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[quote=Anonymous]I think you can’t plan like this. You may have the desire of having many kids, but may find yourself not able to cope with more than 1. I don’t know anyone that was sure about the exact number before even starting. My DH thought he wanted 1, I thought I wanted 2 and now we have 3 (and we are done). We both work, husband (used to) travels quite a bit. I work from home mostly with a very flexible job. We have a live in nanny and a cleaning lady once a week. We never work on weekends and spend plants of time with the kids (though there is always the guilt on my part that I could spend more time with them). I am teaching (or helping through DL) 2 of the kids every day now. I spend 1-2 hours with them at night and 1 in the morning before school start. We also never spend time away from them during the weekends or holidays, but sometimes it still feels like they need more (and they say so often “mom I want to spend more days just with you”).

3 kids is a a lot of successes, failures, flaws and talents. I want to be able to help and cheer all 3 and that is a lot of work (even with all the help I have). 
So... you may not like being a mom or like me you will feel like you need to do more all the time. I love my 3 kids, but personally I feel I would be happier and feel less guilt if I had stopped at 2.[/quote]

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