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My goal was six. That sounded ideal. I was blessed with one...... Why? Only God can answer that.....

Three children were my goal and I wanted either three boys are two boys and one girl. I was blessed with one boy and I had a miscarriage that I have a feeling was a girl so I named her Callie after a younger sister of a friend of mine because Callie was so sweet, innocent and very pretty.

I wanted 4 the hubby wanted 1 we settled on 2. It's the new math.

I wanted 4 sons, like my Aunt Grace and Uncle Ken have. 
By the time I was married and expecting a child, at 34, one seemed plenty.
Somewhere along the way, I was blessed with two more.  I get the feeling that a fourth would have also been a son.....

I have a neighbour who is the last of 11 children, and his mother died giving birth to him.  Contraception is one of the advantages of modern civilisation.