Is it normal to keep feeling broody after having the DC you always planned for

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I am 35 and have a 1 yo baby girl and 4 yo DS. I always thought I will be so content after having two DC and especially one of each gender. But, I keep feeling broody about a third DC and somehow I can shake this feeling off.
I was speaking to my friend and she said it's normal to keep feeling broody after two DC and many people go through this phase. I am utterly exhausted with both DC being at home for summer holidays and she said she thinks two are enough to manage especially once they are in school and have clubs and hobbies etc.
I am so confused as DH is 41 and we don't have long to decide. DH is open to having a third but I am on the fence but don't want to regret any decision I take as he's happy to support with whatever I decide.
Is this feeling normal and do many people go through this?

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I posted on a very similar thread the other day. I feel the same and I gather that it's normal to feel broody as your ovaries attempt to embark on a clearance sale. But unlike you, my DH is very much against a third, I am nearly 40, and my kids are older. I wish I had gone for it when I would have had 3 year gaps. You definitely have some time to consider it!

Following because I also have 2 DC and always thought I would only ever want 2, but I can't stop thinking about a 3rd and I feel like I now know more families with 3 than with 2. I feel so envious whenever someone announces a pregnancy, especially 3rd pregnancies! But I'm about to turn 41 so I think that ship has probably sailed for me (and those hormones have a lot of answer for)
You're definitely not alone in this...

My 3rd is a baby and despite physically dropping to pieces a little more after each pregnancy my hormones are telling me a 4th, my husband is completely open to, is a lovely idea.

It's a trick. It might never stop 🤣

Some women are broodier than others. Some just know that their family is complete, others feel the need for more children. Both are normal.

I felt completely done at 3.

Didn't at 2.

Few years later, it was right for us

This.

Park it until your youngest is 2.5, then revisit.

I am 35 with 2 children and I keep feeling broody! My youngest is only 6 weeks old so I am blaming postpartum hormones for this...

My DH is 40 so we are feeling a bit of pressure to decide, because I had an emergency c-section the gynaecologist recommends I don't get pregnant for another year so I guess that gives us some time... It took us 8 years to decide we wanted a second, we don't have that luxury anymore.

I had four and was broody each time before getting pregnant but as soon as I had the fourth I never got that real intense feeling again. Hormones have a lot to answer for!

If you have the space and the means and the ability to hire support if you need to, then why not go for it?

edit:rephrased

I had 4 children my last at 35 and I’m still occasionally broody at 49.
It’s a trick from Mother Nature!
Have what you can cope with and afford.
Small kids small problems
A gang of teens is HARD

For some women it never really goes away! I love babies and toddlers and little kids and big kids and teens! But rationally I knew I was money and time poor. I guess it depends on those factors and how you physically feel, levels of tiredness etc . After paying for childcare there are some cheaper years and then it's laptops and phones driving lessons and potentially uni where they get more expensive again!

I’m still broody and I’m 50 😆 I had my two in my late 30s, we decided to stop at two and it was the right decision for us. But had I been a bit younger and finances were better, would definitely have gone at least once more!

Yes sometimes but then i remind myself it’s my hormones playing a trick on me and pregnancy, waking up in the middle of the night, attempting to breastfeed, years of paying for childcare before they start school etc it’s all extremely hard work. My youngest will hit the golden years soon and i intend to sit back and enjoy the pair of them before they become teenagers.

I do not relate to that feeling, so I think it may be genuine!

Omg so relatable. We always only wanted 2, 2nd is 9 months and first is 3. I think we will have a 3rd in a year or two so all 3 year age gaps! We have 6 embryos stored so I’m worried I’ll feel the same after a 3rd if we still have embryos.