Is anyone else waiting to conceive?

[senorita81]

Hi all, I've been with my boyfriend a year now and we both want kids, I'm 32 and he's 38, I would have been pregnant yesterday if I had my way! But he wants to wait a year as he says he's not ready. I'm so broody, sometimes it comes in waves and it's so strong, to the point where it blocks out all irrationality, I was even being deliberately careless with the pill, in the hope that I would 'accidentally' get pregnant, but I soon came to my senses and stopped doing that. I respect that he wants to wait and won't have one till he's ready. Just worried that we will get to next year and he still won't be ready. I can't have him string me along, having a child is my dream. Is anyone else patiently waiting till their partner is ready and how are you coping with it?

You might want to try posting on this thread; there's been a waiting thread running on mumsnet for at least as long as I've been a member. Having others to talk to in the same boat kept me a bit less insane for the three years it took me to persuade DH to ttc.

I had to wait 4 frecking years before DP finally said yes. The other thread will def help you as you'll see loads in your situation, a lot of them older than you are. In the end, it was either me+baby or not me at all. Oh, and his little sister got pregnant, that helped. All circumstantial and excruciating. My thoughts are really with you.