I'm typing this while holding my "Should we/shouldn't we" #3. DO IT!!!!!! My pregnancies are dreadful and this time round I struggled enormously to look after my girls while dealing with HG, emotional stresses, anxiety etc. I had no hope of keeping the house under control - it was enough just to do the bare essentials.

I do have good births and this one was no exception so that wasn't a factor for me.

Stickability following conception was a huge issue, and I had hormone treatment for the first three months which was hard going - both on me and also on my girls (DD1 at one point before we told her I was pregnant asked if I was dying because she saw me constantly taking tablets, giving myself injections and going to doctors appointments)

Its very early days for us but I am so incredibly glad I ignored all those nagging doubts I had about a third child. My latest girl is just perfect in every way, and it is an enormous help that she is a very easy going baby (DDs 1 and 2 were screaming banshees who literally were on me 24 hours a day for months)

Our negatives were things like delaying me returning to work, significantly increased costs once Lexie is at school with private school fees, activities etc, our age (I'm nearly 42, DH just turned 41). All of those things seem pretty unimportant now that she's here. It will be harder, money will be tighter but we'll manage, and all of that is a very small price to pay for having another perfect little person in our lives.