how do you know when your family is complete?

[Sophia]

i have 3 gorgeous children, 2 boys 1 girl.
I adore them all. I started to pack up the baby bits and started giving them away but then I felt sad and had to stop! I don't know if this is because I am "meant" to have another baby or whether i just feel sad that that stage is over!
How do you know when you are "done" ?xxx

[TTC5]

I wish I knew!

[Sophia]

lol!!

[Hobbermittens]

I have to be done after #4 because I will be really old (39). I also can't afford more. That's how I know!

[purple sky]

I have to be done after #4 because I will be really old (39). I also can't afford more. That's how I know!

This.. I think 4 is good for us. If I had both genders I would probably be done already.

[Cinss]

Good question, maybe when you stop getting clucky over newborns?

[nuthinbutpink]

Because I feel sorry for women who are pregnant now! Lol. Then, you know you're done!

[RedCanoe]

I always figured that I'd get to a point where I would feel content with my family makeup and ready to move on from the baby stage. I'm kind of 1/2 way there already (I look at the bulkier baby items like the swing and wish I could get rid of them already) but I don't have my girl yet so I don't feel complete either... I don't really know, either. :shrug:

[love being a mummy]

People always tell me, oh you'll know when your family is complete. But I have 5 and I've never had the complete feeling. I am worried I'll always more.

[somerlouise]

I wish so much I could have another baby. I am so broody. But DH is done. So, all the baby gear is going and every time I give something away it breaks my heart a bit...

[Myloves]

I wish so much I could have another baby. I am so broody. But DH is done. So, all the baby gear is going and every time I give something away it breaks my heart a bit...

I feel the same way Somerlouise :( Just yesterday, I found my DDs old baby clothes and it made me tear up a little that she would be my last kid to raise.

[Sophia]

My loves and somerlouise..that's how I feel....I have 3 and they are amazing but I started to the give away baby gear and had to stop. It may just be I'm not emotionally ready to let go...? I kind of feel done in so many ways...but it breaks my heart all at once!

[Txmom]

Ours is more financial we want to travel and pay for college so it is one more for us and we are done.

[fresas]

It is financial for us, too. If money wasn't an object, we would go high tech and try for 2 girls. Because money is major for us, we may not even be able to have one more. DH always wanted 2 boys and 2 girls (he comes from a huge family and was raised by his grandmother who had 12 kids), but because money is such a major issue for us, it may never happen and we have both had to learn to be okay with that. :/ Sorry. That's probably not the answer you were looking for!

[Usa/CanadaHybridBabies]

Financially we should stop at 3 kids, which is why our limit is 4. It really just depends on where we are after we have our 3rd.. I'm only pregnant with number 2 right now, so we have a while to figure it out!