I always wanted 4, I had 3 with my ex husband, then after meeting my current husband we decided we would have 1, there was my 4 BUT then I got clucky and we decided on one more, we had 2 more bubs who were born sleeping then after saying I couldn't do it again had 1 more, so I have 5 and ttc number 6 now...my kids are 18, 16, 14, 7 & 23mths. I had them all before 35