Too Many Children?

[la bombe]

All I can think of is the wear and tear on the body. Even if you can offshore baby care to the older siblings, as Mrs. Duggar does, you're still the one going through the nausea (I refuse to call it morning sickness, it does not limit itself to any particular time of day), the back pain, the kid jamming his or her chubby little feet under your ribs during the last weeks of pregnancy. I'm still nursing a bum hip after my third baby and my OB sent me off to an orthopedist to have it checked out. There are some women who feel absolutely wonderful during pregnancy. I'm not one of them and don't think I'm alone.

Well like I said, multiple doctors have told her to stop having children because of the damage she's doing to her body. Which I find irresponsible on her part. I think most people would agree it's more important for her to be alive to raise the children she already has then to keep on making more.

[SwordoftheVistula]

Well, you can't trust them. She is clearly doing quite well enough personally

[Bobby Martnen]

There's no such thing as too many children. I want to have 9 at the bare minimum, but if I lived somewhere were polygamy was allowed, I'd love to have dozens of wives and hundreds of children.

I know that's just an extremely unrealistic fantasy, though.

[Larali]

Having been pregnant twice I can say that it's no walk in the park, however, the "wear and tear" to the body is not such a huge deal IMO. It's over in a few months, and with a healthy lifestyle, women can return to their previous level of fitness, with only a few insignificant changes in most cases.

I think what women often blame on childbirth, such as permanent weight gain, are in many cases due to simply getting older and the stress of child-rearing. When you have a kid or two, it's really hard to focus on your own appearance because there are more important things to worry about.

How many is too many kids is a personal decision and many factors should be taken into account.

There's no such thing as too many children. I want to have 9 at the bare minimum, but if I lived somewhere were polygamy was allowed, I'd love to have dozens of wives and hundreds of children.

I know that's just an extremely unrealistic fantasy, though.

I used to say that too, but reality sinks in at some point and you are like "How many more years of PTA volunteering am I really up for?"

Maybe it's different for guys...