Does the desire stop at 2?

[Zazzlez]

I have 6yr Ds and a 3yr DD, but always felt the desire for a 3rd child, it comes and goes, sometimes I'll be watching them and think I'm glad it's just you 2, but other times I want another, I love the newborn stage and I loved being pregnant, I've talked to my DH and he's happy as we are, does this feeling ever go if your stopped at 2?

I felt like this with my 2. My husband always said we were fine with 2 but there was a huge longing in me for another. My husband changed his mind, I had a third, and now feel like our family is complete. I don't want any more. Having a third is obviously harder than 2, but I'm so glad we did it.

I'm not sure if this is what I want to hear or not 😂 I think I want to be told I will lose the urge 🙈

We only wanted two for several years. Then we gradually changed our minds and had number 3 after a bit of a gap. Dh then had the snip and we were both totally certain at the time that we'd never want another baby...we can't comfortably afford (financially, timewise or mentally!) any more than 3 and I know this.

Youngest dc is now 6 and I'm glad we physically can't have another. Because there are several times in the last two years where I think given half a chance I'd have tried to convince dh into number 4. I want squishy newborn cuddles and i feel a little sad that our eldest two are teens and youngest is out of toddler hood. I'm 36, still young by some standards and my inner voice whispers to me that I'm plenty young enough to have another.

It's ridiculous and I'm glad and there's no choice to be made any longer and it's out of my hands because I clearly can't trust myself 😂

Just be aware that you might have a third and feel done, forever. Or the same creeping feeling of wanting another might raise it's head after number 3, 4, 5 and the feeling might never totally go. You just have to put your sensible hat on and stop at the number your brain tells you is right for you and not your hormones!

See this is what I'm worried about! Newborn goggles, both were good bit different to each other, but I'm not sure I can wait until I'm a grandma for new squishie hugs (and I know it will be daughters side) but DH is happy and struggles with both as they are whereas I don't.

I stuck to two, not necessarily willingly as DH wasn’t (at all) keen on a third but the wanting of another squishy toddler is still 50:50 with feeling it would have broken me.