Yes lulu, we adopted because I couldn't have any more. I also had really strong urges to have more children while going through the menopause, to the point that I even bought pregnancy testing kits, as in when OH had been at sea for months, I hadn't had a monthly for months, and OH had had a vasectomy! Very very sad but the urge and feelings were so strong. I even had a phase of wanting the most realistic doll I could find. I never gave into this one though it was comforting to now there was a last resort. It all seems so ridiculous now. My sis tells me that she too had a mild version of what I went through when her menopause began.