Getting broody

I'm getting really broody, this really worries my boyfriend, it worries me too. I'm definately not ready to have a kid, i'm not financially or emotionally stable enough, i can barely look after myself, let alone a baby, so why do i want one so badly? It's really starting to upset me.

Reply 1

~Kirsty~

1

It may just be natural instincts or something- I get broody and i haven't even got a serious boyfriend! :smile:

Reply 2

Quita

1

i get broody all the time.. its normal... i think ive probably been brooddy since i was about 13. just keep reminding yourself your not ready and let your head rule ur broodiness.

Reply 3

~Kirsty~

1

My cousin has just had a baby too - so i'm extra broody at the minute (shes visiting tomorrow!). Offer to look after other peoples baby's but be happy to give them back at the end of the day. :wink:

Reply 4

Tufts

17

Pride yourself in the fact that you are not going to have a child for selfish reasons (i.e. to satisfy *your* need).

Instead you are going to wait until you can provide the child with a good life. Feel proud about that.

Reply 5

aeiou81

10

I've been broody for years and I'm only 15! Seriously, if I could forget about the fact that I'm still legally a kid, and don't have a house, and don't have any money, and still have my GCSEs ahead of me, I would leap at the chance! I love babies!

Don't worry about it, just be careful and always use protection if you are sure you are not able to care for a baby. It just says that you will be a natural mother when you aare ready for a baby.

Reply 6

Chezua

12

Tufts

Pride yourself in the fact that you are not going to have a child for selfish reasons (i.e. to satisfy *your* need).

Instead you are going to wait until you can provide the child with a good life. Feel proud about that.

one of the best posts in TSR, wow :smile:

Reply 7

Anonymous #1

OP

Tufts

Pride yourself in the fact that you are not going to have a child for selfish reasons (i.e. to satisfy *your* need).

Instead you are going to wait until you can provide the child with a good life. Feel proud about that.

Surprisingly enough, that has made me feel a lot better.

Reply 8

milly.

12

I wish I could get broody, all my (male) mates tease me for being the least maternal woman on the planet :rolleyes:

Reply 9

Niaya

13

its natural - me and several friends feel like that

Reply 10

History_is...

6

I am permanently broody, I obsess over other people's children, but I can't even manage an adult relationship at the moment and am enjoying uni lifestyle far too much! It's not a rational thing, just ignore it and enjoy your freedom!

Reply 11

Seoid

Evolution has designed you to be broody! It's perfectly normal and most women get it, it's due to hormones and all that. Just don't give in to it until you're ready.

Reply 12

Fluent in Lies

2

I get broody and I'm a guy :frown:

Reply 13

Anonymous #2

Fluent in Lies

I get broody and I'm a guy :frown:

Don't worry, that's pretty normal too. I know my fiance gets broody, even though he doesn't admit it. He calls our stuffed toys our "babies" and he makes little comments now and again about having children, sometimes I think he's worse than me!

Reply 14

Fluent in Lies

2

*feels better*

*goes back to cradling toy bunny*

Reply 15

sib

1

Personally... I felt broody for a while when I was between 15and 16... but now im completely the opposite! I don't want kids! at least not yet...!

Reply 16

dita_parlo

11

I am completly broody. I want kids. I'm old enough (23), I'm in a stable relationship (we live together), and I know that we could finacially support a child. However I would like to finish this year of uni and then get my PGCE under my belt before we start making babies. My boyfriend is also incredibly broody, he's 25. He is constantly stroking my belly and telling me how he loves my belly cos his baby is gonna live in there someday lol.

Reply 17

username47781

20

I think most girls go through a phase like this, but at the end of the day you have your whole life ahead of you.

Reply 18

Tailz

9

Me and my boyfriend have been together for 3 years and we get broody all the time, people all around us have had babies and it really doesnt help but we really want to wait until we have the money, i hate feeling broody its annoying! but yeh u just have to slap yourself and say no! money and stability first! lots of babies second... heck i even have names for my future kids sorted :P

Reply 19

Eubacterium

13

I've gone through phases like this. I found it weird as I never used to feel this way and hate being around children. Maybe it's to with getting older. When I feel this way I think about all the good apsects of having a child, not the bad ones. Most of the time I don't want children yet, but sometimes for some reason it seems like fun. :s-smilie:

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