Do you ever want to have kids?

Nope. Never.

Definitely not, I don't really see the point of creating more people.

We know we want, but we're just not quite ready right now.

Someday, but no time soon.

i want kids like next year but who with?

Man I feel like I say 'never!' but then I'll have to eat my words in like 10 years

Someday probably, but not anytime soon.

We decided years ago to never have kids.

Kids... no. More toys... YES!

Sometimes I think I do and sometimes I think I don't. Either way it will be a really hard decision because I have bipolar and managing a mental illness during pregnancy with minimal medication is very difficult. Then there is always the possibility of having a child with mental illness, and that is a lot to take on.

two is enuf for me

I'm still young and slightly scared of kids, but when I become not so scared of them maybe.

I don't want kids and because of my health and genetics I won't have any. I might adopt if I change my mind.

I have kids, don't want more. I have 2 boys ages 5 and 8I want a girl but I am done having kids

There's like a five percent chance that I'd have one kid. But if that were the case, it wouldn't be until I was at LEAST 30.

I have a 7 1/2 Month old baby and I love it so much. We would like one more yet but I dont want any more than two. My son is the best thing in this world. Now he wasnt ready for it when I found out but after the baby was in his arms everything was great.

Oh yea I want kids!

I like (most) kids, I do want to have my own at some point, but I probably would never be able to afford them. If I ever make enough money to pay for a housekeeper, a nanny, private piano lessons and posh boarding school then yes, I will.

I hate kids so much. I would never want one of my own.

I want kids a couple years after I get married.

I have one child and wish i could have more but i had health problems and cant. I love being a mom..

I have kids and I love having them. But, it's a difficult lifestyle, it effects which careers and free time you can have (if you care about how children are raised and want to be part of it) and some people simply don't want kids.

I don't think it's "normal" to have to want kids. Anymore than it's "normal" to want to own a house, or "normal" to want to go to Europe, or "normal" to want a high powered career.

Everyone is different. I'm glad some people don't want kids and that we have the technology, the freedom and the medicine to prevent pregnancy, if that is what we choose. Not everyone was meant to be a parent, not everyone would enjoy it, not everyone would be good at it.

Better to not have kids than have them because you think you are "supposed to" and spend your life being away from them as much as possible and resenting every moment you have to spend with them.

I love being a mother, but not everyone thinks the way I do, nor is everyone willing to do the things I had to do to become a good mother... nor should they. Because I'm a parent, I'm glad some people don't want to become parents... I know how hard it is and how much sacrifice it takes to parents even half way decently and how it is NOT a lifestyle for everyone.

We have choices now, and I am glad that people feel free to exercise them. People can and do have full, fulfilling, happy lives without children. I say more power to them if that's what works for them.

We have been trying to conceive for the past 4 years, and we literally just realized that we've been missing my ovulation cycle each time. We only just figured this out because I realized that I've been paying attention to the people who talk about 5-7 day periods and here I am with a 3 day period.
So we are now going to try to have sex each day around the same time to see if that helps with it.
Though if we don't get pregnant by the time we get health insurance, we're going in to see if we can have kids.

I want a kid or two someday, but no more than that.

I know so many people who have kids now, and the more time I spend around children, the more I decide it's not for me. When my mother had her surprise baby at 45, (now a 5-year-old), and when my sister had her baby 2 years ago, I was frequently chastised for really not knowing what to do. I know how to hold a baby correctly, how to prepare the bottle/feed them, change the diapers, but there's apparently a lot more than that, and I don't "get" it like everyone else does.

My late husband and I discussed at length how it wouldn't be fair to the kid if we had one. We each have so many health problems that would be passed on, that we just didn't want to put another human through after experiencing firsthand. We also discussed the terrible shape that my back is in, and how it's likely that I couldn't physically stand pregnancy. I'm in enough pain on a daily basis, and have had to leave work early due to being in too much pain to SEE. Add the weight and stress of pregancy - I'd be a useless invalid the whole time, and I just can't accept that. I have this work ethic thing, I don't even like it when I get paid to sit around reading or knitting because we're out of work. My absolute lack of maternal instinct was a factor, as well.

Speaking of that - my sister and my nephew are currently staying with me while my sister job hunts. Apparently, I have a good "Mommy voice", while she tends to yell or screech more frequently. Aside from the voice, I don't know what I'm doing, I really don't. I just copy her if I need to discipline him, like when he jumped on my cat. But the more time I spend with children, the more I know I just don't have the patience for it, or the ability to deal with most of it. I can barely handle cats and plants, I should not ever have a child. I can't clean up puke, I'll add to it. I can't clean up poop, I'll puke. I can't even hear someone puke, or I'll join them.

I occasionally hear mothers talk about what an amazing experience I'm missing out on. It may very well be amazing for you, I'll take your word for it. But it sure wasn't for my mother, my sisters and I were heathen demon children. Some people should have kids, and some shouldn't. I feel that I fall in the "shouldn't" category, and will certainly refrain.