Wanting a 3rd baby

[Sleeepdeprived]

My husband and I have always agreed on two children and we now have a girl and a boy, which we are so grateful for. My husband is 100% done, and whereas my head is 100% done, my heart yearns for another pregnancy and baby.

I realise this is a selfish want - I loved being pregnant and I absolutely love having a baby, but I don’t necessarily want another child. Having 2 is perfect - makes holidays, car travel, days out etc so much easier, and I don’t feel I have the mental capacity to add another child to our family. For that reason (and the fact my husband absolutely does not want another), we won’t have another baby, but for those who have felt similar, when does this feeling go away? Or will I always yearn for another baby? My youngest is 5 months if that’s relevant and I’m early 30s

I'm in quite a similar boat except my husband would have one but we just don't have the space/money. I've noticed I feel it more strongly at times when my DC feel like they are growing up/changing. DS is 6 months and he started rolling and weaning within a week or two of each other and it felt like he'd suddenly gone from a little baby to a big baby and then the desire for a third felt quite strong. Same happened when toddler DD started nursery. I think if I was a few of years younger and had a 4 bed house we probably would try for another but I think I've accepted we are not and another would make everything quite a lot more difficult. My SiL has 5 kids and I also remind myself I could have no 3 and then want no 4 etc and at some point we have to accept our pregnancy/baby days will be behind us. Interested to know what other responses you get and whether other people continue to be sad they didn't try for a third.

I could have written this. Watching with interest. No advice to offer as I'm in same boat. Although my youngest is now 2 and that feeling is still there.
Only thing I would say is you're in the nice baby stage at the moment and there are definitely hard times to come between 1yr-2yrs when it gets a bit exhausting & does make you happy not to be going through it again (well it did for me, temporarily atleast!)

If you are in your early 30s then you have probably got plenty of time to think about things, and maybe change living arrangements and so on. Presumably even if everything was set up for no3 you wouldn't be thinking of doing it straight away.

We have a 4 bed house so it wouldn’t be much of a life upheaval to have another. I’m also due a promotion at work in a couple of years which would mean we could definitely afford it, plus the free childcare allowance from the government would kick in then. I don’t think we’d need to make any significant changes to have another one which potentially makes it even more difficult to listen to my head (and my husband).

That’s also true to being in the nice baby stage at the moment, although similarly feels as though he’s a big baby now rather than a little baby. I’m not looking forward to the toddler stage if I’m honest (which is partially why I don’t want another child, just a baby)