How long have you known you wanted kids? - Page 2

AmeliePoulain · Feb 26th, 2010, 15:14 PM

I have for as long as I can remember always been obsessed with anything to do with babies or pregnancy. Even when I was a little kid I used to wish to be old enough to have my own baby.

The first time I felt proper broody pangs though was in my second year at uni, so I would have been 19, I realised that having a baby was always going to mean more to me than anything else. I definitely think I was about 19 the first time I have cried over not being in the situation where we could have a baby yet.

I am pretty impressed that we have made it all the way to me being 24 given that the broodyness has been growing every year!

purple_turtle · Feb 26th, 2010, 20:03 PM

I've always known that I want kids, but I wanted to be in my late 20s before I did - I wanted to get married at 26 and start a family at 28, and by fluke, DH and I did marry when I was 26. Don't think I'll manage to convince him to TTC when I'm 28 though, I think it's a bit too soon for him! We knew that we wanted to get married and just enjoy being married before starting a family, but the real broodiness is getting stronger by the day right now

dontworry · Feb 26th, 2010, 21:08 PM

I've always been real obsessed with babies, too. I've honestly never been passionate about anything but them - they just give me so much joy. I can see a baby while I'm standing in line at a store, and all I think about it making him smile, or kissing his cheeks, or hearing him coo at me. I know my OH probably won't let us have more than 3 of our own, but I am completely positive about adopting children, especially with special needs, and maybe fostering for a few years. My OH's grandparents have adopted 10 kids throughout their lives, and still have one 22 year old at home with Down's Syndrome, which is why my OH is so keen on adopting a child with it. I'm 100% supportive of that.

I'm just so happy that I've found someone who wants kids at badly as I do. I remember growing up and telling people that I was never gonna get married, but I was gonna have tons of kids. lol. I'm glad I've found someone I could actually stand being with for the rest of my life. x)

lozzy21 · Feb 27th, 2010, 06:29 AM

Iv allways known i wanted kids, im just waiting for my OH to pull his finger out

amyclaire · Feb 27th, 2010, 08:37 AM

I've always known I want children. Become mega broody since being with my current boyfriend. So about 2 years. I would love 4 but would be content (ish) with 2

I've basically been really broody since I realised that being a mother is the only thing I'm truly passionate about xxxx

cleckner04 · Feb 27th, 2010, 11:03 AM

I have always wanted kids. I have always been so unsure about my future. Career? No clue what I want to go to school for. But kids? Always.

Ideally I would love to have 4 kids but financially I'm not sure. Once you hit 4 you have to start looking for bigger vehicles, ect.

I will say I want 2 at least. If we end up having a boy next, I'll probably stop there.

fuffyburra · Feb 28th, 2010, 06:54 AM

As a child I don't remember thinking about it, as there were never any babies in my family, so I wasn't aroudn them enough to think about them. But when I was about 13 or 14 my friend's older sister had a baby and we looked after it for a few hours and I knew lol.
There's never been any doubt in my head, I've never once said "I don't ever want children" and I've never been worried about it, but when I was in my teens I thought I'd get a job I love, travel a bit, whatever. Then I realised when I started working in the toy shop (I was about 17) that my dream job would be being a parent, so all my plans went out the window! Still not really sure what I'm doing til I have kids, but I'll figure something out

Damita · Feb 28th, 2010, 07:09 AM

Well I did want them when I was 18, had a miscarriage and went off the whole idea, but since being with my husband we have wanted children

EstelSeren · Feb 28th, 2010, 08:44 AM

I think I've always wanted kids in an abstract way- I could see myself with children at some point in the vague future. It was only when I settled down with my OH just under 3 and a half years ago that the need to have children became real and since then it has just grown exponentially for both me and OH, to the point where we've just decided that there will never be a perfect time and we'll just cope because we just can't wait any more. We're done being incredibly sensible and are just about ready to crack!! So we're ditching contraception at the end of next month and seeing how it goes ntnp once we're married! (I planned the date I finished the pill so that I should have finished the withdrawal bleed the Friday before the wedding!!)

Beca

plutosblue · Feb 28th, 2010, 11:20 AM

Umm well I have always been facinated by the idea of giving birth as soon as I figured out how and where babies came from (I remember when I was young I used to play maternity with my friend and we used to take it in turns delivering teddies from under our tops)

Then when I was a teenager I went off kids a little (I babysat my twin cousins, lovely but challenging!)

So I guess I have always known I have wanted children even when I was little, but I have only just recently gotten used to the idea of it properly happening. The broodyness is creeping up on me,

Feb 26th, 2010, 15:14 PM	#11
AmeliePoulain Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Oxfordshire : ) Posts: 8,734	I have for as long as I can remember always been obsessed with anything to do with babies or pregnancy. Even when I was a little kid I used to wish to be old enough to have my own baby. The first time I felt proper broody pangs though was in my second year at uni, so I would have been 19, I realised that having a baby was always going to mean more to me than anything else. I definitely think I was about 19 the first time I have cried over not being in the situation where we could have a baby yet. I am pretty impressed that we have made it all the way to me being 24 given that the broodyness has been growing every year!

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Feb 26th, 2010, 20:03 PM	#12
purple_turtle Waiting To Try (WTT) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: London Posts: 32	I've always known that I want kids, but I wanted to be in my late 20s before I did - I wanted to get married at 26 and start a family at 28, and by fluke, DH and I did marry when I was 26. Don't think I'll manage to convince him to TTC when I'm 28 though, I think it's a bit too soon for him! We knew that we wanted to get married and just enjoy being married before starting a family, but the real broodiness is getting stronger by the day right now

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Feb 26th, 2010, 21:08 PM	#13
dontworry Trying to conceive (TTC) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: California Posts: 2,763	I've always been real obsessed with babies, too. I've honestly never been passionate about anything but them - they just give me so much joy. I can see a baby while I'm standing in line at a store, and all I think about it making him smile, or kissing his cheeks, or hearing him coo at me. I know my OH probably won't let us have more than 3 of our own, but I am completely positive about adopting children, especially with special needs, and maybe fostering for a few years. My OH's grandparents have adopted 10 kids throughout their lives, and still have one 22 year old at home with Down's Syndrome, which is why my OH is so keen on adopting a child with it. I'm 100% supportive of that. I'm just so happy that I've found someone who wants kids at badly as I do. I remember growing up and telling people that I was never gonna get married, but I was gonna have tons of kids. lol. I'm glad I've found someone I could actually stand being with for the rest of my life. x)

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Feb 27th, 2010, 06:29 AM	#14
lozzy21 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Teesside, Posts: 19,439	Iv allways known i wanted kids, im just waiting for my OH to pull his finger out

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Feb 27th, 2010, 08:37 AM	#15
amyclaire Waiting To Try (WTT) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 662	I've always known I want children. Become mega broody since being with my current boyfriend. So about 2 years. I would love 4 but would be content (ish) with 2 I've basically been really broody since I realised that being a mother is the only thing I'm truly passionate about xxxx

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Feb 27th, 2010, 11:03 AM	#16
cleckner04 Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 21,311	I have always wanted kids. I have always been so unsure about my future. Career? No clue what I want to go to school for. But kids? Always. Ideally I would love to have 4 kids but financially I'm not sure. Once you hit 4 you have to start looking for bigger vehicles, ect. I will say I want 2 at least. If we end up having a boy next, I'll probably stop there.

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Feb 28th, 2010, 06:54 AM	#17
fuffyburra Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: West Sussex, England Posts: 2,148	As a child I don't remember thinking about it, as there were never any babies in my family, so I wasn't aroudn them enough to think about them. But when I was about 13 or 14 my friend's older sister had a baby and we looked after it for a few hours and I knew lol. There's never been any doubt in my head, I've never once said "I don't ever want children" and I've never been worried about it, but when I was in my teens I thought I'd get a job I love, travel a bit, whatever. Then I realised when I started working in the toy shop (I was about 17) that my dream job would be being a parent, so all my plans went out the window! Still not really sure what I'm doing til I have kids, but I'll figure something out

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Feb 28th, 2010, 07:09 AM	#18
Damita Trying to conceive (TTC) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: England, UK Posts: 9,512	Well I did want them when I was 18, had a miscarriage and went off the whole idea, but since being with my husband we have wanted children

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Feb 28th, 2010, 08:44 AM	#19
EstelSeren Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Aberystwyth Posts: 1,336	I think I've always wanted kids in an abstract way- I could see myself with children at some point in the vague future. It was only when I settled down with my OH just under 3 and a half years ago that the need to have children became real and since then it has just grown exponentially for both me and OH, to the point where we've just decided that there will never be a perfect time and we'll just cope because we just can't wait any more. We're done being incredibly sensible and are just about ready to crack!! So we're ditching contraception at the end of next month and seeing how it goes ntnp once we're married! (I planned the date I finished the pill so that I should have finished the withdrawal bleed the Friday before the wedding!!) Beca

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Feb 28th, 2010, 11:20 AM	#20
plutosblue Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cambrigeshire. Posts: 5,861	Umm well I have always been facinated by the idea of giving birth as soon as I figured out how and where babies came from (I remember when I was young I used to play maternity with my friend and we used to take it in turns delivering teddies from under our tops) Then when I was a teenager I went off kids a little (I babysat my twin cousins, lovely but challenging!) So I guess I have always known I have wanted children even when I was little, but I have only just recently gotten used to the idea of it properly happening. The broodyness is creeping up on me,

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