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drpepper318
MIR MIR MIR!
Member since 6/07 8274 total posts
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Spinoff of the spinoff one & done... Bigger family
Anybody the total opposite & plan to/ hope to have a bigger than average (4+ kids) family?
Since I had my first I've had a strong desire to have a big family, maybe 5 or 6. I'm due with my third this month, which will make 3 under 4 so far. We'd love to have 2 or 3 more over the next 5 years or so if possible.
In part maybe it's because we have such a small (nonexistent) extended family so my kids will never have any cousins at all so I want to provide family for them and we love having a lot of family around. Plus I have easy pregnancies, & though we're not wealthy we can afford the necessities for each kid, and we just enjoy having them & raising them a lot.
People think we are nuts. I don't care what people think but it does make me laugh. And just assume I got pregnant by accident because no way would any sane person nowadays have 3 kids so close in age ON PURPOSE right?! People also make the assumption that I'm done after this baby. (Which they also did after my second). If I say No we'd like to have some more, I get the "look" and people asking strange things like if we're religious 
Anybody else want a bigger family? Doesn't seem to be too common.
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evrythng4areason
And then there were 4
Member since 1/10 5224 total posts
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Kayla
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Spinoff of the spinoff one & done... Bigger family
I do, but I'm pretty sure 3 will be it for us. I have easy prgnancies and deliveries, but I hate being pregnant. I also nurse, and I'm not a huge fan of that either. Right now we really couldn't fit 4 in our house, but within the next 4-5 years were planning on either moving or renovating, so we probably would have room. 4 would absolutely be it though! We joke that twins next time would be perfect, bc I would deal with one pregnancy and get 2 babies!
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| Posted 3/13/17 5:07 PM |
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nycgirl
Angels!
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Re: Spinoff of the spinoff one & done... Bigger family
We have 3. We could have 4... but it would be hard.
We've thought about it (and almost did it), but it would be a financial and lifestyle changer (not as babies, but down the road as we hope to help them with college).
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| Posted 3/13/17 6:40 PM |
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mommy2B3
2 boys 2 girls!!!!
Member since 7/08 3324 total posts
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Re: Spinoff of the spinoff one & done... Bigger family
We have 4, and we love it! My DH wants more, but I have very hard pregnancies and I just can't do it to my body again. We have not ruled out fostering/adoption. I will say it's getting a bit harder now that our older ones are involved in sports etc., I'm not sure how it will be when all 4 have to be at practice/games, especially since my DH and I coach. I think if we lived near family and had a support system, I'd probably suck it up and have more lol. I just can't imagine not having a tiny baby again 
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| Posted 3/13/17 7:10 PM |
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MrsO
Big Brothers to Be
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Re: Spinoff of the spinoff one & done... Bigger family
We have 4 and we are done. We are getting older and 4 is plenty for us :)
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| Posted 3/13/17 11:39 PM |
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Jenn79
One more?
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Re: Spinoff of the spinoff one & done... Bigger family
I would love to, but we started a little later than I would have liked and it took me a while to concieve #2, and now I'm getting close to a year ttc #3. I'm losing hope of even having three. I secretly wish for twins so I can have 4 without going through all the crap ttc again! But if I could I would love to have more than 4!
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