I am so sorry to hear that so many of you are receiving negative comments in regards to how many children you have. I know I would never get those types of comments from my family. I am the eldest of 5, DH is the 2nd youngest of 5. I love my family to bits... my sisters are my best female friends. My Mum is one of ten... and I have grown up knowing my mums entire family... I am close with my 2nd cousins etc. A big family to me is the norm... I couldn't imagine a family BBQ, christmas, wedding etc where there wasn't chaos and so much laughter. I was worried about only having 2-3 children and them not having the closeness that myself and my extended family have.
I think that having a large family is great. Not only are you blessed with the beautiful children that you already have, but that you will be one day blessed with many many beautiful grandchildren too. You will also never be lonely... I know my parents and grandparents definitely aren't
I know what you are going through, when I fell pregnant with my fifth last year, I was afraid to tell any one at first, but eventually I had to tell my family. I don't think my mum could believe it at first but in the end she came around. My father-in-law keeps telling me to tell my husband to go and get the snip but I put my foot down and said that when I finish having kids he will get the snip.
Anyway I am planning my sixth and probably my final child next year. I would like more but I have to undergo surgery because of prolapse problems and my doctor said that I will need to have surgery to fix the problems up due to pregnancy and birth.
I have also received negative responses when I have been out with all my tribe in public and I have learnt how to ignore them.
Michele
Mother of Christopher(nearly 13), Luke(10), Melissa(6), Jayden(4) and Ashleigh(1 next week)
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