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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not do you wish your last child didn’t exist - I’m sure for the large majority of people no matter how many kids they had and how bad of a situation it was, they’d never say they wished a particular kid didn’t exist and they couldn’t imagine their life without them.

But imagining a generic future life with generic children - knowing what you know now, would you stop earlier?

(I would. And I love my children so much and they each feel so very loved and I can’t imagine life without any of them now that they exist, but I do not think 3 kids is my ideal family size for the type of relationship I value with my kids)[/quote]

I would say that yes, having the next kid is usually harder and looking back it would be easier if you didn't have the extra one. BUT you can't ask a parent with 3 kids if they wish that 3rd didn't exist! In this hypothetical world, YES having 1 more usually is harder and looking back it would have been easier with  1 or 2 or 3, wherever you started and stopped. DH is an only and I think if we had stopped with one, everything would have been a damn breeze! But I never considered a family with 1 child. We have 2 kids and it is harder than having one. Would I get rid of my 2nd? No! Would have it been easier , yes![/quote]

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