Impacts on fertility preferences and regulation of child loss experiences in Egypt, Ghana, and Lesotho are investigated using data from the 1980 Egyptian Fertility Survey, the 1979-1980 Ghana Fertility Survey, and the 1977 Lesotho Fertility Survey. Multiple classification analysis is applied to two groups of women, those with and those without loss of one child or more. While the analysis indicates that couples having experienced child loss have a larger desired family size than couples who have not, actual family size and women's educational status also affected additional births wanted.