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I may have baby fever...anyone else?
So the past month, I really feel like we should have a baby. Every time I see a baby I kind of get jealous and wish that was us. I have baby on the brain. I feel that it is too soon because we got married about 5 months ago but then again we have been together for 8 years. Is anyone else feeling this way.. I kind of feel like I am the only one. Thanks!
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Re: I may have baby fever...anyone else?
it comes and goes for me....for the most part I know we can't afford a baby right now, and that is what keeps me from even thinking about it too much. And now with my nephew, and my brother moving to the area so my other nephew is around too...those boys help me keep any baby fever in check...love them but MAN are they a lot of work.
I am finding it to be getting a bit worse lately, I think because we actually moved up our babymaking plans to instead of 2-3 years from now to potentially start TTC at the end of next summer...which makes it seem like so soon and its hard to not get more invested in the idea when we talk about it.
Before I got married my mom sat me down and had a talk with me about babies (I think she was worried we were going to rush into it.) And being the wise woman that she is, she said give being married a year to enjoy eachother, get used to the differences that come with being married (and they are there even if you lived together for forever before), and really focus on knowing eachothers core values in the first year. In year 2 decide if you are ready for babies or not..and take it from there. That is more or less what we have decided to do...next spring we will figure out if its practical and if we feel ready...and then still wait a few months before we do anything about it.
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Yes, I totally have baby fever!! Our neighbors (and great friends) have a baby and I am obsessed with her!
I just quit my birth control, mainly because I'm sick of taking it, and I know it will take time for my body to adjust.
We're not actively TTC yet, but we're also not using any proper form of BC at this point.
I think about how if we waited a few years, we might be in the same situation financially so why put it off? Neither of us, unless we hit the lottery, will ever have boatloads of money so all we can do is save now, and adjust our finances as things happen in life (house, baby, whatever)
I also have accepted the fact that we could have a baby in an apartment if we had to...it's not ideal, but its not unheard of either. And if we TTC soon, it could take a while, then there's 9 months to fully plan for life changes...so I really don't want to wait that long to start.
Also, H is going to be 34 soon, I'm only 28 but we want to be around and not "too old" when the kid(s) are in college etc. And I'd love for my parents to be grandparents at an age where they'll be able to spend time with and bond with the children.
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I have had baby fever for a while now but more so lately. H and I finally decided that we would wait until at least April before we start TTC. We still need to get a few things handled that we don't want to be doing if I am pregnant. This pretty much has made H and I crazy over babies.
I have had baby fever for at least a year now but ever since we decided on a potentical timeline H has developed baby fever. If it was up to him we would be trying now but I wanted to at least finish up MIL's stuff and sell her house before we get pregnant so I am not as stressed. Plus then we will have a little extra money.
FIL gave us advice of you are never financially ready for a baby no matter how long you wait. Plus H's dad is older and we would like for him to still be in the baby's life long enough for the baby to know them. And since FIL is older H remembers what it was like for his mom and dad not to do a lot with him because they were older and tired and H doesn't want to be like that.
I do! I do!
While we won't be TTC soon.. H is more on board than ever, which makes me feel great! We will also be deciding when is the right time this spring, whether its sooner than we thought, and if we can afford it.
So for now..I am just being excited for my SIL who is having twins this winter, and other SIL who is TTC soon
i do, and i finally came around to being ok with waiting until next summer/fall. then recently we had a pregnancy scare (not really scare, bc we'd be thrilled to have a baby, but not sure what else to call it) anyway, i turned out to not be pregnant, but during the wait for AF, DH got really excited about it, coming up with knicknames and all haha he actually brought up maybe we should start trying if i wasn't actually pregnant this time. :-P
who knows what'll happen haha
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Yep, full fledged fever over here. Our good friends are pregnant (due in March, it was an oops) so that's fueled mine a little, but at the same time, i'll just go spoil there's for a little bit. When H and I got together we were talking about 5'ish years before TTC, then in December when my dad passed away, H mentioned maybe not waiting so long.. like 2-3, and now when we found out our friends were pregnant, I brought up maybe starting TTC after our 1 year anniversary. We'll see, H is on board with having kids, and I think he has mild baby fever...
At the same time, there is a lot of stuff we'd like to get done first.. so it's a definitely a weighing our options kinda thing too... like PP said i don't think most people are ever totally financially "ready" to have kids... so that's not really an issue here.. more the renovations on the property we bought that we would like to get a better start on! hopefully this spring that happens...
Mine comes and goes. Lately I've more enjoyed the idea of being pregnant than having a baby which is weird.
I know we'll never be financially ready, but as long as we can hold off for at least another year I'd feel more okay with it. We're hoping to start in 2-3 years. I figure that gives us a couple of years of marriage under our belt and we'll hopefully have a house by then.
i thought this too and now I'm 6 months pregnant. We got pregnant the first cycle I went off BC.
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We wanted a baby quickly though. We've been together for 4 years and friends for 9. Besides, like you said, we both have good careers but we'll never get a windfall of cash or anything so with some adjustments in our budget, it'll work out.