I've never wanted children. I was that kid who left her baby doll in the bushes outside because it cried. I've never seen the attraction personally but I'm very close to my niece who is 6 - everyone said having a niece and spending time with her would change how I felt but no. I love her, we have an amazing time together (she stays with me twice a week) but I've never seen her and thought 'I want one of my own'. Same with friends' babies/children or anyone else in the family. I dont hate them, just never been wholly convinced by the concept. Which is fine. No kids for me, I'm very career-focused, I've spent the last 8 years after Uni moving around the country getting as much experience as possible and have now landed a mid-high management position which I love. My plan is to keep climbing the ladder at my organisation and I want to do some more study at some point.
Fast forward to last month. Suddenly, literally our of nowhere Ive been hit by this wave of wanting a baby. To the extent that I'm spending a lot of times on threads here looking at the pros and cons, visiting friends with babies more (I visited them anyway ofc but there's definitely been a step up). I've even worked out financially how ML etc could work. Its like this craving to hold a baby, in the same way I crave food when I'm hungry almost.
What's going on?! Where have these feelings come from and why now?! Has anyone had something similar happen? Did the feelings go away or did you end up having a child?
For background, I'm late twenties, household income above £50k, been with partner for 3 years. He's in the same boat as I was, kids are nice but not for us! I also have a medical condition that while wouldn't stop me from having a kid, could make pregnancy and early childhood risky for me.