To think the broodiness does actually go away?

[Cadela]

Oh my god I want another baby SO much. However - am a lone parent, really don’t want to date, Dd is 7 and we’re in such a groove now, don’t want to send things tits up.

But my god alive all I can think about is babies. PLEASE tell me this goes away eventually. Shall I get a kitten?

Oh I’m 36 so I assume it’s my body’s way of saying OI!! Crack on love you’ve not got long left!!!

It only went away after my third child I'm afraid!

I felt broody up until 40 I'll now mid 40s and it's gone, my mind and body says I'm past it now so no point feeling broody.
You've still got time at 36, if not kittens are a good alternative.

See I truly think if I was to have a second I’d really be done. I’m so scared I’ll regret not having another.

I even crave the god awful three year old times that nearly sent me over the edge with Dd. It’s such a strong urge.

Real life takes over and you move on. It is impossible to stay at this stage for ever , you just move along with life .

After 2 I knew I didn't want anymore. Absolutely categorically no way. I did go through a phase though where I couldn't stop looking at babies. It felt really primal and hormone driven. It was like my body and hormones were going for a final push to get pregnant. Not possible thank god as DH had a vasectomy. It was something I just had to push through and eventually came out the other side and the feeling passed. So yes, in my experience it did pass.

Late 40's, it went some years ago. We got a puppy tho.

It went the second my third child was delivered

Not helpful sorry

I never got the second child I wanted. It hurt but it did go eventually.

I hope so as I have 2 children age 5 and 1, and keep thinking about a third.

I can’t though - no space in our house, would have to upgrade the car, my career has already taken a hit, my health isn’t up to it and my last birth was very dicey.

I know focussing on the two I have is the right thing but still!

I was desperate for a dc3 right until I turned 40. Sometimes I think I'd love another, but I do feel the broodiness isn't really there now. We've two teenagers and I really cannot contemplate babies now.

I ached for a child, physically ached. But it wasn’t to be and it did go. Having my cat really helped.

Have another

It didn't go away as such. I just accepted I'd only have two children and that was that.

I ended up having my third when my other children were 13 and 9. It went away after I delivered.

I think for some people broodieness is never there, for some it goes once they’ve had a certain number of children and for some it never goes, even long after they know they’re done for various reasons… I have 3 and desperately would love a 4th even though I know it’s 99% not happening. There’s no right way to feel. Hugs, OP.

Absolutely yes it does go.
I wasn't even that fussed before I got pregnant, no hormonal urge at all, just a 'he's a nice bloke, right time in my life' thought process.

After baby number two (34 ish) I was absolutely desperate for a third. My doctor actually recommended a kitten!
I didn't have the kid or the hormonal baby. And I am so pleased. The hormonal urge went and now I look back at that moment with bemusement at how obsessed I was. And it was proper obsession.
Life did move on, although I treasured the baby years, the toddler years were fun and the primary school years were rewarding and the teen years have been warm, etc.

Hope the madness fades soon, and enjoy you child. It's not always easy, sometimes you have to dig deep to find the day to day fun. but nostalgia and hormones are certainly a fools dream.

I have a 4 year old and a 5 month old and all I can think about is having another baby. Also 36. It is insane.

Mine has gone now, but I've had six and we only stopped as we had filled the bedrooms.
I think it was a biological change, I felt broody from a teen until my body realised that I was done.

I think for some it never goes away. I knew once the youngest was born I was two and done (aged 33). I had my tubes out when he was 14 months old so definitely no more. I look at newborns now and this "nawww they are cute" and then the rational part of my brain kicks in and I think TF I no longer get sleepless nights and all that comes with a newborn. I notice it more now mine are 3 and 5 and the youngest is no longer a 'baby'.

It was rampant late thirties early forties. It went away mid forties but that's when we got a dog, and I haven't had time to be broody since then so I'm not sure if it subsided or I got distracted.

I still see little babies and toddlers when out and about with DP and we both give each other the look, and get a bit misty eyed, but it is what it is once you're past the point of no return so it feels different.