How many children do you have? How many did you plan on having?

[luvsJack]

Had two boys and then divorced. Met and married dh and we talked about having another but figured if it happened oj and if not it was ok. We were married for 11 years, rhe boys were 14 and 16 and surprise! Along came our little girl. So now we have 3-33, 31 and 16.

 

[macraven]

i wanted to have a couple of cats and no children.

we ended up with 4 boys.
all 4 of them weren't planned but very much loved when we realized a baby was on the way.

 

[hereyago]

One and done,lol.

 

[runsandjumps]

We have three. Planned on a large family 5/6. We decided against any more to save our sanity.

 

[h518may]

We wanted two. Started trying less then a year after we married and nothing. We tried lots of things but also along the way looked at adoption. Six years later we decided we were done trying for a pregnancy and within a few months we has DS. His adoption was final two years later(foster care adoption), six months after that came DD. We finalized her adoption in 18 months. We were done, but I would always have loved to get pregnant and have another, just to experience it.

 

[sasywtch]

I have 4, 2 girls and 2 boys. None were planned.

 

[kmb584]

I have one and now that she's 6 I can't imagine going through the newborn/infant/toddler stages again. I think it's safe to say that I'm done. I work at a daycare and preschool (nurse and director of the daycare) so I get my baby fix all day long!

 

[ilovefh]

I wanted 2, DH wanted 1 but was okay with 2. We started trying right after we were married. After 2 miscarriages and a slew of tests that said everything was normal we gave up. We stopped making decisions based on "when we have kids" and moved to FL. Two months later, during the first week at my new school I found out I was pregnant. Of course my insurance from my previous job ended the next week and the new job insurance didn't start for 90 days!

After DS I knew I wanted another one. When he was a year old we started trying again. Over the course of the next 3 years we never got pregnant and kind of assumed that it would be one and done for us. We were okay with it. DS has some special needs so we figured we were meant to just concentrate on him.

Two months from DS's 4th birthday we found out I was pregnant. I really thought it would end in miscarriage due to a few factors. Because of that I didn't allow myself to get emotionally attached. We just had our anatomy scan last week and they think it's a girl! She'll be born when DS in 4.5.
I was hoping for another boy but I am just thankful for a healthy baby. Now it seems real!

We do occasionally look at it eachother and ask what we were thinking. DS is just finally to an independent age and we're starting all over again. We didn't want them this far apart but that's how it worked out.

We say we're done at 2 but I won't do anything permanent yet! I'm 34 and DH is 42.

 

[mamamary]

I don't think we ever had a set number in mind. We had a boy and then a girl about two years later and we just knew that we were done at that point.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

Wanted two. Lost my first at 12 weeks. Tried for another year and started fertility testing and got pregnant. When the ultrasound showed twins, my DH said we're done. When the ultrasound showed a boy and a girl, he said we're really done! They're now 17 and both terrific kids and it has been a pure joy raising them. They'll be off to college next year and I'll be so sad. DH and I will be celebrating our 23rd anniversary this year.

Planned on having one. Got twins. Lucky me!

So, we have two. One pregnancy. One boy. One girl. Baby lottery winner!

We call our twins our "Insta-Family"

 

[cbellasmomma]

Have 1. Planned on 0. Thank goodness that didn't go as planned

 

[itutorfortravel]

DH and I got married a little later and didn't know if we wanted any. After about 5 years of marriage, we decided that we weren't going to try to get pregnant, but we weren't going to try to NOT get pregnant either. Within the first month, I was pregnant! So I guess it was meant to be! We only have the one child and are quite happy with that. With our schedules and my age, I don't know if I could handle more than that!

 

[Runnergal]

I have 4. I wouldn't say I planned on it, but I grew up with just one sister who was six years older, and I was always a little envious of friends with larger families. It looked like so much fun. After #2, I just didn't feel "done". After #3, I was totally done, but #4 was a surprise. Dh was ok with whatever. He was fine with just having 2, but when I was freaking out(not in a good way) when I found out we were having #4 when ds #3 was just 8mos, he was the one who was actually excited. It is crazy but fun! Hardest part is that now when we go to WDW we have to get two rooms!!

 

[jam217]

Planned on 2 with my husband but after my son was born, my husband decided he didn't want anymore. Then he up and left me for a woman with 4 kids. I'm too old to have anymore. I always regret not giving my son the sibling experience that both me and my ex had.

 

[DisneyLvr55]

I always wanted 2 kids. They are 8.5 and 10 years old. 12 weeks ago I had #3. Surprise!!


Now I want to get pregnant with #4 asap but DH is not on board. We don't have the room or the money. Aah to dream...

 

[bjscheel]

We have two girls. I think originally I would have gone for 3 or maybe 4 (we each had 3 siblings), but I had too many post-delivery issues to consider going for #3. DH would sure have liked a boy, so hopefully he has sons-in-law or grandsons that like to mess with tractors with him someday.

I think it's awesome having two girls- they are best friends most of the time.

 

[blana]

We have 3.
I always wanted 4, but DH wanted just 1. We compromised on 2, and then HE broached the idea of a third.
So, I don't quite have the four I wanted, and I still wonder what it would be like to have that extra, but then I look at the ones I have and am happy. (No possibility of a fourth due to age &other reasons.)

 

[Gumbo4x4]

We had no plan going in, but both daughters were planned. In both cases DW became pregnant almost immediately, so I suspect we would have had a whole mess of kids if we hadn't been so careful the rest of the time.

 

[GaSleepingBeautyFan]

We hadn't planned on any but then as we got older and were married longer we decided to have one. And then one became two.

At one point we had discussed a 3rd but by then I was in my 40's so we decided not to have another. I'm happy with my 2 kids - one boy and one girl.

 

[Jaya]

It started out with six (we were both from big [large-me, huge-him] families and couldn't imagine not having lots of kids). Then we though four would be perfect. Then we thought that two would be ultra-perfect. The Good Lord saw fit to give us only one and we were content with that.