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What does feeling broody or wanting a child feel like?

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FisherthemsFriend · 28/04/2023 15:57

I don’t think I’ve ever felt this and would be curious to know. Have you always known you wanted children or did it arrive later, eg in your 30s or towards 40s?

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Snowjokes · 03/05/2023 07:24

MeanderingOnTheNorfolkBroads · 03/05/2023 07:09

No. I'm saying "broodiness" - ie, an affliction depicted by the media as impacting ALL women - typically in their 30s - doesn't exist.
But of course some women may still want children very much - in their 20s, and every other age too.
But it really is just "wanting something very much". It's not "broodiness".

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I totally disagree. “Broodiness” - not as depicted by the media but as felt by real women such as in this thread (not all women) is a totally different feeling to “wanting” anything else.

MeanderingOnTheNorfolkBroads · 03/05/2023 12:10

Snowjokes · 03/05/2023 07:24

I totally disagree. “Broodiness” - not as depicted by the media but as felt by real women such as in this thread (not all women) is a totally different feeling to “wanting” anything else.

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Well it certainly supports the patriarchy to claim as such and give it a label 👍
We unthinking women, helpless victims to the whims of our hormones, eh!

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