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[quote=Anonymous]How badly do you want more children? That's what this all comes down to. If you and DH really want more kids, then given your age and medical issues, I would do it sooner rather than later and hire help. I got pregnant with my 2nd when my 1st was 15 months old, so the 1st was not even 2 when the 2nd arrived. I am not going to sugarcoat it - those first two years were very hard. I was a SAHM and I had a sitter come in to help me 2-3 times a week because DH wasn't around much due to his job. You could hire a sitter for as much time as you need, plus you could hire a night nurse so you can sleep or DH can do some of the night feedings.

After those first two years, it's been absolutely fantastic having 2 kids so close in age. They get along great. They played together all the time when they were younger, now they hang out together (they are teens). They even hang out with each other's friends sometimes. I find it far easier to have them close in age so they are into the same things at time same time, versus have kids in totally different worlds. Right now they are doing the same after school activity in fact so that is one pickup, instead of me driving all over town.

We stopped at 2. From what I can see, 3 is just a whole other level. Think about 3 kids with 3 different sets of activities. It looks like it would be a lot. I would have loved more kids on some level, but 2 was the right number for us.

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