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[quote=Anonymous]I sometimes feel a pang of longing for a second child, especially when I look at photos of my only from when she was younger, or when I see siblings playing happily together, or when someone I know has a baby. It can be hard at times.

But then I think about why I stopped at one (very hard pregnancy followed by a year of bad PPD, no family help, the knowledge that our finances work well with one but would be a stretch with two) and feel content in my choice. I also recognize that while new babies are delightful and of course it's sweet and cute when siblings are great together, that's not the every day reality of having two. And especially given that we stopped at one because we were worried about have the resources for two (not just money, but physical/mental/emotional/family resources), I think that two would have been very hard on me and thus hard on my kids.

My only is a happy, rewarding, wonderful child and I feel lucky to have had her at all. Under other circumstances I probably would have had another, but that's someone else's life, not mine.[/quote]

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