Getting Pregnant
elisea92
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Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Lacking Baby Fever...?
This may not be the appropriate board, though I'm not sure what would be, so I apologize in advance if this is misplaced.
Quick background: I am a relatively recently married young woman. My husband has expressed interest in having children within the next few years. I have a few things I'd like to do before then - professional and personal things. No one is pressuring me to have children before I'm ready, and eventually I would like to have kids.
That being said - what is all this nonsense about baby fever? At what point am I supposed to become obsessed with babies? Do I just wake up one morning or what. I'm not getting it. I'm assuming that it's like how I feel about puppies - being overjoyed and wanting to cuddle them. But I'm more at the 'Cute.' and that's it stage for babies. When does this change? How does one define baby fever?
I know it's different for everyone. Do you have baby fever? How do you know?
I'd love to hear your opinions, thanks! 
Re: Lacking Baby Fever...?
FWIW, I never felt like I had "baby fever." My husband and I knew we wanted to try to be parents, but I have never been obsessed with babies or snuggling them and whatnot.
Try when you and your H both feel ready. You said you are young and so you have time. Best of luck with your personal and professional goals.
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Honestly, I've never been a huge fan of other people's kids, but I knew that I wanted to be a mom. Also, it's totally normal to be at a different readiness level than your H. I would focus on reaching the goals you want to reach, and come back to the baby conversation when you feel more ready.
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