I've been with my wife for 8 years, got married this year (we're both women), and have two step-sons aged 13 and 11. I could never decide whether or not I wanted kids myself before I met DW, and having two step-sons felt like a good compromise at the time, and I do absolutely adore them.
In the past year or so though I've desperatly wanted a child of my own. I had thought it would go away and it was just an age thing and that a lot of my friends had babies/young kids, but it hasn't and now I find myself crying about it when the boys are aware.
My wife has always said she'd like a child with me if I wanted one, and I have spoken to her about it and she's very keen to look further into it. We could afford it too. But my brain keeps telling me I'm being stupid. DW is 42, and even if I fell pregnant today we'd be 38 and 43 by the time the baby was born and it just feels so old. My step-sons would be teenagers with a baby sibling which wouldn't be great for them, and my relationship with my step-mum was awful after my brother was born for a long time and I really don't want that for my step-sons. I don't know if I would even be able to get pregnant at my age, or how long it would take.
I guess this is more a WWYD than an AIBU but I can't seem to get my desperation to have a child to settle with my brain.
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To want a baby even though I'm 37.
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Lollylolla · 11/10/2017 22:14
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