Do you think women get super broody when...?

calm · Oct 9th, 2009, 11:51 AM

somebody in your circle of family or friends has a baby. I mean, some people are broody on and off (or without the off) all the time, but I have noticed a lot of women that were not so bothered about having kids until a sister or a best friend had one.Apart from the logical reason of having an adorable baby near you all the time, As animals we are, do you think pregnant women or babies give off some scent that sets our hormones off?

P.S. I am thinking now about the theory that when we are around women our witches tend to gather around at the same time, I think they say that is a scent thing

apple_20 · Oct 9th, 2009, 11:53 AM

hmmm intersting theory about a biological link. i'd say it makes sense to be more of a mental thing seeing and holding babies.
intrested to see if there is any research on it x

fuffyburra · Oct 9th, 2009, 14:04 PM

I'd probably have to agree with you. I mean, obviously seeing a baby if you're broody does make it worse, but there must be some truth in your theory! It makes COMPLETE sense to me lol :P

PeanutBean · Oct 9th, 2009, 14:37 PM

When my sister had her last boy (no. 7 of my nephews) it was just a couple of months before I fell pregnant and I couldn't have been less interested in the baby! It's possibly a special case as that month I am sure I fell pregnant but it went wrong and my period came as normal. I had really exaggerated symptoms and I recall reading that very high hormone readings are often a sign of miscarriage to come. Anyway I was pretty bonkers from it so that might be why I wasn't interested!

My SIL certainly gets broody from Byron but then she is always broody anyway.

PeanutBean · Oct 9th, 2009, 14:39 PM

Oh and yes there was a delightful experiment done in which women had the sweat of other women smeared on their top lips and they were found to converge period timings with those who the scent belonged to. The theory being that pheromones stimulate our systems to coincide.

Pyrrhic · Oct 9th, 2009, 14:41 PM

I've been super broody recently, and yesterday we had a 2 week old baby come into work. The baby was of course lovely and gorgeous, but seeing a newborn put me right off!

lozzy21 · Oct 9th, 2009, 15:43 PM

Im allways broody so i cant realy comment

lozzy21 · Oct 9th, 2009, 15:46 PM

I think our cycles regulate themselfs to the women we are close with goes back to our animal days. Like when animals have a "season"

Its someting to do with if 2 womens babys are born at the same time and something happens to one of them woman, the other can feed her child and as our milk changes as the babys get older it will be geared to the babys age

plutosblue · Oct 9th, 2009, 15:53 PM

I think that babies definatly have some sort of appeal, I never knew what my mother meant by 'baby smell' until I held my baby cousin.. I couldn't have been any more gooey and he smelt so goood!! (Not that I go around sniffing babies, honest!) but ever since then I've had nothing but babies on the brain. I think its definatly a hormonal/scent thing, I'm not around my closest friends recently as they have all travelled away so maybe thats why I've spent ages waiting for AF!

PeanutBean · Oct 9th, 2009, 16:11 PM

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Originally Posted by plutosblue

I think that babies definatly have some sort of appeal, I never knew what my mother meant by 'baby smell' until I held my baby cousin.. I couldn't have been any more gooey and he smelt so goood!! (Not that I go around sniffing babies, honest!) but ever since then I've had nothing but babies on the brain. I think its definatly a hormonal/scent thing, I'm not around my closest friends recently as they have all travelled away so maybe thats why I've spent ages waiting for AF!

No I'd never known the baby smell either, despite the myriad nephews. But when I first smelt Byron it was sooooo good! I miss that. I think that's the one thing I would pick to hae back from the early days. Just occasionally I sort of notice it again but really it went after a couple of weeks at most. Sigh...

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calm Trying to conceive (TTC) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 3,979	Do you think women get super broody when...? somebody in your circle of family or friends has a baby. I mean, some people are broody on and off (or without the off) all the time, but I have noticed a lot of women that were not so bothered about having kids until a sister or a best friend had one.Apart from the logical reason of having an adorable baby near you all the time, As animals we are, do you think pregnant women or babies give off some scent that sets our hormones off? P.S. I am thinking now about the theory that when we are around women our witches tend to gather around at the same time, I think they say that is a scent thing

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apple_20 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: nottingham UK Posts: 927	hmmm intersting theory about a biological link. i'd say it makes sense to be more of a mental thing seeing and holding babies. intrested to see if there is any research on it x

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fuffyburra Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: West Sussex, England Posts: 2,148	I'd probably have to agree with you. I mean, obviously seeing a baby if you're broody does make it worse, but there must be some truth in your theory! It makes COMPLETE sense to me lol :P

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PeanutBean Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: May 2008 Location: Greater Manchester Posts: 18,226	When my sister had her last boy (no. 7 of my nephews) it was just a couple of months before I fell pregnant and I couldn't have been less interested in the baby! It's possibly a special case as that month I am sure I fell pregnant but it went wrong and my period came as normal. I had really exaggerated symptoms and I recall reading that very high hormone readings are often a sign of miscarriage to come. Anyway I was pretty bonkers from it so that might be why I wasn't interested! My SIL certainly gets broody from Byron but then she is always broody anyway.

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PeanutBean Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: May 2008 Location: Greater Manchester Posts: 18,226	Oh and yes there was a delightful experiment done in which women had the sweat of other women smeared on their top lips and they were found to converge period timings with those who the scent belonged to. The theory being that pheromones stimulate our systems to coincide.

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Pyrrhic Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 14,567	I've been super broody recently, and yesterday we had a 2 week old baby come into work. The baby was of course lovely and gorgeous, but seeing a newborn put me right off!

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lozzy21 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Teesside, Posts: 19,438	Im allways broody so i cant realy comment

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lozzy21 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Teesside, Posts: 19,438	I think our cycles regulate themselfs to the women we are close with goes back to our animal days. Like when animals have a "season" Its someting to do with if 2 womens babys are born at the same time and something happens to one of them woman, the other can feed her child and as our milk changes as the babys get older it will be geared to the babys age

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plutosblue Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cambrigeshire. Posts: 5,861	I think that babies definatly have some sort of appeal, I never knew what my mother meant by 'baby smell' until I held my baby cousin.. I couldn't have been any more gooey and he smelt so goood!! (Not that I go around sniffing babies, honest!) but ever since then I've had nothing but babies on the brain. I think its definatly a hormonal/scent thing, I'm not around my closest friends recently as they have all travelled away so maybe thats why I've spent ages waiting for AF!

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