Did your number of snowbubs affect your decision to have more children?

[Muppity]

It has for my DH.

I always wanted a larger family but he was set on one. Now that we have frosties (and am hoping that this one sticks) he has started talking about the "optimum age gap". I am keeping quiet but silently jumping for joy

[happymel]

We only have one snowbub left, and i know one day that id love to use it! Just not yet, as we both agree it would be too much and not fair on Addie and Will. Im not sure how i would feel having eight left! Its a really big decision. DH wont even consider any more babies right now hee hee! And i have to agree. But i would like a bigger family.

[Hollybolly]

DH & I are the same as Ruth - we'll give every snow bub a go (if we get any.. 4 stim cycles previously and none to freeze, so who knows?)

I would have as many children as my body would physically allow me... and as long as DH could make enough pizzas to ensure that I didn't have to work again for a LOOOOONG time

DH is the typical Sicilian man with his attitude on children... the bigger the numbers, the better

I always wanted 4, he's wanting at least 6... we have Luke so far, so we'll see how we go

I'm so selfish atm that I couldn't possibly imagine giving my embryos to someone else.... but I'm fairly certain thats almost 100% due to the fact that we haven't had any luck with the IVF yet.

My opinions may change later on.... (But I doubt it, I want all of them for myself )

[onthefly]

8!!! well done nic!
We have 6 in the freezer. We'd like 3-4 children (ideally) so we'll probably just end up using them all (figure some won't thaw/stick).
If we get extremely lucky and end up with extras, I'm not sure what we'd do. Before I had DS we thought we'd donate any extras. Now I feel differently about that (not sure why, something to think more about later on, when and if...) DH doesn't want them going to research, and I don't think either of us would want them to be 'wasted' so we'd probably just go again.

[Ann14]

Hi Nic,

I have brought this question up also as we have 2 snowbubs in storage. If there were no snowbubs I wouldn't even be thinking of going back. Like happymel we have twin from our last cycle and DP has said 2 is enough. I think it is to early for us to decide and they will keep the eggs for up to 5 years.

So to answer your question :

Did the amount of embies you had in storage, affect your decision to possibly add to your family when you thought it was complete?

Yes

[pip2jays]

Did the amount of embies you had in storage, affect your decision to possibly add to your family when you thought it was complete?

Yes it did here.. I wasnt comfy leaving any behind or donating so they all got a chance.. then when the last one didnt take we realised we wanted to go again anyway ( had alread had 2 successes 3 years before)

[on tra_k]

we were very fortunate to have "beginners luck" with IVF so with one snuggling in, we have 8 frosties in-waiting ...

when I told my Mum we were pg and have lots of frosties I think she was going to suggest that we should just use them all ... but she asked me how many and when I told her she sort of gulped and said oh... that would be a tribe!

DH has been talking 2 kids, I've always been keen for 3 ... I'll leave him in peace for a while but I'm already quietly wondering if I can do a FET while still BFing (plan to BF for 2yrs+). I'm not sure if the number of frosties will make me think about having more than 3, but I'm hoping it will make DH consider having more than 2!!