My wife and I have three children (8, 4 and <2 months). The decision to have a 3rd child was very much my wife's, although I should point out I wasn't against the idea - equally I'd have been satisfied with two. The pregnancies have not been easy (especially the last two). The most recent was horrendous and frankly, I'd have been quite within my rights to leave after some of the things she said and did. I didn't because I recognised that her hormones were all over the place. As things transpired, baby number 3 was delievered by non-elective c-section. Recovery was fine and everything went well. As we'd been down that route before, and given that the mid-part of the pregnancy was so dreadful, we had agreed that in the event they did do a c-section, she would take the oppotunity to be sterilised. When the time came, the Registrar (a lovely lady) talked her out of it. I still felt that it would be easier (we had agreed previously) to go ahead, but didn't push the matter. Anyway, my wife has now decided that actually we should have another child. I actually think that our family s complete; and at 35 (she's 34) I feel we're a little bit long in the tooth to be doing it all again. Especially as the pregnancies have become progressively more difficult. I don't have the appetite for a protracted argument over this. At the moment we're occupied with the little one and family life in general, but she's mentioned it again (on the basis that we need to crack on). My wife is usually utterly reasonable, but whenever pregnancy/babies are involved she's altogether different. *Is this likely to go away?* My wife has said that in the event I don't want any more children, I should have the snip. I'm not keen on that (which she knows) but she's not happy to go on the pill or use condoms.