I really want a baby

Maybe I'm just really abnormal, but I'm 23 (female) and I never get broody! I highly dislike the thought of me having to bring one up, yuk with it screaming and everything My ex was right in that I'm not the sort to have children!!

I guess I never will. Maybe it's the cold-hearted, I'm so keen on making it to the top, ruthlessness I have in me which is preventing me from feeling the way ANY of you do

I don't think what you are feeling is wrong at all. All women have their own maternal instincts to some extent (some more than others). You really shouldn't worry with the way you are feeling. In my opinion though i would want to wait a while, until i am in a secure relationship, where i know that it is what my partner wants too. I would also want to finish my degree and get a good career behind me before i have children because they are a big financial investment too. There is a lot of organisation and thought that needs to go in to having children.
At the age of 21 you are also at the prime of your life, you should really be going out and having as many experiences as you can of life. This way you will be able to tell your children everything you have done in your life. In the end it is your decision to make, and what ever decision you finally choose, i don't think will be a wrong one xvx

But I know that having a baby now would be THE worst possible thing I could do

Well there ARE worse things you could do (going on a homicidal killing spree and committing genocide would be a prime example....or having sex with 16 giraffes and then burning your parents house down would be another).

lol sorry I just felt like saying that. Ignore me I'm in a weird mood.

i dont understand. do you want to give BIRTH to a baby ? or could you just like do babysitting or adopt? is the urge to give birth or is the urge to be around babies?

omg never heard that before!

God the idea of having a baby makes me shudder. I've never felt broody or wanted to have a brat in tow. They are time consuming, money consuming and wreck any chance you have for a normal life, career or travelling for at least 18 years. No thanks.

err NO between 23 - 35 is about the perfect time to have a child well mature enough for anyone to start a family..

you're totally right in your train of thought true being in your 20's or 30's is perfectly fine..

l am being well fair on this.. I am to feel totally normal and proud.. of myself for my beliefies..

God the idea of having a baby makes me shudder. I've never felt broody or wanted to have a brat in tow. They are time consuming, money consuming and wreck any chance you have for a normal life, career or travelling for at least 18 years. No thanks.

They are really ever only this if you have not prepared yourself for them. I'm sure give it a few years and people that do not want to have children will feel that they want them. I was in the same position a couple of years ago i didn't want to have children, but in the end that was probably because i am an only child and i don't really know how to interact with children, as i have never had any brothers or sisters of different ages. But now i have changed my mind and would like them in the future xvx