Large families 4 or more?

[spencerrn]

This is baby number 5 for us and I am looking for some moral support for large families. I feel like people will look at me funny when I tell them I am expecting number 5. I have four boys and honestly hope this is another! We don't have any room in our house for Barbie

Thanks for all the input.

Rachael

[ColoradoMama]

Originally Posted by spencerrn

I have four boys and honestly hope this is another! We don't have any room in our house for Barbie

As a mother of two girls and two boys - I can tell you that with four boys in the house - you probably wouldn't have Barbie!

So, this is #5 for me, too. I was very nervous about the people at my very liberal church finding out about #5. I was at a choir retreat today, and it was announced, and people were really nice. They did tease me about running for VP though! Luckily, my FIL is really happy for us and so are my parents. My dad did make a crack about "the Pope will be proud!" No, we're not Catholic, he's just a smart butt.

[Asher]

#5 here for us. Haven't told anyone and won't for as long as I can hide it. Just personal preference right now.

I'm still in shock and scared! heh

[Mom to E and A]

Mine is only #4 (yippee, I can say that here! LOL) but we get the comments and it drives me batty. I've already gotten "what are you trying to make your own classroom? Whay don't you just go back to work if you want that many kids" I was a teacher
I can only imagine all the comments about "needing" a girl this time, or not stopping til you get one. We only had 2 girls and it was all about a boy when I was preggo with DS. Even after he was born it was assumed we would be done since "we got our boy" And I'm with you, once you have 2 of the same, they might as well all be the same, keeps it easier. I was actually happy he was a boy only so I didn't have to hear those comments this time around.
Sorry to be so long winded, but I feel ya mama and I am glad we have this forum for support for each other!

[Verygoddess]

We just found out we are expecting #5. Already have 3 boys and one girl. I figured we survived the shock of a girl we can survive 5.

[bellee]

I'm on number 4 here. We've got three girls and are hoping for another. That's why we conceived this month (I'm superstitious).

My family thinks were nuts. Sometimes I think we're nuts, but we were nuts already after having two so how much more nuts can we really get ya know? Anyway, I can already tell that when I'm having a hard day raising 4 kids that my MIL and my Dad will be the LAST two people I turn to for help (

[EMandM]

Well, I don't fit here, but if I'm lucky, someday! I have always been in love with large families, and it makes me smile to see a big happy family! More power to you ladies! I love it!!!

[Full Heart]

This is #8 for me. I have 5 boys and 2 girls and no barbies lol.

[MotherMama]

This is our fourth baby, fifth pregnancy. Our last was a loss and we got some very hurtful comments about people really don't "need" that many kids anyway like it was some sort of blessing we'd lost the baby (from some distant family members). It is causing us to drag our feet about telling anyone.
But then we have a reality check that this is exactly what we want and are THRILLED about it. We have an awesome family, we are good parents, so why not have more?!?! :

[kristina6]

large families of 4 or more

I am preg with my 10 we have 6 kids 4 boys 2 girls and we have barbies.My oldest dd is 12 and shes a tom boy but has had girl toys etc my other dd is 6 she plays with all the girlie things

[lil_stinkyfeet]

This is number 4 and I have already gotten some comments.. Like having 4 kids is SOO many ya know!

[iana703]

I want to have 4 so badly. But DH only wants 1 and we compromised to 2. He plans on getting a vas after this LO is born and it makes me so sad I certainly wish I could be in your shoes.

[caricandothis]

This is #5 for us too! We have 2 girls, 2 boys and no Barbies here either! My girls are "tomboys" and my boys are very nurturing and "motherly", we're well balanced, lol.

I *feel* like this one is another girl, have felt that since a few dpo.

As far as what our families will say? Ugh, it won't be pretty. There are a select few who will be happy for us and we will most likely tell them first. But the others can wait. We love our large family and could not imagine a day without one of them. I am one of 4 and my Mom always wanted a dozen. We are blessed and our children are wonderful human beings, why wouldn't we want more?!

[mamaw/two]

We are expecting #4 here. I really don't feel like we have a large family though, if I am lucky enough to get up to 6 or more I would feel that way. Unfortunatly dh says we have to be done after this one . We have 2 girls and 1 boy, and I don't think anyone was expecting us to have more kids since we had "finally gotten our boy" . It seems like everyone was happy and supportive for our first two and after that everyone acts like we are overpopulating the earth or something.

[ColoradoMama]

It's so exciting to have so many of us with four or more! Cool.

[RasJane]

Yay! more "large" families!
This is #4 for us, and I'm sure we'll get some comments. Whatever.
I love my boys (even though they do drive me crazy sometimes) and would love to have another. Part of that is that I have no idea what to do with a girl. :LOL
My mom would though. She has an entire stash of pink fabric, lace and ribbons ready to sew up into the largest single wardrobe a little girl has ever seen.
At least our families will all be beyond thrilled when we finally tell them. Still not sure when that will be though.

[CookAMH]

No, but congrats! We hope to have four or more.

[michaelsmama]

On to #4

We're working on #4 now, though a bit freaked out since we hadn't figured on having this one. Dh works in international development and we're just 6 weeks into our first overseas post, so we're a bit nervous as to how this all works with 4 kids - both the separation that will happen for 8 weeks or so this spring as the kids and I go back to the states to stay with my parents and await the birth (he'll be back for birth, hopefully), plus the logistics of living overseas and doing so much travelling with 4 kids, as well as the fact that he'll travel a lot with work while the kids and i are at home, far from family and close friends. It's a lot to figure out and we only found out saturday night (and he's out of town this week), but we're hanging. Being able to joyfully announce the pregnancy in this comunity helps, though. (Our parents and sisters and a few chosen friends know and are happy, but many others will say we're nuts, I'm sure - but screw the unsupportive ones. We love our kids and will love this one just as much.)

For now, I'm eating my oatmeal and hoping to keep this current babe (dd is 9 mos) on breastmilk for a long, long time. Here's hoping for no morning sickness this time!