to ask what made you decide to have a third baby?

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and how old were your other children when your third baby was born?

That's it really.

Thanks.

We knew we wanted another - very simple.

DC1 was 6, DC2 was 4.

A poorly performing mirena coil. 😂

But he is much loved. Others were 7 and 5.5, and they adore him. It's a juggle at times (he's 3 months now) but we wouldn't change it.

Mini pill and got noro virus. When our surprise arrived eldest was 3 yrs exactly and number 2 was 16 months. Was hard work but worked out well .

Got broody when my friend was having her second (after a gap of 9 years), I dithered about whether to have another or not, was a bit careless about contraception and hey presto number 3! Number four now, I was being mega careful about contraception but he still came along. Got sterilised after that

We fell accidentally and the miscarried making us realise we must of actually wanted a 3rd.

Surprise baby!

DD was 3
DS was just 4 months when we found out

I found 3 easier to cope with than just the one! Don't know if that was just because I was more experienced at the job by then.

Just got broody. No. 4 was a bit of a surprise though. Best mistake I ever made!

The Pill failed me, is the short answer.

When I found out I was pregnant, DH was not happy. He expected me to terminate. Everyone expected me to terminate. We were just coming out of an awful period where he'd been unemployed and I'd been a student so we'd been broke for ages. He'd just got a job, I'd just got a job with an employer not known for their supportiveness and ethical treatment of staff, the other dc were 8 and 5... But as soon as I knew ds3 was there, I wanted him, and that was that. It wasn't easy- I had to hide my pregnancy at work until I'd stacked up a series of really good monthly appraisals and would have some defence against being sacked, there was a lot of negativity from extended family, I was exhausted and in a sort of shock, etc- but it was meant to be. I wouldn't be without ds3 now.

what are all these 3rd child threads recently?

Nothing! I stopped at 2

Just really wanted a third after years of saying no more (had really bad HG with second so said never again). Anyway 1st child was nearly 18 and second was 11.5 when I had the third. I wanted a 4th but hubby not keen 😔, three years later our eldest made us grandparents so we just borrow our granddaughter 🤣. It is strange having 2 young ones in the house together, not used to it with the age gap I had with my kids.

being pregnant.

It was decided for me when I discovered I was 3 months pregnant.

22 months gap between dc2 and 3

2 yrs 8 months between dc1 and 2

Always felt someone was missing. Older ones are 9 and 7. Youngest is a couple of months and the best thing ever ❤

I always wanted 3+.
The others will be 4 and 2 when no3 is born.

The 3rd was a complete surprise, especially as he was our 3rd child in 3 consecutive years......