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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What a nasty OP, who doesn't realize that sometimes LIFE happens, and your child is born with special needs, or your spouse develops a chronic illness, or someone loses their job, etc...

Bad things happen, and the best plans fail.

It might happen to you, OP! And after this diatribe, it will be called karma.[/quote]

DP, but no it won't happen to OP because it's actually pretty easy to control how many kids you have. Other than the surprise twin people, which is very rare. Of course sometimes life happens and someone loses a job or gets sick or has special needs. That's precisely why some of us would never choose to have 3+ kids -- because then what do you do when life, inevitably, happens?

I learned from my own upbringing that you need to think about these things when you plan your family and not just assume it will all work out when you decide you are done having babies. I went through a long period when I dearly wanted to have another child but chose not to because we wanted to build space into our life for contingency plans. It was the right choice, by a mile. A few years of unrequited baby fever in return for more security and a more relaxed and manageable life for all of us down the road.

You do get to choose.[/quote]

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