am i mad to want baby number 7 ??

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hi im a mum to 6 want to be mummy to 7 !
my DH works full time , we own our own home , and have been married for 11 years in june .
BUT all mine and his family have TOLD us "dont you dare have any more"
but i really want another baby , i just love been pregnant , giving birth and breast feeding .
we dont ask for any help off any one , i can count on one hand how many times we've been out on our own in the last 11 years . should we listen to every body else or go with OUR hearts ??
i just dont want people to reject our baby , and im scared of how many " OH NO'S" we'll get instead of congrates .

what would you do ??

Arses. Above post meant to look more like this:

Lots of I wants in this thread, OP. As an adult it shouldn't always be that. It'd be selfish to not take into account the views of DH, 6 DCs, other family members. Also, from a societal and environmental point of view to not consider the impact of having such a large brood. I suspect all of this would fall on deaf ears though as I want seems to be he overriding gist of most of what's been said.

I don't think it's about money.

My concern is emotional wellbeing and taking all possibilities into consideration.

"why did i post " becuse i love to hear what "normal 2 people make of my "un normal " family !!
i dont just loves babies , you'd think id learn on here to explain my self betta !
i love the hole package , watching them grow , who they will all be .
and my older children , DO NOT parent there younger siblings ,( i possible ask them to pass me a baby wipe from time to time) if anything im allways been told i do to much for the older ones , i love to be busy !! i carn't sit still , and to me ( this will get me some more stick ) children ARE NOT hard work , its what i do and i do it great ! if a singer sings well they bring out more ablums , if a actor acts great they make more movies , so if i can and do bring beautiful well rounded , caring , sharing children in to the world AND we ( me and DH) can provid for them should it really be a problem ??
my question in the thread was " should people reject a baby because its number 7 and not 2 ?? " NOT do i love my children and can i afford them , if i couldnt and dont i wouldnt have any more full stop !

sorry to rejuvenate an old thread BUT i do dispute the argument that the children cannot get enough 'attention'

why do working parents never get this thrown at them ?

large families ALWAYS get this

I would work out what was best for our own family. It's not irresponsible in terms of over population as that is very much a moot point anyway. In terms of your inlaws or friends of family I'm really not sure it's any of their business to comment anything other than positive polite congratulations if and when. 7 is not all that many in the whole scheme of things when you look at the historical human picture. Each one a blessing. If this is your calling and you are responsible in that you can provide for them and you are not putting your health under risk then I'd say go for it. I think you sound great BTW