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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have two (and I’m one of three).  I’m happy with my two — definitely a conscious decision not to try for more due to financial and emotional constraints — but I’ve always wanted a huge family so I’m a little sad about it too if that makes sense?  Like two is the right number for my family but I wish I had the time/energy/money/emotional chill to have like five.  But I don’t.  So I’ll just hope they both want kids someday and live near me so I can babysit my grandkids.  Or maybe I’ll become a foster parent when my bio kids are launched and I’m retired.[/quote]

+1 This is my situation exactly. I've thought about fostering from time to time. Maybe when I'm retired. I'm one of three and we stopped at two. I always wanted like six kids and when I got married my husband and I discussed having four. After the first one we were pretty overwhelmed/had many other things going on in our lives and we waited over 3 years to start trying for our second. That's all we can take on. We are done. If there was some scenario where I could easily afford to have a housekeeper and work part-time hours/just do regular volunteer work to keep myself stimulated I would probably have more kids. But I have student loans and have to work full time and with just two I don't feel like I have enough attention for them some days. Infants were also especially taxing for me, much more than I anticipated before having kids. I don't really want to go back to that phase.

Also I have two boys and I would like the "experience" of having a girl but it's not going to happen. I'm a little disappointed about that but it doesn't keep me up at night.[/quote]

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