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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d really like your thoughts. That was always what I thought - you get what you get! But now I’m in an odd place and I’m actually considering it. Need someone to talk me out of it or remind me why this is a bad idea (or maybe say in this situation maybe it’s not crazy to consider?)

I have two children, boy - 4.5 and girl - almost 3. We’ve had trouble conceiving a third child so we’re currently doing IVF.

We’ve missed the window on our preferred spacing, so if we get lucky and IVF works, our younger two will be almost 4 years (and definitely 4 school years) apart. We had been hoping for a 2-3 year gap, so watching that slip way has been really hard. This will definitely be our last child.

I never had a preference for the sex of my babies. But now, I do. I have a fairly strong preference for a girl. I just feel like this baby (if we are even lucky enough to have one!) will be so much younger than the others, at least both being girls maybe there will be more of a chance of bonding between the two younger kids. Plus two of our children will have to share a room. I’d much rather have two girls 4 years apart sharing a room than two boys 5.5 years apart sharing a room. That gap just seems CRAZY large to me.

We’re having to do IVF anyway, so all of a sudden I’m thinking, well, if we’re lucky enough to get a choice, why not pick? But I know a year ago I would have thought that was a bad idea.

Thoughts?[/quote]

You are assuming your same-sex kids get along......[/quote]

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