How did you know when your last baby was going to be your last baby??

[lexyloub]

My ds3 is just 3 weeks old, before the birth I Was quite set on being sterilised but now I'm not so sure. I find it quite sad that I'll never experience pregnancy or childbirth again ( I hated being pregnant too so not sure why I'd miss it) is this normal? Do all Mums who have decided no more children feel sad about it or are they happy never to do it again?
I'm aware my hormones are still all over the place which could be making things worse. Dc4 really is not an option for many reasons 1 I wouldn't want another baby so close on age to ds3 I don't think I'd cope 2 by time ds3 would be at school I feel I'd be too old and ds1 would be in high school by then 3 I simply can't afford another baby we only have a 2 bed house and can't afford to move a situation that isn't likely to change in the near future
Someone please tell me it's not only me that's sad I won't be doing the baby thing again?

I remember a point during pushing with my third where I thought "If is just get this done I never have to do it again". I was totally, and utterly, done.

I had a 15 1/2 year gap between ds2 and dd and during those years we had said if I accidentally got pregnant it would be fine but when I was nearly 40 we decided that it was now or never. When dd was born I felt that I didn't think I would want anymore but it wasn't until I had a hysterectomy at 44 that I knew I couldn't have any more and my family was complete.

DS2 was my last.........until January when we found out we were having a little surprise DC3 which definitely will be last

I think you have to draw the line somewhere, you can go on and on having babies, but surely there comes a point when you want to move on to the next stage?

I am pregnant with DC3, and unsure which mode of delivery to go with due to previous history of tearing with last two births. No way do I want to be in this situation ever again. It's stressful! I know this is my last baby for various reasons.

I will be 33 a few weeks after the baby arrives and I don't really want to be pregnant again due to health reasons especially. I want to enjoy the children I will have and never have to get pregnant again. It's a worry as there's no guarantee everything will be fine each and every time.

When I POAS with this one (second dc, 24+5, in agony with spd, counting the days til my due date).

I'm never, ever doing this again. DH agrees. I think he wants his happy wife back in place of this moaning miseryguts.

We thought we were done after DC3.... turns out life had other plans. I am now 24 weeks pregnant with DC4. We really are done after this though as 4 kids is definitely more than enough! I am going to start working on DH to get the snip....

I always wanted two dcs and my 2nd pregnancy has been really tough and very little of the blooming I had with dd. So I am fairly sure I am done after ds arrives.

That said, we have had lots of issues with getting pg and staying pregnant so if we were to have an accident I don't think I could ever terminate now so should it happen we would go through with dc3. (I do however think it is unlikely!)

After having dc1 I said I wouldn't have any more (awful pregnancy birth) but as my son got older I decided I wanted a second. But this is definitely our last. Hubby turning 50 this month and expecting first grandchild as well as another child! Xx