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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am pregnant with #4 (my oldest just turned 5).  I don’t work anymore and we have a lot of help (nanny + part-time housekeeper, and I’ll have a night nurse for the first 12 or so weeks).  It’s not uncommon in my circle to have 3 or 4, but I definitely have gotten a few “whoa!” comments.  All of our children were planned, but I get a lot of assumptions that we couldn’t possibly want 4 under age 5.  We always set out to have a big family and I’d rather get the baby stage finished! Plus it’s so lovely to have them near in age. My oldest two are 17 months apart and they are very close. [/quote]

Also, the earlier comment that all families with lots of children are relying on government handouts and scholarships is so inaccurate in my experience.  Everyone I know with lots of kids is able to have lots of kids because they are financially capable of doing so.  I would have never had so many children if we couldn’t easily swing it financially without cutting out the extras. We don’t have enough bedrooms to give each kid their own room, but that’s about the only sacrifice.  We live in a large city in Europe so that’s not an unusual “problem”.  [/quote]
Why do you live there? Military or FS?[/quote]

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