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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH was one of 4 kids and thought it was too many. Was clear before marriage that two was his max. Two was my minimum, so that made it a pretty simple decision. [/quote]

Curious what your DH's birth order was. I am one of four as well and it's interesting to see how different our takes on that being a good or bad number of kids are:

Eldest had 2 kids
Second had 4 kids
Third had 1 kid
Fourth had 1 kid

I always think of this when people talk about the positives and negatives of having 3+ kids. I think people forget that siblings tend to have very different experiences within a large family and that sometimes the benefits of big families get concentrated in one or two kids. Which also means the downsides of being in a big family can get concentrated in one or two kids. I think willingness to have more than 2 kids requires you to believe that it will be good for all your kids and in my experience this is unlikely -- the more kids you have the more likely it becomes that at least one of your kids will struggle due to being lost in the shuffle.[/quote]

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