How many children do want/have?

[grybai]

Ideally I would like to have two children. One I would like to be my "own" child through artificial insemination. The other I would like to be my partner's via in vitro. Of course, in vitro especially is a bit costy and there's a much greater chance of multiple births ( ). My sickeningly thought-out plan is be "married" (hopefully legally) by age 25-27 and to be established enough in a career to start having children sometime between the ages of 28-30.

[carole]

Most of you know I have two children(I talk about them enough lol) Scott who is turning 24 in Dec, and Melissa who is 13, now I would dearly love a grandchild, but my son has no desire to wed or produce offspring, and maybe just as well as he has a lot of growing to do yet to make either a good hubby or father IMO, but when the time comes I am confident he will do it right, I may have to wait until my daughter is all grown up.

QSA your post tugged at my heart too, very sad, it is a pity your hubby could not see how much this mean't to you.

[Pam]

I have two - a 31 year old son and a 28 year old daughter. I had always wanted to have children and just could not imagine not having any although I realize that not everyone feels this way. Now it's up to my kids to have the children. My daughter has one (my precious grandson) and he is the love of my life.

[ChrisH]

I have one, a (nearly) 43 yr old son.
And I have two grandchildren, both girls, aged 10 and 18. It's great being a grandma!

Chris

p.s. Just to let you know, in case you think I am very ancient, I became a mom at 16!

[Rie Rie]

I had never really ever thought about having kids, but at 18 I got pregnant. When my daughter was two months old her father and I got married, and been married 20 years come Nov.3. Then right before her fourth birthday I gave birth to a 9lb boy and I told everyone that had he been born first, he would have been an only child because I would have been too afraid to have another big kid. We are still trying to figure our where this big baby came from as my husband is a small man and I am small woman. Of course today my son is 15 and only weighs 111lbs, a beanpoll. We became grandparents almost two years ago, of course we hadn't even thought about being grandparents for a long time, but we absolutely adore our grandson. My daughter got pregnant in her senior year, had the baby in Jan. then graduated with her class that May. I was afraid she could have twins, as I am a twin and they say it skips a generation. Of course she wants more kids, so there's still a possibility she still could produce twins. 2004 was a busy year for us, she had the baby, graduated high school, then got married in Oct. Glad that year is OVER!!!!
This is our grandson Dakota

Wedding day, Oct. 16/04

[crsvstang]

I have 2 daughters- Kaitlynn is 5 years old and Maegan will be 2 next month.

I'm not sure if we will have anymore or not. If we do that is wonderful and if not then I know it was only meant for me to have 2 kids.

Oh, and I don't want anymore then 3.

[dogzr#1]

Well I am tooo young to have kids but my mom has 4kids. Ages 21, 19, 17, 13. And two step children (boys) 18, 13

[4 Dog Mother]

I have 2 daughters, Amy, 29 - Cincy'smom and Christy, 23, Dakota's mommy. My son, Rob was 27 when he died in July. Christy has a 21 month old Jasmine who is the most precious child in the world! She is what is getting us through this awful time.

Having children is the greatest blessing you can have IF you want them. No one should be told they SHOULD have children (except for my daughter, Amy, LOL). While there are a blessing, they are also a lot of work and worry. And no matter how old they get, they are still your babies and you still worrry about them.

I have 5 dogs and they are my babies too. I love them alot but FOR ME, the love I have from them while extremely strong is not nearly as strong as I have for the children who came from and grew within me. They are so much a part of the love I have for Carl and nothing FOR ME can compare with that!

My sister chose not to have children and she feels that was the right decision for her - and I don't think she was wrong in that decision. Again it is important that each person decide for themselves what is right for them. The one thing about pets is they love you unconditionally. They love you no matter what!