So who is having their last baby..sigh - Page 2

[firewife]

This will be our last (more than likely) as well. #3 and it's a boy. It took Dh 5 years to give a final answer if he wanted anymore children. I was shocked to get this one last time to feel a babe rolling around in my tum. I'm savouring every bit of it.

[KatWozBlue]

I am done done done. With my second I was always unsure, but now, I am definitely sure. 36 and pregnant with my third, my oldest will be 7 years older than this baby, so yeah, its time to close up shop. I already told my OB that if for some reason I end up with a c section, she can just go ahead and tie the tubes and she laughed and said "are you sure", my answer was "absolutely!".

It is a bit sad, but I am looking forward to just enjoying her as much as I can.

[Surfacing]

Same feelings over here that are had by many others. This will be our last too and I am a bit sad that I'll never feel a little monkey rolling around inside me again. I have enjoyed my pregnancies generally. But we have to know where our limits are (energywise, financially, etc) so that's us done. I just keep thinking to myself we are fortunate to have three lovely kids.

[queenofchaos]

This is our last, #7/#8 and I am really depressed about it. I cry (here I go) whenever I think about it. I don't want anymore, and I don't particularly enjoy pg, but I LOVE babies and nursing is the best. It's going to be super hard when these two wean. I'll probably let them nurse until kindergarten.
DH got the V, so unless something unexpected happens....

[majazama]

I think this one will be my last. I always said I wanted two girls and a boy.. I'm not sure if this one is a boy, and I'll be equally happy if it's a girl, but ya.. so far my "prediction" as a kid has already come 2/3rds right.

[Oliver'sMom]

Yes! I am so done with being pregnant! This pregnancy has really taken a toll on my body, emotions, our family, etc..

We're excited to move into the next phase of our lives, which is adoption. It's always been our plan to have two bio kids, then adopt two. We'll see what happens! We'd like a good four year gap between this babe and our next one.

[BreakfastyMichele]

I'm glad I found this thread. This is my second, and I feel as if I want three (or four!), but my husband is from a family of two, and that feels right to him.

Reading what you ladies have posted will make me savor the next three months. Though our conversation remains open, I may never again have a tiny person growing inside me. I need to enjoy it!

Thanks!

[mummy marja]

Michele, you guys sound like DH and I. I always wanted 3 or 4 and he was happy with just two. So 2 it was going to be...until we found out otherwise in October! I was absolutely thrilled right away--DH took a tiny bit longer but he's now really excited about this new one too.

[MJB]

This is our last, at least biologically. My husband is getting a vasectomy and we both feel totally sure about this. I'm trying to savor the last pregnancy, but more often than I appreciate it, I appreciate that this is the last time I have to do it! We're really glad that this one is a girl and I probably would have been sad about it being our last if she'd been a boy. I always wanted 3 but I didn't want them to all be boys!
We might adopt in the future, but this is our last pregnancy.

[ScarletBegonias]

Originally Posted by ProtoLawyer

I've also not been a huge fan of actually being pregnant. There have been many moments of "people go through this ON PURPOSE MULTIPLE TIMES?!" I'm 34 (avoided AMA by 2 months) and don't see this being any easier if I did it again in a couple of years.

i don't really belong on this thread, but, fwiw, i actually pretty much *hate* being pregnant, and i love giving birth. i don't have complicated or high-risk pregnancies, but i have just about every crappy discomfort in the book all.pregnancy.long. that said, we plan on more kids, but who knows really? it took years to get pg with dd (i have pcos), i've had several losses, and dh and i are getting older. ok, so i'll be 28 when this baby is born and dh will be almost 33, but i don't see my body having an easier time in my 30's. and if i get pg on track how i have with the last 2, #4 wouldn't be born until i'm 30. doesn't sound like fun. and we're getting ready to build a straw-bale house and start a homestead, so we'll see what happens! we really would love more kids though.........