would only be 2hours. As it is I practically had my daughter in the car which traumatized my husband. If I did have another one I want to lose a lot more weight first I didn't with my daughter and I think that is why I had so much pain.

Just reading this thread makes me want another one! My LO is 14 weeks and just a doll! She's not the best sleeper or eater but a good baby. I would love another but I just remember how paranoid I was with my last pregnancy (it was my first also). Constantly worried, is baby moving too much, not enough, am I hurting the baby, etc. I'm guessing the second one will be better but who knows!

I would love my kids to be close in age because I can see the connections between my siblings and my husband and his siblings. He's closest with his sister who is 22 months younger and I'm closest with my brother who's 20 months older. I think just typing this out helped me make a decision when I want to start trying again! Haha! It's a nice little gap and I'll be hoping for a boy- just to even things out!