<p>No, but only because I'm really, really stubborn, and by the time I managed to carry my second to term, had become pretty obsessive about having the four kids I'd always wanted. (It's a long story, but the relevant segment here is that ds1 is 10 years older than dd1, and I was actively trying to have a second baby for most of that time.) If I hadn't already been absolutely hellbent on four children, I don't think I'd have been able to go through another pregnancy after dd1, and I <em>know</em> I wouldn't have been able to after ds2. I had nerve damage with ds2 that appears to be permanent - but it did heal somewhat. It was hellish for the first year.</p>
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<p>My uterus is apparently in pretty good shape, but my pelvis is kind of wrecked from the nerve damage, and my abs are shot...probably a combination of the c-sections and the big babies, fairly close together (my last four were in May '03, July '05, November '07, and June '09, and the last one was the only one who was under 10 pounds, at 9lb. 15oz.). Add in the nerve damage that makes any kind of lower ab work (or kegels, for that matter) so difficult, and...yeah - pretty sure I'd have stopped if I weren't so obsessed with having four kids. Physically, I should have stopped after we lost Aaron, but I wasn't psychologically able to do that...and I wouldn't trade dd2 for the world.</p>