I do NOT want another DC so why do I still feel broody???

[TisforTiger]

I am very happy with 2 DC, but I'm exhausted and would like some time to myself. With my youngest coming up to 1.5 this is becoming a little more possible. Also I want to re-focus a little on my career and do some training. My DH is also happy with 2 DC and financially/space it is sensible.

So I convinced 2 is enough.

BUT I still get so broody at times. I think about being pregnant and having a new born and in the future having 3 grown up DCs.

Tell me it's just biology, a clever way to get the human race to reproduce and I have not lost my senses.

When I say leave DC overnight I so mean to stay at someone's house, not just leave em on their own just yet!! (That's the lack of sleep for ya!)

I completely feel like this too. I wonder if a part of me is mourning the fact that, with DC2 being 20mths, the baby stage is completely out of the way (well, other than night wakings), there's a whole section of the supermarket I don't go into any more other than to grab nappies, I no longer get to look at the cute baby clothes & will never buy a babygro again or have newborn cuddles, the excitement/pressure of choosing a name or getting to know your DC and finding out what bits of your genes and your DP/DHs have been inherited. I also wonder if I'm missing the attention you get when heavily pregnant or with an under one and the fact that everyone comments on you, usually in a nice way.
But I WANT one. I have turned into a mad little old lady who peers into every pram 50yrs early & already know that I'm going to become an interfering DM or DMIL to any DGC. Actually, since having this urge/realisation, I've become much better at letting DM & DMIL push the pushchair as I realise that (unless there is a tantrumming 2yo in it) there's something really special about it and it only lasts a short time.
any hopes of persuading DP to have #3 were firmly squashed yesterday when he took both DC to the park by himself for the first time in ages & found it pretty impossible with them both going in different directions.