1. My mom had 3 kids. I have two younger brothers. 2. Paternal G'ma had four - three boys, one girl Maternal G'ma had two - boy and girl 3. This is our third. We always said we wanted 3 or 4, so we will see after this one. My husband is one of 6 boys and doesn't want an odd number. But I think I might be done after this baby.
1) How many kids did your mother have? I'm an only child, but not necessarily because my parents only wanted 1 kid. My mom had 2 miscarriages after me and they ultimately decided to stop trying because of both emotional stress and the fear of it only getting harder with time. She was 38 at the time of the last loss, and both losses were relatively early within the first 12wks.
2) How many did your grandmothers have? My Nana had 1 daughter (my mom), mostly because my grandad was gone most of the time overseas in the Pacific, and because there had a pretty large different in age and he didn't want more kids (to be frank). My Meemaw (dad's mom) had 4 kids: 3 boys and 1 girl. I don't know if either experienced losses at any point...both have passed away and I've never heard mention one way or another.
3) How many do you plan to have? We're two and done, so this will be our last baby barring anything crazy and unexpected. I desperately wanted to have more than one child to avoid a 3rd generation repeat of the only-child thing. I didn't like being an only, and though it wasn't such a bad existence or anything, I always desperately wanted siblings and I'm thrilled to have been given the gift of having more than one child now! DH is one of 4 (he has 3 sisters) and didn't want to have quite so big of a family himself in terms of having the financial resources to provide our kids things his parents just couldn't afford (stuff like summer camp and horseback riding lessons or whatever). Essentially we split the difference. The fact that my 39th birthday is in early April before this DD is due is another factor to be honest as well. The greater the risk with age, and the fact that I just struggle early on with worry and doubt based on my pregnancy history, makes the idea of doing this all over again daunting for us both. I know some of you can appreciate that from personal experience as well.
BFP #1 7/07/11 ~ Due Date 3/18/12 ~ MMC Dx 8/17/12 (at 9wks) BFP #2 10/30/11 ~ Due Date 7/9/12 ~ DS born 7/10/12 BFP #3 1/07/14 ~ Due Date 9/19/14 ~ MMC Dx 2/14/14 (at 8wks) BFP #4 8/25/14 ~ Due Date 5/2/15 ~ DD born 5/7/15
Post by purpleroses on Jan 28, 2015 15:55:57 GMT -5
1) How many kids did your mother have? just me!
2) How many did your grandmothers have? Paternal grandma -- 2 sons and one adopted daughter; Maternal grandma -- 2 sons and 3 daughters
3) How many do you plan to have? Probably 2 (this is our second), although I'm not closed to the possibility of a third. I'm 36 and we'll have one boy and one girl after this LO is born, so I don't think it would be a super planned, obsessive temping, charting & using OPKs sort of situation, which is what we did with DS and LO #2.
1) How many kids did your mother have? 3 - I am the youngest
2) How many did your grandmothers have? My maternal grandmother had 4 and my paternal grandmother had 3 (my husband's paternal grandmother had 7!)
3) How many do you plan to have? I want 3, my husband wants 2 and says we are done after this baby. I don't know what the future holds so maybe there will be another one down the road.
1) How many kids did your mother have? She had 3, and I am the oldest! (And if I may add an unrelated note to this, my husband is the 4th out of 8 kids. His mother is clearly a superhero!)
2) How many did your grandmothers have? My maternal grandma had 6 kids (my mom is 5th), and my paternal grandma had 2 (and my dad is the first!)
3) How many do you plan to have? I think we are hoping for a minimum of 2, but depending on how we feel, we may go up to 4. 4 is my maximum, I think. This is our first baby, so we shall see what happens!
Technically, this guy may be an only child, but we have 6 frozen embryos that we plan to adopt out to one or more infertile couples if we decide our family is complete.
Post by bethypoo83 on Jan 28, 2015 17:32:35 GMT -5
1) Three, I have two older brothers. 2) Maternal Grandmother had 2, paternal Grandmother had 10! 3) Likely this little man and one more. DH is an only child and really wishes he'd had siblings, and I've always wanted two myself.
3) How many do you plan to have? As many as DH will allow! I've always wanted a big family since I grew up with such a small one (one brother and only two cousins who lived across the country from us and we didn't see very often). Realistically, I'm hoping for 3-4. We will see!
1) How many kids did your mother have? 3, I have 2 younger brothers.
2) How many did your grandmothers have? 6 in my mom's family, 2 in my dads.
3) How many do you plan to have? If 2U2 doesn't kill us, we'll probably talk about a third. We've always had the attitude of let's get through this baby and then re-evaluate.
1) my mom had 3 kids. My dad regrets having us so far apart, which I never understood since there's a 5 year difference between me (the baby) and the oldest.
2) paternal g'ma- 3 kids in 17 years. Maternal g'ma- 5 kids in 8 years. My gramp says "we had them so close because we didn't know what was causing it."
3) who knows? This is our first. We'll see. DH wants two, but I have the vagina and the power. I don't see us having less than three.
3) How many do you plan to have? We use to say 3 or 4 but that was before I knew the challenges and reality of pregnancy for me. I think now we might stick to 1-2.
Post by sarahchrismck on Jan 28, 2015 18:38:37 GMT -5
My mom had two kids - I am the oldest, and I have a younger sister. My grandmothers each had three kids. (Mom is the youngest on her side, Dad is the middle child on his side) My husband would only like to have one kid, but I've always pictured two. I think I will be OK no matter what.
My mom had two. I'm the oldest and I have a younger sister. My maternal grandma had two girls. My fraternal grandma had 2 boys, 1 girl and then adopted another girl. This is our first. We're planning on having at least 2, maybe 3. I think it will depend what happens after 1 and 2.
1) How many kids did your mother have? It was just my sister and I until I was in college. Then they adopted two boys.
2) How many did your grandmothers have? My mom's mom had my mom and her sister and adopted my uncle. My dad's mom had 2 boys and 2 girls.
3) How many do you plan to have? I don't know anymore. We will kind of wait and see. We've always wanted at least two or three. Now I'm not sure if we will have more than two living. Pg is much harder on my boy than we thought it would be. I'd love to have three kids but that would mean four pg. I'm not sure if I'm up to two more after this.
It seems like adoption runs in your family! is that something you and your DH have considered once you are done having bio children?
I'm much more open to it than H is. I don't think it's his thing. He actually just found out my uncle was adopted. I know I had told him before but he must have forgot. I think if something was to go wrong in this pg (heaven forbid) that he might be more open to it. Risking my health isn't something we are going to keep gambling with. But if things go fine and baby and I are good he'd want to do the traditional route again and have more bio kids.
1) How many kids did your mother have? My mom had 2. My brother and I, 10 years apart!
2) How many did your grandmothers have? My maternal grandmother had 4 girls. My paternal grandmother had 2 boys.
3) How many do you plan to have? I plan on only having 2. Ideally I would want a boy and a girl. But if it's another girl, that's what I'm sticking with.
This LO was unexpected so I don't plan on having a second one for another 5 years or so.
1) How many kids did your mother have? I'm an only child, but not necessarily because my parents only wanted 1 kid. My mom had 2 miscarriages after me and they ultimately decided to stop trying because of both emotional stress and the fear of it only getting harder with time. She was 38 at the time of the last loss, and both losses were relatively early within the first 12wks.
2) How many did your grandmothers have? My Nana had 1 daughter (my mom), mostly because my grandad was gone most of the time overseas in the Pacific, and because there had a pretty large different in age and he didn't want more kids (to be frank). My Meemaw (dad's mom) had 4 kids: 3 boys and 1 girl. I don't know if either experienced losses at any point...both have passed away and I've never heard mention one way or another.
3) How many do you plan to have? We're two and done, so this will be our last baby barring anything crazy and unexpected. I desperately wanted to have more than one child to avoid a 3rd generation repeat of the only-child thing. I didn't like being an only, and though it wasn't such a bad existence or anything, I always desperately wanted siblings and I'm thrilled to have been given the gift of having more than one child now! DH is one of 4 (he has 3 sisters) and didn't want to have quite so big of a family himself in terms of having the financial resources to provide our kids things his parents just couldn't afford (stuff like summer camp and horseback riding lessons or whatever). Essentially we split the difference. The fact that my 39th birthday is in early April before this DD is due is another factor to be honest as well. The greater the risk with age, and the fact that I just struggle early on with worry and doubt based on my pregnancy history, makes the idea of doing this all over again daunting for us both. I know some of you can appreciate that from personal experience as well.
Er.....good thing I was super concise in my response.......sorry about that .
BFP #1 7/07/11 ~ Due Date 3/18/12 ~ MMC Dx 8/17/12 (at 9wks) BFP #2 10/30/11 ~ Due Date 7/9/12 ~ DS born 7/10/12 BFP #3 1/07/14 ~ Due Date 9/19/14 ~ MMC Dx 2/14/14 (at 8wks) BFP #4 8/25/14 ~ Due Date 5/2/15 ~ DD born 5/7/15
1) two. I have an older brother who is one of my best friends he was a bridesmaid in my wedding haha.
2) maternal grandmother: 5. 3 boys and 2 girls. My mom is the youngest. Paternal grandmother: 2. My aunt is their only biological child, my dad was adopted. Random fact: my mom's sister and my dad's sister both have the same name. My dad also has the same name as one of my moms brothers. Not a lot of creativity in irish families I guess...
3) we are thinking 2 or 3. DH is an only child and I cannot imagine not having a sibling. This is our first so we will just see how this one goes...
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