Is it normal to want to have a baby?

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For the last few months, I have had this overwhelming urge to become a mom. I know that I'm not financially prepared for a baby, but I feel emotionally ready. My boyfriend and I speak in hypothetical terms all the time about kids in the future. Almost like he's dropping hints. (He's in the military and I have a minimum wage job)

When I'm out shopping or with my friends, and I see a baby, I absolutely melt inside and get all gushy and it makes me want a child even more. My boyfriends sister is expecting, and I was so excited at the idea of shopping for the new baby that will be coming into his family.

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  • Listen
    12 years ago | pl

    You should get out of the habit of 'dropping hints' within a marriage. Talk about it, even if it may take a lot of work.

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  • Biohazard
    12 years ago | pl

    wait until ur sister has the baby. offer to babysit a couple times so u can see if u can handle it, then decide. but if ur sister ends up having a very calm baby don't base ur judgment on that 'cause then when u have one of ur own u'll expect a calm one and that's the last thing u want to assume.

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  • jbkittie
    12 years ago | pl

    Calm the fuck down deaddread. I don't see how it's "selfish" to want a child.

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  • Tancho
    12 years ago | pl

    At the very least have a stable relationship and the funds to do it - I hate my well earned wages being zapped in tax to pay for other peoples kids cos they couldn't wait until they were financially stable themselves!

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  • alv1592
    12 years ago | pl

    that's great that you want children, but be sure that you're ready before you have them. good luck :)

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago | pl

    Me and my girlfriend know exactly how you feel. She wants to be a mom and I want to be a dad, but we chose to wait to finish school. We probably would have shared the same shoes, if I didn't receive a serious injury that hindered my military career. Yeah so you guys will have to find that fine line between urge and supportably for raising a family. All I can say now is I wish you the best of luck with your decision.

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  • jbkittie
    12 years ago | pl

    My sister already had a baby, and I did the babysitting thing with her, and my baby brother, so I know I can handle it lol. It's my boyfriends sister that is expecting. =]

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    • MahBoi24
      11 years ago | pl

      You know you can handle it based on a little babysitting? SERIOUSLY? Are you really that stupid? You had the ability to give the kid back to her parents. You didn't have to raise your brother. Parenting is a completely different ballpark from babysitting, where you only have to look after the kid for a while. You're sure you can handle raising a child to be a good, productive member of society? You're ready and able to handle all those sleepless nights? You're ready to deal with all the noise, all the tears, all the gross crap that babies do, without the ability to give it back to its parents? Hey, if you are...great. But I just have to say, babysitting doesn't automatically make you ready to handle a child of your own.

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago | pl

    Yes, do it!!!

    That is if you want to destroy your life, your probably no older than 20...

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