Hi Jen, i knew i wanted a large family quite early, i myself am one of five and had the most glorious childhood, my siblings and i are really close and even though we vary in age from almost 40 down to 24 we have always all got along, so having gaps works as well as having them close - so you may have another in a couple of years then another in ten, who knows. I knew after each of mine that i wanted another, like yourself i love being pregnant and giving birth and do sometimes wonder if i might find the whole process rather intoxicating and a bit addictive lol. The eldest four of us are only 2 - 3 years apart and then my baby brother is almost 6 years younger (baby brother he's 24, 6ft and about to qualify as a doctor but i still call him baby lol) and my mum always says that after she had him she felt "yes thats it, my family is done" however as we got older and began to leave home in quick succession and the youngest was left at home alone age 12 she wishes she'd had another closer in age to him, but by then she was 48 and had been sterilised so that was off the cards. I doubt this will be my last but i don't like to count my chickens or take getting pregnant for granted, I've been so lucky getting pregnant easily, carrying well and giving birth with relative ease but i might not always be that lucky. My eldest sister had various fertility problems and eventually conceived thanks to IVF, she had an awful pregnancy, in and out of hospital to be put on drips due to dehydration caused by severe sickness, then at 34+ wks she collapsed due to severe pre-eclampsia, her daughter was delivered by c-section weighing 4lbs 3oz and my sister was in intensive care for two days, so i've seen both extremes and consider myself incredibly blessed. Soz kind of went off on an tangent there.
Jo xxx
