Anyone choose to have just one child?

I think this a very personal decision with a lot of factors involved. WHATEVER decision you reach, there is no wrong choice. For us, we always wanted more than one child. In our teenage years we were thinking 3-5! Well, life had other plans (which I am mostly okay with!). We did want to have two though. DS will be a great big brother. He has looked wistfully at other sibling pairs when camping, etc. and asked for a sibling. We love playing with him, but there are also benefits to having a sibling to play with. There is a a lot about life that can be learned when negotiating a sibling relationship- giving, sharing, cooperation, respect. And lastly, we will never understand DS's adoption experience through his eyes, but together the two of them will have something "in common" that perhaps they can lean on each other and share with each other in way that is good. We don't really know, but having each other may be a connection that is grounding and safe. I have always been aware that I won't live forever and I find comfort in knowing they have each other as family. Many of my reasons are just thoughts and feelings. There is no crystal ball to know how life will turn out. I think as you ponder this choice, you know what is right for you, your relationship, your child and so on. There is no wrong or right answer.