How to know if your going to have another or not

Hello, we've just had our second baby and we have always said we didn't want a large age gap between our children. Looking around 2/3 years - I'm struggling with knowing if this will be our last baby or not. My heart tells me I would like another, but my head tells me that might not be the best idea.. How did you know when you were 'done'
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I’ve just had my second. We’ve always said two only! Now it feels sad I’ll never have that again! Very sad which is unexpected as I don’t enjoy pregnancy at all. X

My husband is set on the two, but I also have this feeling that I would like a third child. Littlest is only approaching 5 months old so I’m just going to see and not make a decision or pressure it just yet. When she is around 18 months old maybe will see where we’re at x

Thank you - I think I should probably wait too and see how we are next year. My heart pangs when I think about not having another but I too struggled in pregnancy and we both struggle in baby trenches! Thank you both x

Things change so frequently that I think unless there’s a solid reason, we never really know. Personally I don’t want more than two children. I know my husband would have more but I just haven’t got it in me so once we’ve had this baby, I’m done. He’s very supportive and I’m set on it but even so I imagine I’ll have a wobble in a few years when kids are older. It’s also very natural to feel like you want more, our hormones want us to pump as many out as we can. You’ll also get a few last ditch hormone pushes towards the end of your fertility as your body is essentially trying to bully you into having more. Realistically you should listen to your head but I understand that’s normally easier said than done.

I want a girl, but I don’t want more than two kids that I already have(second is 8 months old) So all I have decided is I’m not deciding for definite now.

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