I have baby fever!

I totally understand how you feel! I am 35 and my dd is 4 yrs. old now so she is definitely not a baby anymore :( We keep trying to decide if we just want to have the one child because my hubby always says that on those Nanny shows, they never have just one child- it's always two or more LOL!!
 
Nope, not even a little bit! DD is about 9 months and I don't even know if I'll want a baby for a few years. I feel so content right now with where we are. She is way more fun now that she plays, giggles, crawls, etc... although I do miss when she used to cuddle with me all the time. I miss that a lot. :crying:
 
I'm 36 and I just had my baby this June, so I don't have baby fever quite yet, but he was our second and our second boy, so I still want to try one more time for a girl, but I'm thinking of waiting until 39 or 40, so that's crazy, I don't think you're crazy at all.
Yay for older moms!!!

(I think you look totally hawt in your avi, btw, not 37 at ALL)
 
I don't have baby fever right now, because Avalynne is only 7 months old... but I had it SOOOO bad before I got pregnant! It started slowly, and then was so strong, I used to cry about it all the time. I have endometreosis, and was terrified that I would have a hard time getting preggers, and it was one of those "too scared to try" kind of things. But thankfully I got pregnant very quickly (without meaning to, lol)!

Dh and I've already discussed our "ideal" time to have a second, but if the urge hits sooner or later, then thats fine too!
 
No baby fever here at all anymore! Kyle cured that for good when he came along lol! Plus I had my tubes tied less than 1/2 an hour after he was born so we couldn't have another one even if I wanted to! I'm busy enough with a 6yo, 4yo and a 15mo old and can't imagine having another one, I think we're perfect & complete the way we are.

Oh and Col that is exactly what my BIL & SIL said when they were engaged. In fact my BIL sat at my in-laws kitchen table not too long before the wedding and told my MIL that them having a baby in the first 5 years of marriage was as likely as a B-1 Bomber landing right there on their table! Well they were married at the beginning of November & by early January they were announcing they were pregnant! Turns out they didn't know that antibiotics make birth controls 100% uneffective lol! My nephew turns 13 next month and has 3 younger siblings, so much for them not having any kids those first 5 years lol!!
 
BrodoNY0123 said:
Sarah, Jordan wants to wait even LONGER before we have kids. I told him I refuse to wait until after I'm 30 to start having kids. I'm 25 now, so 5 years is my limit, lol.

We want to be able to travel, and do what we want for a few years before we give it all up for kids. I'm VERY ready to have them right now, and I know we'd make great parents. But we also have other things we want to do. So....we're going to wait. Or at least try. :p
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ya, but the upside to having kids sooner rather than later is energy level. also they will be grown sooner and then you can do more traveling and fun stuff!! :) i'll be 40 when all of my kids are graduated from high school. then i'll be living the vida loca. LOL!!! and all you fools will be wiping snotty faces. LOL!!!!!! :p sorry, col...i say this to all my friends.
 
Trust me Lizzy, I'm all about getting preggers within a year of getting married (which would be within the next 2 years). It's the man I've gotta convince, lol. I gave him the 5 year timeframe because I had to put my foot down or I'd be having my first baby at 40 if he has his way, lol. Plus 5 years gives him the time to set up a system at work so I can work from home 3 days a week, lol!

Everytime I'm near a baby he gives me that "don't you dare even THINK about it" look. When we went to meet Olivia (posted above) and she curled up on my chest and fell asleep (I'm like magic to her, she almost always stops fussing if I take her, it's the best feeling EVER) he said to me "you better get your fill in now, and don't look at me like that!"

::sigh::

Part of me is really tempted to "accidentally" stop taking my BC after we get married, lol.
 
ya, but the upside to having kids sooner rather than later is energy level. also they will be grown sooner and then you can do more traveling and fun stuff!! i'll be 40 when all of my kids are graduated from high school. then i'll be living the vida loca. LOL!!! and all you fools will be wiping snotty faces. LOL!!!!!! sorry, col...i say this to all my friends.
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This is exactly my POV! Besides, it's when you're older that you're at your full earning power, so that's when the fun can really begin! I'm planning on being done by 30 so my kids are outta here! Also, if you have awesome parents or ILs like I do, you can still travel. Just leave the kiddos with Grandma and Grandpa. We still take a few trips a year, including big ones like Scotland. I'm definitely not a clingy mom--I know that my kids are having a blast while we're gone and that I miss them much more than they miss me! It also helps that we leave 12 hrs away from the closest set of grandparents, so they WANT to take the kids from us.

Keep working on him, Col. You'll wear him down eventually!
 
Hmmm... Col... I think you might need to take some antibiotics and get really really frisky. I mean... you didn't know that antibiotics neuter your bc pills, right?
 
And the energy level that Lizzy mentioned... thank frakkin' god that my dh is ten years younger than me or I'd NEVER be able to keep up with my toddler... he is so awesome with Yorick.
 
Hahahahaha, it's not that he's afraid! He'll be a really awesome Dad, he's amazing with kids.

He's just selfish, LOL! And he knows that once the kiddos start coming, he can't be. Which is why we're taking 2 weeks and going to New Zealand and Australia for our honeymoon (fingers crossed). Travel now before the kids come, cuz it'll be a few years before we can leave them with grandparents.
 
Nope, I am fixed so I would hope we don't get pregnant again. Our live is stressful enough with 2. I hated being pregnant...I got kidney stones, UTI's and hives both times..not fun! My brother and his wife just got married last year so I'll be able to have a little baby niece/nephew at some point to cuddle :)
 
I get baby fear all the time!! Maybe one day I might have another one but no any time soon. I will just stick with my baby fever..
 
I have baby fever BAD! I don't have a husband but I am going to hijack my daughter's father's sperm next year if I am not in a relationship. I want another kid badly and one close in age to my little girl so I have warned him we are having another whether he wants it or not lol!

mixedclawzz said:
I want a baby girl so bad. I've had baby fever for about the last 6 months and it wont seem to go away!
Alas I have no husband...:crying:
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BrodoNY0123 said:
Sarah, Jordan wants to wait even LONGER before we have kids. I told him I refuse to wait until after I'm 30 to start having kids. I'm 25 now, so 5 years is my limit, lol.

We want to be able to travel, and do what we want for a few years before we give it all up for kids. I'm VERY ready to have them right now, and I know we'd make great parents. But we also have other things we want to do. So....we're going to wait. Or at least try. :p
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Looking back now, I wish we would've waited some. We were pregnant just before our first anniversary and I think we should've waited a few more years...and I shoulda lost more weight beforehand.
 
Oh yes, definitely. It is difficult to be so involved in such a child-centric hobby when you don't have any of your own, but not for lack of wanting.

I have had baby fever since I got married when I was 22. I knew, though, that our relationship needed to be more stable than it was in order for me to feel comfortable bringing a child in the world... and it never did, so I never did. When I was 22, I had NO IDEA that I would be 28 and right back where I started or I might have had one despite my misgivings! *lol*

As it stands now, I won't be having any children until after I'm 30 years old.
 
I have HORRID baby fever .... it is crazy! I have had recent dreams about POAS and it being positive LOL and then another last night about giving birth and not knowing that I was pregnant LOL
 
not really a baby person so I don't recall ever having baby fever . . .

at times now I kinda wish we had gone for a 3rd but that ship has sailed.

we waited about 5 years before having kids . . . I guess that's about how long it took for me to warm up to the idea LOL. DH wishes we had started earlier and I can see the advantages of being a younger parent. Had first kid when I was 32.
 
Ugh, I so do NOT have baby fever!! LOL, my twin girls turned 3 today. As it is, they keep my busy enough and I still feel like I don't get enough one on one time with each of them, so that's a major reason I don't want another. Dh does want a son tho, so I've agreed to 'think about it'. But I'm perfectly happy with the girls!
As for waiting to have kids, ya know, on one hand, I wish we'd had more time for ourselves before we got pregnant(and we've only been married a year next month), it would have been nice to relax, save money, spend money on us lol, but I'm glad on the other had that we didn't wait. I'll be 30 when my girls start kindergarten. ug. LOL. And even the difference in energy would be noticable too - I was 25 when I brought the girls home from the hospital and for 2 months barely slept more than one hour stretch at a time - I don't think I could do that now even just 3 years later! I'd be a total zombie.
 
Brie, did you have your twins via IVF or were they just natural? I'm curious, we're considering "family balancing" via IVF, and I've heard there's a higher occurence of twins.
 
Natural! And I've gotta say, I don't blame people at all for wanting twins!! LOL, of course the first few months was the hardest thing I've ever done, but totally worth it! LOL. They are seriously facsinating! lol, I can't imagine it's much harder now than those who have 2 kids that are 9 months to a year apart! Before getting pregnant, I wouldn't have asked for twins, but I'm glad it turned out that way!
 
Wandering around ilovephotgraphy.com and seeing lots of maternity shots and newborn shots did NOT help said baby fever.

I'm a goner I tell ya. I want to do this with my own lil one!
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Lukas has baby fever more than I do, I hear "mummy, why don't we have a baby?" at least 10 ten times a day. It's not that I don't want one it's just that I have pregnancies from hell and I don't really welcome the every day of the week hospital appointments, the scans, the poking and prodding for 6/7 months followed by all the S.C.B.U :cursing: love the end result but just wish there was an easier way to get there, :p Hugs Crystal xx
 
LOL, I'll jump in ... I get baby fever sometimes. But then my kids drive me crazy, and I'm cured. I also crawl into bed and thank goodness that my (almost) 2 year old likes to sleep in, and that my 4 and nearly 6 year old can watch cartoons and eat yogurt/bananas in the morning on their own. (My husband loves it too because he works 2nd shift and is home with them during the day.)

The other more obvious things stop me too ... we can't afford another child, don't have room for another child in this house, and can't fit any more car seats in our vehicles. In fact, my nearly-6 son rides in the front seat of my Saturn because we can't fit 3 car seats across the back. It's not ideal, but it's not against the law either. We'd be totally out of luck if we had another child! (And my kids have been asking for a baby ... Julia wants a sister, and Blake wants another brother! LOL!)
 
FlirtatiousBrat said:
Well Teaghan is almost 4 months old (Born the same day as Crystal's Stella) so I think I'm cured for now (she was #5 for us).

That said...we have NOT ruled out a #6 in the future..at least 3 more years though b/c I want to get Ryleigh (2) in school first!
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umm, Meghan? you have 5? AND you are a Sugarbabe, make awesome LO's, manage migranes and the SSD Rewards tracker? wowzers, lady! KCB was right - you must never sleep!

And to Amy's question -- It took us almost 5 years before God blessed us with our son. I feel so blessed to be his mama, and am totally biased, but he is the sweetest kiddo. My plumbing is iffy, I will be 35 next month, and who knows if God will grant us another one, much less one as easy on his parents as this one? More likely s/he will be Calvin on warp speed, and I am so tired after caring for my one son every day. So I snuggle other's babies whenever I get the chance to give their mamas a break, and get my baby fix while getting more sleep.
 
I'm pregnant with #3 (our last) now, so I can't wait for this baby. But baby fever hit a little less each time.

I had LOTS of baby fever before DS1. DH and I were married for 5 years before we had him, and I was 28 when he was born. At the time I couldn't believe we'd waited so long, but after we saw the reality of how little time we had for ourselves and how hard it was to do things like travel, I was glad we'd waited. Also, if we'd had children earlier I don't think we could have afforded for me to be a SAHM.

I had baby fever before getting pregnant with DS2 and DD, but it was at a much more managable level. I wanted them, but it wasn't the sole focus of my life like it was when I was convincing DH the time was right to try for #1. Not to mention that I don't have the energy to throw myself into baby fever any more! I'm curious to see if I ever get baby fever again. I'm sure there will be a moment here and there when mine are older and I see a baby, but after DD is born I don't think I'll ever really long for one of my own again.
 
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Oh honey. COME TO MY HOUSE AND YOUR BABY FEVER WILL BE PERMANENTLY CURED. These kids are making me crazy!
 
OMG..this is a great thread to read everyone's responses..NO MORE baby fever here...and DH is fixed I have 4 and they are 15, 7, 2 1/2 and 1...and DH and I both work full time...and I will be 38 in a week! and my energy level is no WHERE near what is was when I was 23 and having the 1st one!!! and I agree that you an still travel if you have good in laws...we actually just went on vacation with the 2 oldest and left the 2 younger ones with my babysitter and they did just fine...but I am glad that they are the ages apart that they are because if I would've had the 2 little ones first I probably wouldn't have had anymore...I got baby fever when Sam was 7...so Ben came along...then I got it again when Ben was 4..then Abby came along...and needless to say 18 months later little PJ was born...so I say good luck to you whether you do it young or old...I am running out of steam QUICK!!!...plus Sam will graduate from HS and Abby will start Kindergarden in the fall:blink: ...but I wouldn't trade any of them~
 
DH has it bad! I honestly can say I would like to have another, but I figure if it hasnt happened by now (been married 6 years) it isnt gonna happen. I have two boys to my first husband and he has a 15 year old to his first wife, whom he rarley sees (she doesnt have time for him) so yes I would love to have one with my husband, but am afraid to get my hopes up.
 
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