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Postpartum Depression
3Tolikoff Photography/Shutterstock"I knew I was done having kids two days after I got home from the hospital and was hit with severe postpartum depression for almost a year. Even when I got better, I knew I only wanted one.
"Surviving PPD made me so self-aware and taught me so many valuable lessons, including knowing my limitations. I decided that giving my son (and husband) a happy, healthy mommy was more important than a sibling." -- Jen Schwartz, founder of the blog The Medicated Mommy
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Tough Labor
4Natalia Deriabina/Shutterstock"I wanted five but almost died having the fourth, so I was forced to be done." -- Anonymous
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My Body Decided for Me
5michaeljung/Shutterstock"My body won't get pregnant anymore. I have been tested and they have no clue why all the sudden I can't seem to get pregnant. Only thing my doctor can say is maybe it's because I'm starting menopause but who knows. We wanted one more. As time goes, I'm getting older and ready to be done now." -- CafeMom community member Raeann11
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Right From the Start
6g-stockstudio/Shutterstock"I knew when I was pregnant with my first that I didn't want to get pregnant again." -- CafeMom community member PinkButterfly66
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Diaper Duty
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Friends' Advice
8Speedkingz/Shutterstock"I knew I was done having kids when two of my friends had their third child within six months of each other, and both said, 'Stop after two! Take our advice!' I got the same advice from my aunt: 'After two, you're outnumbered. You might as well have six if you're gonna have three.'" -- Kenna C.
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Single Mom
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Four Is a Lot to Juggle
10Creatista/Shutterstock"I'm done. I just had my fourth baby on the 11th. I always wanted kids but never really decided how many. I did know I always wanted a boy and a girl. I have two of each but what [made] me know I was done was that mentally and emotionally I know I can't handle any more children." -- CafeMom community member Rachel216
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When You Can Look at a Baby ... & Not Want One
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Multiple Miscarriages
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Painful Labor
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Bad Medical News
14Rocketclips, Inc./Shutterstock"[I knew I was done] when the doctor said, 'The next pregnancy could go okay or it could kill you. I don't recommend you trying to get pregnant again.'" -- CafeMom community member Momtoone07
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Son With Special Needs
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Got the Boy, Got the Girl
16Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock"My husband and I talked about it before we were married. We said if we got two girls or two boys, we'd try one more time for the opposite gender, but after three, we were done, regardless. If we got one boy and one girl, we were done at two. Our first was a boy, and during my second pregnancy, I decided I never wanted to be pregnant again, regardless of what the second one was, and my husband agreed with me. Luckily, our second was a girl, so we got the one boy, one girl we wanted." -- Anonymous
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Hubby Said So!
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