Terribly broody but not planning more children

[Diel]

I have 3 children and had a miscarriage last year following an unplanned, but welcomed pregnancy. I know that having any more children would not be wise for many reasons (money, time, energy, other children's needs, age) but I crave being pregnant and giving birth hugely. Am I unusual? Does it pass? My head is a certain no but my body wants to be pregnant! Aibu to ask if you have experienced this? Thanks

It passes, trust me. Enjoy the family you have and plan for a brilliant future!

This may be a bit amateur psychology, but do you think maybe you haven't fully processed the miscarriage? Sounds like it was a significant loss

Thank you. It was a significant loss however it was very early on (I understand early loss can be extremely painful for lots of people) but for me personally I found this easier to deal with and actually helped me decide that I definitely felt my family was complete. Apologies if anyone finds my view upsetting, I am in no way belittling any pregnancy at any stage. It just feels such a physical desire to be pregnant :/

It will pass it time. Just focus on your family and take it one day at a time.

Thank you :)

I know it's hard to imagine now but...maybe a baby wouldn't be so bad?

Your body wants to be pregnant, your common sense doesn't. Go get some rocksolid contraception that you can't 'accidentally' forget to use if you don't want to be welcoming baby no4 next year. Yanbu, I suspect this physical urge to be pregnant against all common sense accounts for a lot of 'accidental' pregnancies.

I have 2, we ttc a 3rd for almost a year but nothing happened and was stressing us out.... so we decided that we'd stick with the 2.

I think of all the positives... I could now get a job cos the kids are in school, so we can afford to go on more holidays and treat them, we dont need a bigger car, we dont need to buy a new caravan, I no longer need to do multiple nighttime wake ups.

yes sometimes I do yearn for another... I dont know if its something to do with the total mess that was my daughters early months.... she refused breast feeding, she didn't like cuddles, I ended up in hospital twice and had an operation...so maybe I am wanting to do it one last time and do it all better....
THEN.... I will feel sick and realise I DO NOT want morning sickness again, or kids will wake up in the night and I realise I DO NOT want to do the night feeds again, I don't want to do nappies, I don't want the extra washing of bottles, I don't want to be searching for a dummy in the pitch dark because baby has lost the 10 that I put in the cot an hour earlier....
sorry, long post.... What I'm saying is the yearning is there for many, we just take it one day at a time.... think of positives/negatives to another baby or of no baby....