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[quote=Anonymous]First off, you and DH are not old. I'm 47, DH is 53 and we have one child. We both have siblings. We spent many years doing IVF and eventually adopted. Would like to have another, and sometimes I dream about getting pregnant, but chances are against it. Growing up, I always thought I'd have four (I'm one of four). DD is only 4, and we have some family nearby and I don't think she's suffering being an only or longing for a sibling, but then, she's very young.

We feel unbelievably blessed to have the kid we have, and hope she'll have a life where her friends become her family. DH's family is older and though they love her to death, they aren't her contemporaries. We actually talk about moving closer to my family, because my siblings have kids closer to her age. That's probably coming in a few years, even though one of my siblings and I aren't particularly close.

I worry more about when she leaves the house, what will we do? We both work, but pretty much everything revolves around her now. DH has hobbies, but I really don't. Guess I need to find some. I will be sad if she lives far away from us when she grows up, but I guess that will be part of life. I live 5 hours from my mom now, and I know it is hard for her. As she ages and has some health problems, it's really hard for me too.

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