Long time lurker, finally decided to join!
I need a bit of a shake up, or maybe just some reassurance that this is normal...
My DP and I have been talking about TTC for a few years, and last year we decided that we'd start this year around May. However, COVID delayed our plans as I needed to wait for some medical tests that were put on hold. Before that time I had been a bit nervous but pretty sure (maybe as it was far away!), but during lockdown months I was very broody, probably because I knew I couldn't do it then
However, the time has come this month to start TTC and I have been striked by absolute panic. I was pretty sure before, but a couple days before I was laying in bed and I suddenly had this feeling of OMG THIS IS FOREVER, and have been a mess since. I just can't take the plunge and do it.
My DP has wanted kids for years, and the thing is, I know I definetely want to have them, I just can't seem to decide to do it now. Logically I know I'm in a very good position to do it: we have good enough jobs, savings, a mortgage that we could have paid off in just 5 years, family support... We are 28 and 30, and I want to be a youngish mom, but at the same time I worry that maybe we should wait a bit more, as around here most people our age don't have children yet. On the other hand, I'm quite a homebody and it's not like I would be jetsetting across the world if I didn't have a baby now.
I'm also quite scared of pregnancy and childbirth, but I guess that's a bridge I'll need to cross at some time.
Anyone felt the same and managed to do it?
Thanks!
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MissCantDecide · 10/09/2020 07:22
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