[quote=barnaby33]I’d be curious to know why woemen chose to have x or y kids?
Josh[/quote]

Taking a stab at this. One woman’s thinking…

We chose to have 2. In part because we prefered our kids have the experience of having to compromise with siblings… not being the sole focus of our attention, etc. My husband is from a large Italian family – one of six. I was from a typical WASP family – one of 3.

We might have gone for #3 to get the elusive “girl baby”… but I was too damn old for that. 2 was the max.

Hubster did not have kids (nor was married) – and is 10 years older than me. And I am/was old. I was 39 when I had my oldest, 41 for my younger son. We didn’t meet till I was 37… and that courtship, marriage, getting knocked up thing took a year. LOL.

I know I had set my limit at 2. period. But my husband almost convinced me to go for #3… I pointed out that boys run in his family (he has 4 brothers). So… no dice.