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[quote=Anonymous]I have three under 5, and hope to have one more before I get too old. I always wanted four, and if I thought my body could take it I'd have 5, but at my age 4 is pushing it for me. I only have one sibling and parents who are kind of cold and I felt that I missed out on having a family life as a child. I always envied my friends with larger families who had siblings they could rely on to be there  for them their whole lives, while all I had were friendships which, while often wonderful, just do not have the same permanence and sense of duty and closeness as good family relationships (obviously not every family is close, I'm not looking to argue that point, but in reasonably happy ones like the ones I was looking to emulate). I absolutely adore my children and my life with them. Is it chaotic sometimes, yes, is it expensive, yes, does it involve sacrifices, yes, do the kids sometimes compete for attention, yes, do they sometimes drive me crazy, yes. But I would not trade it for anything. My kids are all the same sex, but that played no role in the number we wanted or will have. I'm sure if we are blessed with a fourth it will be the same sex as the others and that is fine, we would be thrilled either way. Like anyone else, I didn't know what I was capable of until I was "in the thick of it" as a PP said, but honestly nothing about parenting is so stressful to me that I feel the need to alter my plans. I am not the uber-perfect parent I thought I would be before I had kids but I am always working on myself and trying to improve, and my kids are happy and loved, which is good enough. I have no judgment toward anyone else about the number of children they feel is right for them -- a larger family is right for us, but it's not for everyone and that's okay.[/quote]

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