Is it normal for me to crave pregnancy?

As you read this tale consider the fact that I am a highly analytical, goal oriented girl. I cannot make any logical sense of my desire. Ever since I've been in high school, I would randomly have dreams of being pregnant that were so vivid and real that I would wake up with the heartbreaking feeling that I lost my baby....you know...the one that doesn't exist? I'm 20 now and just had another one of those dreams and I feel like I've got baby fever. I know it is completely and thoroughly irrational, and it just doesn't make sense but I want to have a baby, despite the fact that my current goals and ambitions and lifestyle screams that I cannot have one right now. I am craving pregnancy, and it's really weird to me. Is it normal for a rational, professional young woman like me to feel this way?

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Based on 54 votes (41 yes)
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  • CheyChey

    Hah get out of my head. same age as you and I want a baby it's ridiculous but for me it'll pass I hope because having a baby does not fit into my plans but there's this voice in the back of my mind that says I could make it work but reality is I don't have a boyfriend or any person that I could potentially make a baby with, I grew up with only a brother and wanted to have a sister badly and when I say I want a baby I always imagine having a little girl so it's really a matter of a misplaced need. Sometimes I feel there are certain things in my life that are crap and having this baby would be something great done by me, also I have an eating disorder and the effects of eating disorders on fertility I just want to have a baby now before my body is ruined farther because an ED isn't that easy to get rid of then again I wouldn't even be able to care for a baby when I can't take care of myself. I've said a lot but my advice to you is keep those thoughts in your head as a wonderful fantasy that will come true one day, having kids is about timing 20 is too young there's so much to do before you have kids.

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  • 53739

    It is possible to experience such illusions as a result of alien abductions.

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  • MrsRainbow

    Raging hormones - I was exactly the same from about 16 ;) You will make a good mother some day.

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  • bellablack90

    I'm a professional woman in my late 30s and still childless, but I keep having baby dreams..last nite I dreamt that i was pregnant and my baby died...so yes, what you're thinking/feeling is perfectly normal.

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  • PREGNANCYISHOT

    It has gotten to the point where I had to buy a 9 months practise pregnant belly suite which I had to give up in March 2013, since my one and only bf found it and took to a charity shop. However I never really said that I had brought it or why. I feel empty without it.

    I loved to still act very very fat and pregnant too wearing tight clothes (sometimes I wear an old swimming suite stuffed to the max) and a very tight belt. It does not feel the same anymore, and does not feel like I am carrying a baby.

    Reading all of these comments on this website about pregnancy, sex, masturbating and porn turns me on, so wet!!!! God help me.... towel rubbing me feeling so nice

    I am pre-longing the end so much it is making me feel like crap, like I am not having a baby :-(, I do that so much these days. Cannot say why I love to make it last so long that the feeling turns to crap and not like nice masturbating anymore

    It is an itch that want go away lol I agree without some pregnancy porn at times to masturbate too, it would not be so good. Everyone should enjoy porn now and again, or sexy things which turn them on - for me big fat pregnant tummies.

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  • Isabella80s

    One word - hormones. I'm not in a position right now either but sometimes I can't help but think about having a baby. AND when people announce they're pregnant or have a baby, I'm happy for them but I also get jealous... it can be really hard to deal with! Your natural maternal instinct is kicking in. Mine did around the age of 20 too. Now, a few years down the line, I have to sometimes fight the urge to try and get pregnant when the right time in the month rolls round. Dear oh dear - what a laugh, right?!

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  • scary_back_fat

    i can get you a baby, £2.50, no questions asked....

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  • xoamberox

    It's totally normal I've just had my second baby 7 months ago my first being only 2 years old (so I'm sure you can guess I have my hands full) yet I still feel I want, crave another baby which I know is completely irrational! Just focuss on what's best for you right now having children is a gift but its much better if you Wait :)

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  • Hussainthemvp

    Really normal woman are like that yaknow?

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  • barbara.ella1999

    you are lucky that you can be pregnant, I can't because I'm sterile...

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  • Memehoney

    Before my ex and I broke up I wasn't 100% trying to get pregnant but I knew if I did it wouldn't have been bad because I wanted a kid by him. Despite his flaws he's a good guy & would make a great dad. I believe now if I did get pregnant by him id be happy. Many of my friends have kids and I'm 21 I dont want to wake up & be 30 no kids or anything I want a least 1 by the time I turn 25 or 26. Preferably by him and it's both our 1st born. I think pregnancy is beautiful and the happiest time for women and couples. I want that.. The big belly bad eating habits and most of all the hormones (gorgeous hair, skin, & nails)... I didn't use to want kids but I secretly do want a baby & to be pregnant even I say otherwise. :)

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  • Thearmsofpeace

    Humans ARE irrational... It's just the way we're wired. Why did the French keep fighting after Hitler had taken 3/4 of their kingdom? Why did the Russians burn Moscow to the ground rather than fight Napoleon for it? Why do people believe that there is an all-knowing being in the sky? WHY THE FUCK DOES MATH WORK? Because it does. And that is all you need to know... That being said, I wouldn't suggest having a child right now, especially if you want to be an intellectual.

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  • thinkingaboutit

    eh give it a few years. The feeling will ebb.

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  • ForMyPeaceOfMind

    You are still very young, try not to lose sight of your hopes and dreams. When you're older and the time is right, then have a baby....but a fantasy of having your very own little person is usually very different from the reality of caring for one. They take a LOT of work and are more expensive than one could ever imagine. I advise you to take your time and continue to check the things off your goal list before becoming a baby factory!

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  • NeuroNeptunian

    Sounds like the Pon Far to me. Kidding.

    Yeah, no matter how rational and professional you are, you are still a WOMAN and most women have the BIOLOGICAL DESIRE to bear children. There are some things that you can't logic and reason yourself out of and Biology is one of them.

    You can exercise restraint and make sure that you don't have children until you are ready or any at all, but regardless, no amount of logic or reasoning will make that biological desire disappear. I am a very goal oriented, 20 year old working college student and even I struggle with this.

    Unless you want to have to compromise yourself at this young age, it's best that you just deal. Some of the best things in life are the ones that are worth waiting for.

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