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[quote=Anonymous]I was never 100% sure.  DH and I danced around the topic for years and never quite got off the fence because of the enormity of the decision. One day, I realized I wasn't feeling well - and hadn't been feeling well for about a week.  On a whim I took a pregnancy test.  Best surprise of my life!  I was almost 35, DH and I had been married for 7 years at that point.  Neither of us felt like we were in the "right" spot career-wise or financially, but we owned a SFH and had decent savings.

I am so grateful that it happened the way it did because in hindsight, I don't think DH and I would have made the decision to go for it.  As it is, when it came time to decide whether to try for #2, we were back on the fence again.  We ultimately decided to try and see what happens (I was almost 38 at that point).  DC#2 is now almost 2 years old.

Even though the decision was sort of made for us with DC#1 being a surprise, a lot of the thoughts I had about whether to go for DC#2 I think are applicable for someone deciding about their first child. The one overwhelming, nagging thought I had was: will I regret not even trying to do this? And for me, the answer was unequivocally yes. Maybe that question can help guide you in figuring out what you what. [/quote]

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