would you?

No thank you two are quite enough and i have 5 grandchildren....

I have two. I wasn't keen on the tiny baby stage, loved the toddler to age 10 bit, found the 10 to 15 stage interesting and considered running away to sea when they got to the 15 to 20 stage.
Since they allegedly became adults, life has never been boring, even after they left home. I adore them both but certainly never wanted any more.

Morgana, that may be true for some women but not all. I have 3 sons and had another little one who passed away at six days (a long time ago). The day before my youngest started school, I was an emotional mess at the thought of not having a little hand to hold. My OH was great and even suggested trying for another child. He didn't mind one way or the other.
After dropping my Son off the next day, I thought long and hard about having another one and realised that what I wanted wasn't another child. I really wanted my own babies back again. Knowing this was impossible I realised that it was time to call it a day. So, for that reason I wouldn't have carried on having babies.

I had twins & hit the jackpot with. Healthy son and daughter. I was in my 30s and found it hard so when they had just started school and my husband suggested a third ........

Absolutely no way ??

It wasn't so long ago that women don't have any choice but to go on having children until they dropped thanks to the selfish actions of the male population who thought it was their right to use their women as they liked and forced babies on the poor women year after year. Seems like some men, even now, abdicate any responsibility for their actions and blame women for getting pregnant

Only if I could have remained young and been rich! I had 3 of my own and they were all years apart so the last one (nearly in my 40's) was much harder than the first in my 20's. If it hadn't been for that and an inability to get pregnant without intervention, I would have happily had more children.

I have only one DD mostly because her father was a useless swine who I knew I wouldn't stay with and it was easier with 1 child. In other circumstances I would have loved at least one more though.

When I became the single parent my parents took her at the weekends to let me work ... could't have dumped 2 kids on them!
Met current DH when I was 40 so no intention of starting again just as DD was going off to uni. He had 2 adult offspring too so we are happily just we two.

DD now has her own DD with one more on the way ... her DH is also an only child so they've always wanted more than 1.

I wanted 4, bout sftert 2 reality kicked in. Glad it was one of each.

Oh yes! I've got 3 who I adore, but as long as I remember I always wanted 8. Had 3 live births and two miscarriages. No problems with pregnancy, but a lot with PND, DH would have carried on too but it was logistics that stopped us.
Love babies, love toddlers, not so keen on teenagers, but one survives to see the lovely people they turn out to be. No complaints...

Happy with two

I only have my DD but DH (at that time was also Father to 3 DD & 1 DS, we later Divorced) so she has 1 Half-Brother & 3 Half-Sisters. I later met my late, beloved DH who had a DD & DD so my family extended to 7 altogether. I always wanted a large family but am glad I only have DD & now DGS.

I am not an "earth mother", in fact I'm not keen on babies but toddlers, that's a different matter. I don't go "gooey eyed" over babies unlike some women - each to their own

I would have liked four instead of my actual two but a) I started too late, b) we wouldn't have been able to afford them anyway. I do have two stepdaughters as well as my own pair so it's nearly as good. But four of my own would have been fun.

I didn't ever imagine having more than one. I was a very happy only child, my daughter tells me that she is happy to be a singleton and in fact also has one daughter herself.

I had one, that was more than enough!
I do know some people that have lots of kids, it just wasn't for me ?

Yes my son is a bit strange. Think he takes after me! He has no children (that he knows of!) But has a godchild that he adores.

I only have one daughter and that's fine for me. Bumpy first 12 months and adolescence but now we are great friends and I have a lovely granddaughter.

Our DS is an only child as are DH and myself. We both wanted just the one child, I'm not the 'earth mother' type, and wanted to continue with my career, I'd have gone mad being a stay at home mum!

I had 4, but did seem to collect quite a few others along the way. I wish I could have had more but could not afford them.

We stopped at two but would have liked to have had four. We just realised we couldn't afford anymore. That said, it was the right decision for me. I went to uni, became a teacher and then had a successful career as an academic all the while enjoying our two children. I wasn't really made to be a stay at home mum.

No. I have two children, a girl first, followed eleven months later by a boy! They are the same age for two weeks of the year. My daughter nearly died at four weeks old. She didn't sleep at night for two years.
So,the first few years were difficult and we were pretty broke too. My husband had a vasectomy.

No. We have 3 children, 2 boys 1 girl, Our first were planned, sort of, and got to the ages of 12 and 10, when we had the delightful surprise of another baby on the way. My Dr. offered me a termination, as I was an older Mum, I was 33, but declined swiftly. He was and is a delight. I was often told that we should have another, to keep him company, but it never happened.

DH said one child to replace each of us was enough. I would have liked a third but I'm now glad we didn't . Absent

No, I wouldn't. I always thought I would like a boy and then we went on to have two daughters. It never crossed our minds to keep on trying for a son as we had decided to have two children. Once they arrived it didn't matter what sex they were.

Absentdaughter is my only child. After she was born, her father stated very firmly that he didn't want any more children; he later made it clear that what he really wanted was a son. I was not willing to deceive (not taking my pill) and have more children, as much as I would have liked to have had a least one more, because it takes two parents and I am not comfortable with dishonesty and, as it turned out, huge financial issues intervened and the terrible struggle to survive would have been worse if I had had more children to cope with on my own.

History repeats in a way. He had little interest in his own daughter and spent little time and effort with her. He was mildly amused by the prospect of a possible son when I became pregnant by accident, but then miscarried. (I got little sympathy for that.) He now has pretty much no interest in or tolerance of his grandchildren and regards any activity with them as a painful chore.

I had one child, very difficult birth followed by post natal depression so couldn't go through it again. When my DS was 3 I turned a corner and started to enjoy being a mum for the first time.

I now have two wonderful GSs and the pleasure I get from being a grandmother is what I wish I had felt as a mother.

The good news is that I am very close to my DS but those first few years were very bumpy.

One was enough for me and I have no regrets.