XSLT Template with a loop and limitation

Hello!

I have the problem that a table
break to the next page and there is only the header and one row on the
page before. But I found a way that hold some rows together. 

In the first 3 rows I insert as
an attribute keep-with-previous="always" and this works fine.
But I have a XSLT-style that called for every row. In this template I insert
a attribute-tag for every row and so the complete table is on the new page.

The question that I can't solve
is, is there possible way to count the rows that only 3 times the attribute
is inserted?

For a better understanding here
the template code that works for the whole table:

<xsl:template
name="table.row.properties">

  <xsl:attribute
name="keep-with-previous">always</xsl:attribute>

  <!--
Keep header row with next row -->

  <xsl:if
test="ancestor::thead">

    <xsl:attribute
name="keep-with-next.within-column">always</xsl:attribute>

  </xsl:if>

</xsl:template>

I use Fop 0.95 and Saxon 6.5.5
that parse it to fop. 

Bye 

Holger