i think i want 10 children, or at least a v v large brood!! am i mad ??how many do you have ?

[pregnantbabyelephant]

ok maybe 5 or 6

how many children do you have?

Wheelybug, do not hope for twins! It is a recipe for disaster, take it from me that multiples are hard and stressful work!

symmetry

I'm one of seven spread over three marriges! I like large families and agree its good theres always someone to play with, not much personal space though!

I think I'm going to put a real downer on this- well- I know I am- we have three- and If I could start over I wouldn't have more than two-..... why? 'cos the planet's falling apart, probably all these kids will drive cars, use oil, resorces etc..Is it just me, or is it a bit selfish to have loads of kids, however lovely it is- kind of reproducing yourself?

Are but you see, the world needs my kids!

(yeah not original I know...)

point being northernrefugee don't you have faith that if you teach you're chn well, they'll grow up to make a difference to the planet in a good way as opposed to just trashing it?

Well Slur- I do think that's an opinion people with lots of kids give... which kind of illustrates my feeling that there's a complacence (-is that how you spell it? ) about people with lots of little mini thems running along behind them...

i want about 10 dh say's the most i can have is 4 we have 1 at the min but ttc

Not sure I understand. Why would parents of large families be thinking they can sit back on their laurels necessarily while their mini mes take over? I mean, presumeably since you clearly care about the state of the planet you yourself are active in trying to make a significant difference to the direction its heading in, so you will, I assume, be talking to your chn and involving them in your activism. Now I don't for one minute consider my chn to be clones of myself nor would I ever ever want them to be, they are unique and brilliant but I do hope that they might listen to my values and ideas and be influenced to think carefully about things before making their own decisions about how to live in the world.
I don't think small families is the answer to global warming or depletion of resources btw...

northernrefugee39, I hope your third child never reads that post!

2 is more than enough imo

good god, the THOUGHT of having another one

I don't have enough patience tbh

Well I've got 9, never managed the 10
I always hoped for twins,too but averaged around 2 pregnancies to produce one baby
Turned out well in the end though.
Good luck with your babies pbe.

I wanted 8 which was revised to 5. DH said 4, but through health reasons we had to stop at 3.

i'm pg with db3, our fourth between us (i have one dss). dp has been muttering that this maybe able to happen again because he likes my pg boobs .

mners with large families (say more than 3) how did you spread them, did you have a couple of batches or an even (ish) spread or is because of having multiples?

I noticed Miaow has a couple of batches which I've heard is a good option if you've got the youth to manage it! But wondered if the older ones play much with the youngers?

I knew a girl at school who came from a family of 22!!!!!!

Have two and wish I had four. I love babies but once they are older I'm a crap mum!

No partner either so I'd be lucky...and I hate being pregnant and giving birth. So that doesn't help!

I am pg with my 6th.

I always planned to have just two - two boys called Daniel and Thomas!

I have 2, would like a third, but just on a theoretical basis

hey ggg not long left, if I remember well?

tripletsandtwins - I am joking really - I have had 3 lots of friends have twins 3 years running if that makes sense and I don't really want twins ... its looks like a lot of hardwork although I am in awe of twin (and triplet and both !) parents.

2 will be just fine (in fact, quite frankly at the mo 2 would be ruddy marvellous ).

I would like a large brood too, maybe 6, but issues like a big enough house and car to transport them with are a bit of problem. That and having enough money.

But then I watch Cheaper by the Dozen and think, who cares about money, lets have 12!! I reckon its harder work than it looks though.

Ha i have 2 always said i would only have 2 & after having dd (my last) i will have no more & if it ever happens by "mistake" you will find me on the edge of a cliff, ok?

Would have loved more than 3 but too old and knackered by the time of my third. Good luck I would have loved 6 for some reason 4 girls and 2 boys

Think Im with northernrefugee on this one. 10 children! Abit selfish surely? There are too many people on the planet as it is.

Slur- I just think that considering the state of the planet,the ammount of natural resourses we're using- one of the first things we should do is not to have very large families.
Of course I wouldn't change my family for the world- or my youngest!- I just maybe wouldn't have gone on getting pregnant without thinking of the consequences, and yes- I do think it's quite selfish to have large families. Obviously - more people = more resources being used up.
And sometimes I think people think they're quite special and clever because they have loads of children- I'm not saying anyone here so don't jump down my post- but I've known a few people who have 4 or five and think they deserve special treatment and or admiration.