How did you decide to go for number 3??!

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I have two gorgeous kids - ds is 3.5yrs and dd is 1.5. I'm one of three so and I always thought that I would like to have more than two kids. But now that I have two, I'm not entirely sure how it'd be having a third - we are blessed with two healthy kids, we are just about living within our means and I'm finally feeling (after the shock of going from 1 to 2) that I am starting to get myself back. Could I go back to pregnancy and sleepless nights again???? I keep changing my mind.

DH is not keen on the idea of having another one but we're both undecided. Can anyone recommend a book about the decision to go for a no.3?

Thanks!

We went camping without a tv!! Decision made for us

was indecisive for a while but in the end I felt there was a whole person out there looking for a way in and I got broody and carried away with the moment. Would you regret it more if you did it or if you didn't in the long term? I think that was also part of it for me - no one regrets a baby they have just the ones they don't. Was never 100% sure but of course now that I have my 3 week old dc3 I am smitten and can't imagine not having had her. ds and dd1 are equally smitten which is really lovely.

yes you loose yourself to newbornness again but that is only temporary - they all grow up so quickly.

Only thing is I feel that 3 is a tricky number so am already considering no 4!

Hi we have two DD age 7 & 4 and decided at new year to just go for it after discussing number 3 on and off for 2 years. I too am one of 3 and although life's perfect with two we just feel that we'd regret it if we didn't try for number 3. We're lucky that we had DD1 at 23 and so we feel that we had time to space them out a bit. Another factor for us was that as DD2 starts school in the summer I'd have time at home to enjoy a new baby.

For us DD1 was a total surprise (a honeymoon baby) and DD2 was conceived the first month of trying. We naively thought that number 3 would come along on demand. Not so, 2mc this year so far. I feel that now we've started trying for number 3 it is definitely right for us and hopefully it will happen soon - fx! As OP says they grow up so quickly and the sleepless nights are only temporary. Goodluck deciding!