Dear Mumsnet please could we have a 'Larger Families' section?

[PaulaYatesBiggestFan]

rather like the 'multiples' section

it could be for 4+ children maybe and we can all get together and discuss how to run home soup kitchens/chinese laundry and whether or not Nick Leeson had the right idea for how to finance our broods?

I have mooted it before and people seem quite keen - it is different having a lot of children and it helps to have support

Thanks !

LTH.....if he had actually given you the go ahead to try for baby #5, and then you did indeed have sex with this in mind, and then he changed his mind but you had already conceived, what would he have done then????

PMSL laughing tho at the blow job analogy

well, i was hoping with every fibre of my body that it had already worked and that it was too late for him to change his mind.
I even had one of those super rare false positive HPT (search under the name IncognitoforTTC, thats me) but my period arrived.
He breathed a sigh of relief and I was gutted.

He would have been happy too if it didn't arrive but he was quitey glad it had....

I do understand why he cahnged his mind, 4 is quite a lot (although not by the standards on this thread), adding another one would spread the time even more thinly etc etc etc, but he's worries were all worries that would be immediate, whereas I saw all of them as things that would get easier. The time thing would be harder at first but would get easier as teh big ones get older and wouldn't want us cramping theri style, they'd want us in differnt way to the little ones.

I have moments when I just want to say "Right...I'M deciding that we ARE having another one" but then i think I can't be bothered with teh argument.
We're in one of those rough patches atm anyway so its prob best not to right now....butthen its all his fault we're in the rough patch anyway....

can i scream??

AAAgggggggggggaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

thanks.

Well no hangover this mornig...... We had a nice dinner, few bottle sof beer, couldn't decide whether to go out or not so by 9.45pm decided to stay home
Got the champagne out, had lovely sex and then slept till 6.30am but we didn't go to sleep till midnight so I actually got less sleep than usual

Breakfast in bed, bit more sex and ds1 was home by 10am coz my boobs were hurting

All the other kids are still out at them moment so Dh is happily watching football and I'm here

psycho - yes we need a headcount

sadly as i am feeling slightly nauseous and with three kids down plus dp i have no time just atm

I'm due on the 30th, but last scan said 28th so we shall see. DS1 was induced early (had eclampsia), ds2 came at 39 weeks, ds3 came at 41 weeks so no clues LOL!
On line doula-ing will be appreciated, when it gets really going will have a MN Doula actually here (how lucky am I?) but I am terrible in the first stages . it's my first home birth too so don't want to give in, panic and go into hospital.

Two of mine are special needs kids, so hospital far from practical (we live an hours drive from the nearest babysitter).

will try, altho forgive if I miss anyone as altho sickness seems to have abated for the time being (fingers crossed), I am still not really in 'normal' head mode ATM.

psychomum - me
paulayatesbiggestfan - who started this fab idea
peachy is very soon to join if bubba hurries up
LTH
neversaynever
padilia
tortoise
liaghen
evenhope
cargirl
suedonim
tickle
tiggywi nkle
jes74
cuosoftea
marslady
snorris
cazbody
magnolia74
idobelieveinfairies
kitty
waggleda ncer
swedes
conniedescending
oliviaelanasmum
sorky (by the fact that she is trying for #4)
ceolas
slacker
ggglimp
lisalisa
tiredmumof4
lucewheel
pollyanna
stopfighting
duch y
harman
diva
bythesea
tooticky
maoui

I think that is it, which is WOW

sorry if I missed anyone, feel free to add to it.

I got to run now as the two eldest are off to the picture ans I got to go buy a couple more eggs as my mother (issues but another topic) sent 3 eggs to share with 5!!!

ho hum....see ya's all later

Wow there are a lot of us!

Take note Mumsnet

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magnolia am very about the sex. Great you had such a good time

Psycho, well done on the head count, I'm sure there are lots more out there too.

How long do we have to wait to see if there is a new section for us all, does anyone know?

Has anyone any thoughts on what they could call it?

i'm not on the list but am here! perhaps a good name would be compleate nutters and loonies annonomus,
although thats only as my 4 older ds have covered my house in mud and wet patches which the youngest wallis is crawling through as i type, and i have had snow down my front and now world war three is breaking out over who gets to choose what to watch on the tv, and dh is now joining in! sorry to rant but thanks for listening, feel much better now!

i'm not on the list but am here! perhaps a good name would be compleate nutters and loonies annonomus,
although thats only as my 4 older ds have covered my house in mud and wet patches which the youngest wallis is crawling through as i type, and i have had snow down my front and now world war three is breaking out over who gets to choose what to watch on the tv, and dh is now joining in! sorry to rant but thanks for listening, feel much better now!

sorry was so cross posted that twice!

Put me on list, too (4 dc)

May I join too?!

We 'only' have 4 - which until I opened this thread felt like about 40!

Tiredmumov4 yours have the same age gaps as mine and are the same ages - how are you finding it??!

Mine are:

DD1: 6.3
DS: 3.9
DD2: 1.11
DD3: just coming up to 6 months

I have to admit I'm finding it an awful lot harder than I imagined we would!

We took all 6 of them swimming this afternoon and there were no screaming fits at all, not even from dp .
Of course I was the one squashed into a cubicle with the 4 little ones. Don't know where dp and the oldest boys were

psychomum - me
paulayatesbiggestfan - who started this fab idea
peachy is very soon to join if bubba hurries up
LTH
neversaynever
padilia
tortoise
liaghen
evenhope
cargirl
suedonim
tickle
tiggywinkle
jes74
cupsoftea
marslady
snorris
cazbody
magnolia74
idobelieveinfairies
kitty
waggledancer
swedes
conniedescending
oliviaelanasmum
sorky (by the fact that she is trying for #4)
ceolas
slacker
ggglimp
lisalisa
tiredmumof4
lucewheel
pollyanna
stopfighting
duch y
harman
diva
bythesea
tooticky
maoui

and to add

137wallis
lljkk
zephrycat

expanding rapidly, a bit like our families!!!!!

Amended list with me on it.

psychomum - me
paulayatesbiggestfan - who started this fab idea
peachy is very soon to join if bubba hurries up
LTH
neversaynever
padilia
tortoise
liaghen
evenhope
cargirl
suedonim
tickle
tiggywi nkle
jes74
cuosoftea
marslady
snorris
cazbody
magnolia74
idobelieveinfairies
kitty
waggleda ncer
swedes
conniedescending
oliviaelanasmum
sorky (by the fact that she is trying for #4)
ceolas
slacker
ggglimp
lisalisa
tiredmumof4
lucewheel
pollyanna
stopfighting
duch y
harman
diva
bythesea
tooticky
maoui
Spidermama *

43 of us so far

psychomum - me
paulayatesbiggestfan - who started this fab idea
peachy is very soon to join if bubba hurries up
LTH
neversaynever
padilia
tortoise
liaghen
evenhope
cargirl
suedonim
tickle
tiggywinkle
jes74
cupsoftea
marslady
snorris
cazbody
magnolia74
idobelieveinfairies
kitty
waggledancer
swedes
conniedescending
oliviaelanasmum
sorky (by the fact that she is trying for #4)
ceolas
slacker
ggglimp
lisalisa
tiredmumof4
lucewheel
pollyanna
stopfighting
duch y
harman
diva
bythesea
tooticky
maoui

and to add
Spidermama
137wallis
lljkk
zephrycat

Oh well go on then - I could join too I spose under a pseudonym .

It may have to wait till Tues though...

what fun!!

thanks so much Spidermama !
Justine you will be welcome!

Hope you all bought your easter eggs on BOGOF!

Shame about the odd numbers in our house!

Yay!!

good news