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[quote=Anonymous]Here is my list for the same decision

Pros:
I love babies/kids and being a parent generally 
My kids would love to have another sibling
I always saw myself w a big family
We could easily fit another baby/toddler/preschooler into our lives w our current schedule and w already having a life set up to accommodate the needs of young kids—we wouldn’t have to change much about our current day to day operations
We could fit another kid into our house just fine 
We already own a mini van
We already have all the baby/young kid supplies
We’re pretty good at this parenting thing by now and feel much more competent to handle kids now than we did before our first or second kids were born

Cons: 
Less $$
Less time/attention for each kid
Harder to take kids to activities, harder to go on vacations
More years until retirement
More years paying for college
Another person to worry about for the rest of your life 
The risk of another pregnancy and childbirth taking a toll on your body/health
The potential to have a kid who has a lot of health needs or special needs or difficult in temperament when our current two kids are really healthy and easy
Guilt about bringing another kid into a broken world and the environmental impact of bringing more people into the world

Conclusion: we’re not having another kid.[/quote]

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