To consider sticking at one

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I've got a 14 month old. Conceived after fertility treatment and born prematurely. As time has gone on I'm thinking i might just have one. I'm not sure I can be bothered doing all this again. I love him but I think he's enough. Is that awful?

no but keep an open mind why tie yourself down with absolutes

I'm definitely only having one. I don't understand the stigma around it to be honest

I don't get the stigma. I'm so grateful my child is healthy I don't want to risk another prem birth

Nothing wrong with that!!
Still early days tho..

I have one DS who is 6. I had ICSI after a couple of losses and to top it off in pregnancy I had placenta praevia and a valsalva retinopathy. No way was I doing that again
Being an only child is hasn’t been a problem so far for me, I am 41. Having an only is lovely too.

Why would you even think it's 'awful'? I have one. He is six, and a delight, and was conceived, carried and given birth to perfectly straightforwardly, but I've never considered having another.

I am an only child. I loved it growing up. I won’t lie though. As I’ve got older (along with my parents!) it’s been a bit difficult to shoulder the burden alone (my parents had me quite late so from my late teens onwards they have had health problems, then my mother died, early twenties and my father her has had a lot of health scares despite being quite healthy for his age and I worry about him a lot. It would be nice to have had someone to share it with. At the end of the day though it’s what it is. I don’t think being an only child is the end of the world the way that some people make it out to be.

I started a thread this morning about the comments I have been getting off family and friends for deciding to stick at one child!! Its nobody else's business. If you are happy with one then that's great you can have one child! I cant stand all this you have to give them a brother or sister crap or they will be a spoiled brat! Do what is best for you.