Not broody - will it come to me?

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I'm 27 and married.

Not yet feeling broody whilst all my friends have been for years.

Will it come to me?

When did it come to you?

It never really did with me, but my two DCs aged 6 and 8 are the best thing that ever happened to me. I was another one who got to mid 30s and thought it's now or never.

I only got that broody feeling after I'd had two children and knew I wasn't to have any more. Now I look at babies and wish I could do it all again, - I'm not saying I didn't enjoy mine when they were babies, I just wish it hadn't all gone so quickly.

It's odd isn't it?

I never wanted more than two either, but I do sometimes catch myself looking rather enviously at mums with new babies in prams.

I was very sure I did not want children (despite DP being very keen for a long while) and then a switched flicked at 37! Hormones are very weird things!

Surely keeping her alive and well is a maternal instinct?

I was 'Broody' but I was still terrified of at first the actual birth as I am a fainter, dislike needles, hospitals etc- 2 children have cured that! I was also very daunted by being a mum to a baby, it's not like my desire to have a baby equipped me with an automatic ability to take care of a baby but I think it does come easier to some more than others. I have a friend like that who unwittingly made me feel very inadequate when my DC1 was a baby.

Never been broody, have one child and am utterly horrified at the thought of having more, so much so I was sterilised at 30.

I'm 44, have never been broody and am child-free by choice. Some might say it's because I've never met "Mr Right" (even though I've had more than enough BFs to increase my chances!), but I think I'm just lacking the broody gene as I just don't find babies cute or appealing at all. I'm not remotely interested in spending any time with kids either; it's not even a case of liking them provided I can hand them back to their parents either

I have never been broody. I wanted DD for rational reasons - I knew DH would make a terrific father and that he wanted children; I thought it would be an interesting adventure to have a child. DD has enhanced my life in inumerable ways and life is now an amazing adventure. But I still am not broody.

I'm 36 and married for 10 yrs and still have no interest in having kids.

We do always operate on the 'never say never' theory but kids bore the pants of me generally. DH says he's too old at 44

DH has always said he expects me to change my mind at some time. From a lot of the posts above that might still happen and i hope if it does it's not too late.

I think everyone's different which is what makes us brilliant.
I was broody at 18 after a surprise (pill and condoms) miscarriage type thing. Had dd at 20 and yearned for another when she was about 11 months - now pregnant with dc 2 (11 weeks).

I think I got broody on the earlier side and I'm sure I could've waited but I had the right circumstances (for us) and I wouldn't change anything.

Not everyone has to have kids either, some people don't want to and that's ok too.

Apart from a week or so after my 30th birthday, I've never felt broody - am now 37 with no man on the scene and have been advised not to get pregnant for medical reasons which suits me fine. Never say never but would be very surprised if I ever had children.

As a teenager I was not bothered at by getting married/having kids, could never really picture that. Then at 20 I worked as a nanny for some lovely kids and that made me realise that having your 'own' could be something fun and worthwhile, but did not make me broody.

At 28 my first close friend was trying to TTC and when her DD was born a year later it definitely made me think 'oh I want one now!'

For the first time I started going on ttc/pregnancy sites, taking an interest in what celebrities were pregnant, even charting my periods, that kind of thing, whereas before that all went completely under my radar.

Started TTC after getting married at nearly 30 and had DD at 31, and DD2 at 35.

So for me it was the fact that I was all of a sudden interested in babies/ttc/pregnancy etc, more than an actual 'broody' feeling - but I guess that is what was driving it.