ARe you sad? I mean my family is complete...I have always wanted 4 kids and unless God has other plans (we don't believe in doing anything permanent and I don't "do" artificial hormones like birthcontrol...so it could happen) this is it for us. So here I sit crying b/c I will never have a 10 day old again! I mean I have to have a "baby" of the family sometime right ? Ahhhh dang hormones!

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and introducing
Emersyn Cecilia

I'm so with you My heart aches everytime I look at Kiara and realize this is the last time I will hold a newborn. She is almost 6 weeks old already and it just seems to be flying by. I did end up doing something permanent due to my heart. My body just can't physically take another pregnancy so I had a tubal done while they were doing my C-section. I know how blessed I am to have 3 beautiful children, but I can't help but to be sad that I won't ever have another.

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Tristan is my last one. I feel a mixture of happy and sad about it. On the one side, this is my family, and I can now move on to the next stage of things. On the other side, i'm only 22 year old and this is my last baby. Its depressing. He's so little and sweet. I keep telling my best friend she needs to hurry up because i'm gonig to need a baby in my life. She thinks she should get married first. Pish. Lol.

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I think we are done, but I told dh to hold off on the big V for a bit. I am still feeling mixed emotions about it. It is hard thinking she could be my last itty bitty one. I was like this with my pg too though, just wanting it to end, but at the same time reluctant bc I knew it may be the last time.

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I'm actually happy about being done. We were 'done' after the twins, but got a surprise blessing with Reid. I also had a tubal during my c/s with Reid. He was my 3rd c/s and I don't think it's safe for me to have another c/s, although I don't know what the 'limit' is. My last 2 pg were not pleasant, and the stress and worry about complications just add to things.

So, DH and I are happy that our family is complete, and we can move on and enjoy watching our kids grow. I am happy and look forward to getting my body back in shape (I've not been able to exercise for 2 years now, so I'm in bad shape physically).

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I'm not sure if this will be our last baby or not. We kind of feel complete, then get really sad this could be it, and want another. We haven't done anything permanent, but I have problems with hormonal BC, so we could very likely end up pregnant again.

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I am not sure that we are done. I told my husband last night that I could pop out babies for a living
I loved being pregnant and the birth experience was amazing. I plan on getting an IUD...so I have 5 years to decide.

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The whole time I was pregnant this time I kept saying I was for sure finished...now I'm not so sure. I get sad too when I look at Aspen and think about never having an itty bitty newborn again. I'm sad that this phase will go by so quickly and I'll have a hard time remembering it when she's older. I'm pretty sure I'm done, but I'm not doing anything permanent either. I'm getting the IUD as well, so we will make a final decision in 5 years.

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Julie,
I so know how you feel. I thought for sure after Kohen we were be done, but I basically changed my mind right after delivery!!! My exact words were...I could so DO THIS AGAIN. Ken said he was running to the doctors office right then and there:-). Ken said he would get the big V and that's what we planned on. I never went back on b/c after Kaden and do not plan on going back on it. . Ken says we are done, but who knows. The though of never having another baby again just breaks my heart and make me so sad. I know part of it is the post postpartum hormones. I don't know....like you said....if God has other plans for us, I'm sure we will find out like we did with Kohen. So, I'm not sure if we are complete or not if that makes sense. I guess we will see what happens.

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We are done and I feel complete with the two we have. DH will be getting the big V eventually, but we haven't decided when. I really would like to avoid going back on BC since it's such a pain, but if I have to until DH gets his procedure done I will.

It's a bit sad, but I think I'm okay with being done. I have lots of friends who will have more, so I plan to steal lots of cuddles from those little ones. Ask me in 6 months if I'll miss it and I'm sure I'll say yes tho!

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I'm done, and I feel the same way. I want time to slow down so I can have more time with my newborn.

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Dh and I were talking about this the other day. I asked him if he called to get put on the waiting list for the big V and he say well I would hate to have it done for you to decide you want another one then i would have to get it reversed. I think deep down we both want to have 1 more but have to wait til our next duty station.

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I keep going back and forth. I have always wanted more then one BUT this PG was so hard....now it could and most likely is due to our situation but at the very end of my PG I did not feel I could do it again. Now that some time has pasted and I have thought about it I think one more PG would still be good BUT I want to give my body a 1 year break and then make any finale decisions. I am truly counting down the days till I can have my hysterectomy.....I have SEVER endo and the pain I live with on a daily basis is horrible and I can not wait for that to be gone....I truly do not know what its like to NOT have pain (I was diagnosed with my endo as a young teen and told to have my kids early or I would not have them) so I am very much looking forward to that. In a years time if we want to try again great but if we do not then I will have my surgery and be just as happy. ALL I know is I will NOT go though another PG alone...it’s far too hard. Plus I want my DH to experience the whole thing from start to finish

For us we have a 2 PG MAXIMUM.....LOL....and how ever many babies come will be great!!! We have very high chances of twins so you just never know. I can not take the pill (no matter the kind) so we do natural family planning and will leave it in gods hands, if I get PG before the year mark then we know for sure it was meant to be but I am not sure I can as I had to have help to have our little girl....she truly is our miracle baby Time will tell for us.

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Amanda, James & Sweet Mackenzie

7/17 -3rd Laparoscopic Surgery for Endometriosis
8/07 femara & ovidrel First Cy..... 8/24/07
(After trying for 6 years on and off)

nah i am done.... I dont want to go through that all again! LOL I told dh to remind me...lol... And after our first night... yeah we are done

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We are pretty sure we are done, I feel like our family is complete, and I'm so not interested in being pg ever again. And even though I had a great birth experience, I really felt like I didn't want to do it again. But having said that, it is sad to think that this will be my last newborn, I really love this stage. but then I think how nice it will be to enjoy my children and have the energy to play with them and the time to dedicate to each of them. This year has been a blur, and I feel like my kids have been so neglected and it breaks my heart.

But I guess I also feel like as a woman, I'll always love newborns and babies but that doesn't mean I want to have more, KWIM? It's so complicated, isn't it? We don't know what to do either, because I don't "do" artificial hormones either, and DH hates condoms so I thought about doing paragard, but I'm nervous about the excess bleeding... *sigh* I just don't want to rush into doing anything permanent just in case.

TMI? sorry for the novel answer!!

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We are done. I'm feeling ok with it. We thought for a long time that we would just have 2 - but the desire for one more was just too strong for us.
I feel so lucky to have Horatio here & healthy. It feels like we decided just in time that we wanted another.
I'm curious how I will feel about it in a year or so, but based on how I felt throughout this pregnancy I'm too old to do it again.
I am savoring all these baby moments, though - knowing this is the last time for us.

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I have mixed emotions about it. We have planned on having one more after Harrison for a long time. Part of me really wants one more but I hate being pregnant. Im so miserable the whole time and I have only had 1 good birth experience out of 4.. I just dont know. Maybe when enough time goes by and I forget how difficult everything is...

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Dh Jason
My babies...
Katherine Elizabeth 6/04/04
Samuel Lee 5/04/05 (our son with God)
Griffin Michael 04/13/06
Harrison Gabriel 04/27/08



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we are 100% done as I had my tubal done in the hospital. I am sad about it at times.... but keep remembering al the things I JUST went through, you know? Plus we have FIVE kids now.... so I feel our family is complete. If anything the tubal will keep me leveled and sane about the whole situation =)

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Callie ~ 11



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