Do you know how many children you would like?

And has this changed at all as you've had one/them?   Just curious to know if people have a set 'idea' in mind which then goes up or down when the reality of them being here happens?

I always wanted 4.

Now I have 2, I'd like 1 more.  I had # 2 in June and I just don't feel 'done' yet but H is happy with just having the 2.

We always wanted three, but having had a wee girl in October, and the difficulties we had before th pregnancy and during the birth (she was an emergency section), then i was quite depressed after having her, i don;t know hwo many we will have!

I always wanted 4.  Now I have had my daughter, i think i only want 1 more (for financial reasons) but would contemplate 2 more i think.

Cant answer the second part of the question really, I always wanted 3 and I thought H wanted 2. After losing T we both said we actually wanted 4 so the number has increased. Although having said that I might change my mind once this one is here, and I'm not sure I can do pregnancy that many times as it's not something I enjoy or find easy!

I have always wanted 3, we are currently ttc no 3

3. No idea why, but it's always just felt 'right', both pre and post baby.

H is the same funnily enough!

I would ideally have liked 3, however my H would have been happy with none.  He certainly doesn't want any more than the one we already have so I am coming to terms with having a one & only.

We always wanted 1 or 2. We've got the girls so this is it I guess. Problem is that I really enjoyed being pregnant (might be related to trying to get pregnant for 6.5 years) and I cannot imagine never being pregnant again. Age isn't on my side though and H is adamant that this is it. Guess I'll just have to come to terms with it. It's not that I desperately want another child as it does feel like our family is complete but it would be so nice to be pregnant just once more and there is nothing quite like holding a newborn.

We've always said we want 3 but will make a definite decision after we've had our 2nd. I'm not sure whether it's just the idea of 3 I'd like rather than the reality as I struggle enough with 1.

I always knew that I didn't want 5 (or more!) as I'm one of 5 and felt it was too many.  I also didn't want to have an only child.  Those opinions were really in place before I even decided that I wanted children at all!  I think I'd have said 2 or 3.  Now I have a child, and because she wasn't easy to come by (IVF) I think I'm lucky to even have her, and I try not to even think about how many I'd "like".  (still opened this thread though )

I would like to have 2, certainly - though we may not TTC again for a number of reasons, finances etc.  I'm not sure about 3 though.  I think that's only something I'd decide after 2.  I think it's hugely unlikely we'd ever have 3 though (unless we had IVF twins... )

I am happier now with the idea of just one than I was before we started TTC, but that's an adjustment forced by circumstance - I look for the positives of one a lot.

I guess if I won the lottery tomorrow, I'd like to have 3.

I'm sad that I'll probably not get to experience pregnancy again (the later stages - the early stuff I'd happily skip, horrid fearful time).  And I'd love to give birth again, and I'd definitely love to have a newborn again

Just the one for us by choice although circumstance has confirmed our decision is right for us.

BoB x

Originally it was 2.  Then when we were ttc after izzy it was 3.  After my m/c and this pregnancy we are sticking with 2 and H is going to have the snip after no 2 in born in May.

I always wanted 3 or 4

I think it is highly likely that we will stop at 2 now.

I surprised myself by not really enjoying the newborn days much at all. E's birth was scary enough that I really don't want to do that again. And getting BF established 2nd time (after BF M for 2 years & a year into BFC training) was such a horror story that I'm not sure I could bear to give it another go - but equally can't imagine not BFing a newborn. And life is hard with 2 children. I feel I'm not enjoying them, or my day to day existence, anywhere near as much as I did with just one baby. I'm guessing that would be magnified with another.

Never say never, but at the moment there are too many reasons not to, far outweighing any preconceived ideas of having a bigger family.

WSH but for crappy pregnancy and not doing well at splitting myself between children with a newborn around