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To want a baby but partner hasn't said yes or no

37 replies

Hannahblue3 · 14/03/2020 20:26

I know theres a virus going around at the moment but im broody lol...
I told my partner last month that I felt weird and nauseous all for 1 week. And I said I think I may be pregnant even though I take the pill but missed 1. So he said whatever happens we'll work through it. He works and is getting more work he said. And he even joked "it will look like you (me) and have his sense of humour".
When we first started dating that he doesn't mind if anything happens (as I wasn't sorted with contraception yet even though we used condoms.

Anyway so he hasn't said if he wants one. He doesn't have any children because his past relationships haven't lasted long enough. We love each other a lot and I'm broody. But I guess I just want him to say he's ready too. Any tips of getting him to? Or asking him

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LaBelleSauvage · 14/03/2020 22:34

How old are you?

Dozer · 14/03/2020 22:39

Your reasons for wanting a DC sound weak: that you love your DP and are broody.

As you’re not married, do you plan to continue to work FT after DC? Will your DP do half the parenting and domestic work? If you can’t discuss that, don’t ttc.

thethoughtfox · 14/03/2020 22:40

Please don't try to 'get him to agree'. Talk to him honestly. And if you feel you can't, you two are not ready to have a baby.

RedPanda2 · 14/03/2020 22:44

Hmm on a previous thread you said you'd been together 4 months....and you already have 2 children....maybe actually ask him?

AnneLovesGilbert · 14/03/2020 22:47

Is it 2 years or 4 months? This is your third thread about this and you say on your other threads you already have two kids. So you’ve done this all before and should be old enough and mature enough to have a discussion about contraception, kids and your life together.

Whether it’s a few months or a couple of years your kids haven’t had this man in their lives for very long and you really need to stop being dewy eyed about your broodiness and take a sensible approach to safe sex/ttc.

TerrorWig · 14/03/2020 23:06

If you can’t just have the conversation with the person you want to be the father then you’re not ready.

ViciousJackdaw · 14/03/2020 23:06

I said I think I may be pregnant even though I take the pill but missed 1

Did you not tell your partner you'd made a contraceptive error at the time then?

shinyredbus · 14/03/2020 23:11

Errrrr just ask him maybe 🤷🏻‍♀️ Why on Earth are you skirting around it?

Electrical · 14/03/2020 23:29

Oh wow, you’ve already had kids and haven’t been with this current boyfriend for very long (16 weeks? One year?) and you’re failing to use your contraception correctly? Time to put your existing kids first, 100%, mammalian urges aren’t relevant or important, simply think how your existing kids will cope with another sibling, how you’ll fund it and all of their future expenses, university etc, and the future of the planet. Your boyfriend should be way down the list of priorities, and ensure you use contraception correctly.

LolaDarkdestroyer · 15/03/2020 00:06

Are your kids 8 and 4 or 10 and 5? As you've changed their ages as well as the length of your relationship from 4 months to 2 years.

GhoulWithADragonTattoo · 15/03/2020 05:57

Stay on contraception until (a) you are married and (b) the coronavirus pandemic is over. I'd the same to anyone at the moment.

AgentJohnson · 15/03/2020 06:06

Oh FFS! Have a grown up conversation. I’m guessing the only reason you haven’t is because you’re afraid he doesn’t and prefer uncertainty than the possibility of the answer being no.

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