I don't want another child at all. As in I really, really don't want one (despite what well meaning friends and relatives think). Our only DD is an absolute joy to us, I love her to peices but I do not think I could handle giving birth / being pregnant / newborn again. However this is making me feel very guilty as we are in a position to move at the moment . We could easily afford a nice two bed house for the two of us plus DD and maintain a nice (ish) lifestyle . I would not want to try to cram four of us in there and a three bed house where we are (south east) would wipe us out. Also I want a career. I want a life outside of DD and I feel just having one child gives us a better chance at that. I suppose what I am asking is for reassurance that DD WILL be ok as one child. The only reason I would ever have a second would be for her and I do not believe that having a second child for the first is a good reason - I believe a child should be wanted for his or her sake only. Please someone say some reassuring things to me !
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I'm sticking at one. For different reasons to you (I had an horrific labour with DS and having a second would pose a lot of additional risks).
I also love my little boy and our family the way it is, and can't picture wanting to change that by adding another to the mix.
I get comments about it all the time. DS is now too, so obviously, I must be wanting another one 
I was once being lectured by a stranger in a coffee shop about only children when an elderly lady butted in and told me she was an only child and has never been sad about that. She told me it was wonderful. Made my day.
I have one DD and it is fantastic. She has just turned four and I didn't think it could get better but it does! Meanwhile my career is going well, and my relationship is so much better than when she was little which put a strain on us both. I work part time but in quite a 'heavy' job.
I feel so free with one! We are having two holidays this year. We socialise a lot for her sake but this is good for all of us, at weekends we have friends round. Our best friends have one little boy the same age as DD and they play 'brothers and sisters' together. But DD is happy to have us to herself and I can give her my full attention and love.
DP and I both do lots of activities in the week - exercise etc. - and both get mornings 'off' at the weekends as we both like a bit of time to ourselves (though now DD is older I am needing it less). Sometimes his parents have her for a night or two so we can get away to a hotel (we're lucky, I know!). They couldn't manage with two.
DP is an only child and has a great relationship with his parents. I am one of three and never felt I got enough attention from my parents and was bullied by a sibling.
I have struggled with it, but the more time goes on the less I worry and the more I see it is right for US, in our circumstances, with our energy levels and other commitments, lifestyle, etc.
don't worry, enjoy! 
I have one DD age 2.5 and she is all I want. We are happy being a team of 3 here and have no plans to change it. There is a lovely lady in my office whose only daughter got married last year. One day, after someone asked me if no. 2 was going to be on the cards, I confessed to this lovely lady that I was finding all the questioning irritating. She said to me 'ignore them, it's wonderful having one'. Her daughter is a lovely, balanced, normal person who has married a nice guy! You wouldn't think it was possible the way some people carry on about only children....
I think the key is to be happy in your choice and put two fingers up to the world and enjoy your family. ( I appreciate that for some it is not necessarily a choice to have one child and that this approach will not apply).
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