Do you ever lose that broody feeling?

[inmyshoos]

I am 39. All of a sudden I feel like the chance to have anymore dc is passing me by. I cant imagine not having another wee baby, being pregnant, breast feeding....

If I dont try now it will definitely be too late but I am so frightened of it going wrong. Miscarriage (been there before and it was awful), last baby although a lovely homebirth was a mild shoulder dystocia, worried about higher risk of things going wrong with my being older.

How do you make a decision. It is so hard. It seems like such a big gamble but the idea of not even trying makes me so sad.
In many ways I feel I would be pushing my luck but on the other hand so many friends/family members have had 5 babies and not a hint of a problem.

Anyone else felt like this? My dc are 7, 8 and 11.

I felt like you for many years but finally lost the feeling when my 5th child was 3. (I was 47) She's now 8 and it hasn't ever returned.

idantherene can i ask how it was having your 5th child at 44? And can I ask how old you were when you had your other children?

My dh is 41 and I am 39. I am a bit worried about my age but it surprises me how worried dh is. Makes me feel v. old!! I was kinda expecting him to be like 'fgs we are still young!!'

I think I will be forever broody. Makes me feel sad, I hope it passes

We have 4dc and that broody feeling has gone. It was such a physical need that I could never understand how it would go but I really don't want anymore. I think it is because I am at my limit physically and emotionally that the thought of having to "give" anymore fills me with horror!

I was 22 with DC1 and 28 with DC4.

The fifth pregnancy was much harder on me than any of the others, despite being just as straightforward.

The first 3 years with her were fabulous but as she's got bigger obviously the difference s are more noticeable. DH was really hands on with the older ones but now just wants to sit and watch TV.

I've just had DC6 at the age of nearly 48!

Guessing it will be physically impossible now but would still be broody for another one

My broody feeling went after dd3. It was very odd. I look at babies now and think 'Ahhhhh....no.'

I waa exactly lime you op. 39 with 5 dc. I had dc6 at 40. Fine. No problems at all.

Im 42 & still feel broody!

I use to be sooo broody. Every little baby I seen made my ovaries twitch. If there was a baby in my company I'd what a hold and a cuddle. Then i had my third child and just felt complete and the broodiness has completely gone. Babys are of no interest to me anymore and I see a pregnant woman and think thank God I don't need to go through that again(I had awful, awful pregnancies,hyperemisis -being sick up to thirty times a day)

I do know there is women who never feel complete. I guess you just need to way up your circumstances and decide from there how many children you can have. Even if I was still broody I wouldn't of had a forth due to finances and i just wouldn't want four, three's time consuming enough for us.

I've 3 and would love another. It makes zero sense on paper but it's like a physical need, I wish it would go away so I could make a rational decision!