Is the family you went on to have bigger , the same size or smaller than the one you were born into?

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smaller

Same- 2 kids

Bigger, I'm an only and I didn't want that for my DC

Same, I am one of three, and I have three children

Smaller. As the youngest, I was lost amongst all my siblings so decided with two, they can have a better quality of life and better individual attention. There isn't much of an age gap so treated more equally than general older/younger dynamics.

I do miss the hustle and bustle at Christmas though. Took me a while to realise children don't need a mass of presents, it's just because that's what we always woke up to because there were so many of us. Same with cooking, took me a while to adjust to our portion sizes, I didn't need to make so much but again, that's all I'd ever known 😅

I do love having two, I would have considered a third but it works perfect for us as it is.

Smaller. I’m one of 4, and have 0 children and 0 desire to have any

Bigger. I’m an only and have 3 children.

Smaller by choice. I have 1, my parents had 3.

Bigger. I was a lonely only dragged around Europe for df's job. I have 2 children.

Depends - dad had four kids, mum had one. I have two.

Smaller. I was one of 4 but I only have 2 dc myself.

Same for me, I'm one of two
Dh is one of three so smaller for him

Smaller. I have 1DC but I have a brother and DH has 2 siblings he is NC with.

The same. I'm one of two and have two. We struggled to conceive number two and the thought of my eldest being an only horrified me

The same. I’m one of 4 and my childhood was amazing. I have always wanted 4 and feel very lucky we were in a position where we were able to have them all.

Smaller.

I’m one of 3 and have 2 children myself.
I’m very lucky after loss and multiple IVF’s.

Same - am one of two as is DH. Had DT’s although planned on an only child!

For me it’s the same size. My mum had a ds and a dd and so do I. For dh our family is smaller as he is one of 4 but adamant that he didn’t want that many children. I would have liked 3 he wanted 1 we compromised at 2.

Bigger. I was an only child and have 2 children of my own.

I’d always imagined only having 1 child but when it came to it I was surprised to discover that I really wanted a second.

It will be smaller. I'm 1 of 3 and we currently have 1, will have 1 more.

The same. I was one of three and we have three. Dh was in a family of three too.

Same for me.

My DH is one of 7. Half his siblings have no kids by choice. No one has more than 2.

Bigger by 1 DC

The same, well will be come July. I'm one of 4 and currently have 2 boys and a girl with another boy joining us

Smaller. I’m one of 5 and I have an only child. I would have liked a second but it didn’t work out.

I was starved of attention and affection as a child and it has had a lasting impact on me. But that wasn’t solely down to having 4 siblings - both of my parents were workaholics and we had very little family time.

Same. Only child and only have one child. It's perfect for us.