We always planned that we would wait a few years after our last child was born to be sure we were completely done and then my husband would have a vasectomy. Well, by the middle of my second pregnancy it was clear that I couldn't put my family through another pregnancy. So I planned a tubiligation at the same time I had my c-section with my daughter. I sometimes look at my sweet little girl and think how much I wish we could have more. But, I know I never want to be pregnant again. I am at peace with that decision most of the time. Because I realize that we have not shut the door to more children. We have only shut the door to more pregnancies and that is how we want it.
However, we have never considered adoption. We have decided that once our children are a little older we will become foster parents. If that process leads to an odoption we are open to that, however that is not our end goal.
For the time being I'm just enjoying my sweet little baby with everything I have because I know this will be the last time. We plan to foster teens to start out with.
Is being a foster parent an option anyone else has considered?