Is this your 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc? - Page 2

[jillybeans]

Bumble will hopefully be our third live child. We have three angels and two dds currently. We'd love to have at least this one, and then one more possibly, we'll see though. The stress of getting/staying pregnant is very trying.

[Maela]

This will be our second. Dd will be almost 27 months when he/she is born. How many more we'll have after this depends on how well the pregnancy, birth and first year go (all of them were harder for me than I had expected last time). Sometimes I want just two; sometimes I want four. Dh wants three. We're just going to see what happens; how I feel a year from now. I am going to be 28 when this one is born. I'd like to be done having babies by 32. Don't know if that's enough time for four...

[fyrebloom]

This is baby number 4 for us. We had planned to have three and low and behold I had twins the second term pregnancy. I felt very cheated by loosing a pregnancy and twins pregnancy is emotionally horrible. It was hard to stay positive because the Drs all told me I would go early (I only delivered at 39w4d because of the c-section), that I would HAVE to have a c-section (I did need one, but I found a Dr willing to attend me even though baby A was breech and baby B was vertex), I was high risk (not), they might both die in utero from TTTS (this was an actual concern given they are identical but it luckily didn't happen). Lots of BS. I was so stressed out I couldn't enjoy the pregnancy and I ended up with pre-e (probably from all the freaking stress!). This one will be a calm peaceful homebirth and if I happen to be carrying another set then I'll find out then, I don't want to know ahead of time and I don't want to have the stress of attempting a VBAC in the hospital where they will set me up for failure. I'm looking forward to this healing me of my emotional scars.

[MinneMom]

This will be our second child, if the pregnancy sticks. I am due the week that DS turns two. We had planned on having a second kid when DS was 3-3 1/2, so this was a surprise. I'm really nervous about having two kids so close together. We've had a lot of sleeping challenges with DS and I haven't had a good night's sleep since he was born. I'm nervous about going into this pregnancy so deeply exhausted.

[haleyelianasmom]

This will be our 2nd. Our daughter will be just over 4 when this one is born. I've always wanted maybe 4 kids or so, but I really think we need to space them all at least 3.5 yrs minimum, just based on how things went with my daughter. She was very intense and needy, and I didn't get my cycles back until she was over 2, so it's going to be larger spacings for us! I used to always think 4 yrs was too big of a gap, but now I think it'll be great.

[ujkcih]

This will be my fifth (!).

Mine are 17, 13, 11 and 18 months.

[MeadowMom]

My 2nd, DH's 4th.

[care for you]

our first!!!!!

[Kmama2]

This will be our second. We wanted 4-6 when we got married... but pregnancy number 1 had horrendous n/v for the first 25 weeks... well see how pregnancy number 2 is. That might determine how many we have

[treehugginmama]

#5 here.

[mysticmomma]

If this one sticks, it will be our third. We've lost 8 babies though, so are trying to hold back our excitement. My dd is 4 and my ds is 2 his month.

[RMM1117]

This will be our second!!:

Best wishes everyone!!!

[Kritto]

This is our 2nd. DD will be 34 months when this one is due, same as Harmony96 (we're sharing a DDC again!).

We're probably going to call it good with two... though I've told DP that we'll have to wait until #2 is born to decide if we're really done or not.

[star*mora]

this is our 2nd - son will be 2.5yrs old if all goes well with this pregnancy when the next one is born. i always thought 2 was a good number.

[zjande]

Originally Posted by darcytrue

It's gonna be like I'm starting all over again. My children have all managed to come 6-7 years apart when born. I will have a 14 y old, 7 y old and a newborn later this year. It looks like we're trying to start a trend, but we aren't.

Originally Posted by ujkcih

This will be my fifth (!).

Mine are 17, 13, 11 and 18 months.

I see you two have big spacings amongst your kids as well! My kids are 17, 10, 3, & 13 mos. This coming baby will be my 5th.

My first 2 kids were surprises. I always wanted a large family but was never in the right life situation or with the right person to consider it. Then at age 30 I met my dream boy, we got married & have conceived 3 babies in 4 years. Now that I'm 35 I don't know how many more we will have, or how many more we'll want.... but I'm EVER so happy to have found someone who shares my large family dream.

To be completely honest, if this baby is another boy, I'll be even more likely to for sure want another. : (i really hope to have another girl someday )

[delightedbutterfly]

#3! DD1 will be 4 1/4 and DD2 will be 15/16 months?!

Yes I loved the almost 3 year gap, I freaking over having them so close as I really liked the longer bonding time.

DH says he's "chopping it off"... but I was considering an IUD just last cycle so I may get one this time. I've always wanted 4 but after our 2nd I was thinking 3 sounded good... And now with being surprised I kinda might want 4 again.

DH wanted none, then when first pregnant 2 then was telling everyone we were having more for sure and now I think he just wants me happy but he loves his kids and would have 20 if $$$$ wasn't an issue.

[Serenyd]

Originally Posted by Leilamus

Just curious I think...Wondering how many kiddos everyone has. This will be our third which I'm beyond excited about, I've always wanted three kids and I'm so happy that I'm seeing this come true. So, how many is this for you? Did you always want this many? How big to you imagine your family when you see a complete picture in your head?

This is #3 for me

Last year I decided we "needed" another baby to keep my 1 yr old company b/c his brother is 5 yrs older than he is and I don't want him to get lonely later on when big bro is out doing stuff he can't do. I think 3 is the perfect # of kids for us. I wanted to have my childbearing done before I turned thirty and I will be 28 next month. I didn't want this many to begin with, actually I thought seriously about having my tubes tied before I had DS1, but after wards I fell in love and I was sure that I wanted more. I didn't decide on three until after this one was born and I realized. I feel like I will be done after this one though. I can't imagine having more kids than three ... I think it would be a little more chaos than *I* could handle, not to mention their dad! Maybe it would be different if he wanted more, but I just really cannot imagine having more than three right now!

[Serenyd]

Originally Posted by MinneMom

This will be our second child, if the pregnancy sticks. I am due the week that DS turns two. We had planned on having a second kid when DS was 3-3 1/2, so this was a surprise. I'm really nervous about having two kids so close together. We've had a lot of sleeping challenges with DS and I haven't had a good night's sleep since he was born. I'm nervous about going into this pregnancy so deeply exhausted.

You're not alone! There are plenty of us right there with you : )

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[faerierose]

#5 here! I said I was done after #2, then again after 3 and 4