Theoretically maybe 40? I still feel like I want another but with our current dynamic we're overwhelmed with our two. So I'm giving myself at least a few years to consider more. I'm 33 now.
I had Lil at 37 but I don't think I ever had a cut off. I got married at 34 so I was later than most. But my 30 year old self was not in any way ready for a child or to be done having children by 30.
We don't have a specific age cut off. I'm 40 now and will turn 41 this summer (this baby is due in June). I think we are probably done after this one but if I were younger I 'd probably want another one!
Hmm I dontknow, it's not a specific number really. I'm only 32 now but my H is 40. I feel like if william turns 3 and we aren't planning to change our minds that will be the end of it. So I guess 35ish
My cut off is 35. We've been toying with the idea of more, mostly because we just found out my sister pregnant, and I got immediate baby fever. We're planning a vacation in September, so maybe will start TTC after that. Our original plan was next year late summer starting. We're both still young, and I told my H this morning that I wasn't ready to plan the rest of my life out just yet. There's so many unknowns!
Age gaps were always more important to me that my actual age. We will be done after this one. I don't want to do the newborn phase again, and I want to "move on" from the baby/toddler life stall as soon as possible. We love to travel, hike, ski, etc, all things very difficult with young kids.
I always said 35 and that will be it for us- but it would depend on life circumstances like when we started etc not necessarily age. My mom was 37 with my sister and menopause/puberty was tough on them
When we thought we wanted 4 I wanted to have the last by 32-33. But we are done at 3, and I was a couple months shy of 30, so I got them all out in my 20s. I want to be a youngish grandma and also have lots of fun in my 50s when they are gone and we'll hopefully have a pretty high income. I also didn't want a giant spacing between the oldest and youngest, although now that I see the dynamic with a nearly 4 year difference in the boys I can go back and say that would no longer be a concern. Mainly I just want to get on with life, have my body back, be less restricted by baby/toddler schedules and emotions, and focus on making sure my husband's career can go to the next level.
I think its a bit unfair that ones twenties have to be only ten years long. Like I enjoyed my twenties but I wanted to enjoy my 20s then have my 20s again this time with kids. So when they are in college I would be 40. Oh and also rich.That would be sweet
35. I'll be 33 on Monday and we're in the midst of ttc. So, hopefully, the next one will be born before 34. We'll be done at 2 kids. I've thought about 3 but then I'd feel like I couldn't travel alone with kids like I do now.
Post by imimahoney on Feb 28, 2015 15:42:57 GMT -5
Dh and I are both turning 32 this year and we are pretty sure that we are done BUT we won't make a permanent decision for another 2 or 3 years so I guess 35 is our cut off.
I think if we miraculously came into the money we'd need to have a third, 40 would probably be the magic number. Preferably by DH's 40 (my 38) but definitely by my own. This is mostly because I'm only 32 now and can't imagine such a huge age gap between my kids. I think I'll feel done with infants before then (even though I could imagine it earlier) and the thought of paying for so many years of tuition makes me faint.
30, I think. Mostly because we are ttc #2 right now and we are done after that. I am 27 so I am assuming/hoping I will have a baby in the next 3 years.
**I don't think 30 is old or anything, I just had Noah young and want my kids closer in age and I only want 2
I think we will make permanent birth control around 35. We're in our late twenties now and said we would wait 3-4 years after A to decide if we're done