Why am I so broody

[Girlonfire1998]

Hi guys :)
So I'm only 19 years of age and my boyfriend is 28.
For some reason I have been getting extremely broody these past few months and I don't know why as I'm in no position to have a child right now as I'm a student.
My boyfriend has an amazing job and has the funds for a house and a family and would like children but I haven't been telling him how much I want one as of late.
One of my friends at university has just announced she is pregnant and I became extremely jealous and it makes no sense, as I should be happy for her as she miss-carried earlier this year.
Please if anyone has any advice on how to deal with this broody-ness it would be a great help x

Nope nope nope.

You need to focus on yourself and your degree. You'll be in a far better position to have a child once you've finished university.

I know your boyfriend has the funds, but the worst thing you could do is to have a baby now and have to be financially reliant on someone else.

Your teens/early 20s should be the most carefree of your life, IMO. You've plenty of time to become a mother, become you first

OP I had the same problem a she back when my friend had a baby and then another friend who lives in the same street fell pregnant and another woman I know! I was determined to have a third dc because I was so broody. Now 6 months later not so much. I had a baby at 18 and I love him with all my heart but it was hard work. Although I was alone. Finish your studying get a job then see how you feel. Don't dive in head first.

I think it's just hard. So many people I know have got pregnant and I know I am in no way shape or form ready for one but the feelings of wanting one is just frying my brain D:
Just wondering how you tackled the craving for a kid

I got this after meeting my husban at 18. I think for a lot of people it's just a question of meeting the right person and then being like I really want your baby. I had my first child at your age actually.

I have two friends that had babies at uni. One dropped out and has never really made a career or had a job and the other got her degree but never used it. I had a baby relatively young at 24, I love my daughter and she's amazing but if I could have had her a few years later then I would have. There is so much I would have liked to have done before having children. I ended up leaving a six year gap between her and my second child, because trying to progress in a career whilst paying for nursery etc is so hard, and that's on two salaries. Think carefully about this, I wish you the best!

I had my daughter at 21 during a break from uni (I'd deferred due to lack of support with MH issues and hadn't planned to get pregnant) I love her with all my heart, she is the love of my life, but it is very very hard seeing my peers starting amazing careers and travelling while I'm doing colouring and walking round the park with DD everyday and so tired I can't even contemplate doing anything for myself. Live your life a bit before you have DC, honestly it will put you in a better position to decide when you want them and you won't feel so unfulfilled. The urges are hormonal and will pass, it will be a much easier and happier experience of having a baby if you already have your financial independence in place. How long have you been with your partner? It's great that he would be in a position to support you and any DC, but it isn't wise to make yourself beholden to a man for money, believe me it is a lot harder to find a decent job when you have to work around DC.

Can someone help me I don't understand what is going on with me. I am 19 years old and I always loved kids. But for the past few months there is nothing I want more than to have my own baby. My boyfriend is 22 but neither of us are in a position to have kids we don't have money I don't have a job because I'm still studying but I get so jealous when I see pregnant women or women with children. Is there something wrong with me mentally? Dose anyone know what is going on with me?

It will pass! I felt the same at your age. I think as much as anything I was longing for family life - the security and love of having a family of my own etc.

It did fade! And then reignited years later when I could actually contemplate having a baby use this time to focus on your studies and your career so that you can build the kind of life you would be happy to bring a baby into.

It's a biological urge op it will pass, having kids is brilliant but honestly it's important to wait until you feel the time is right. You know yourself now it's now otherwise there would be no internal conflict.

They require 24 hours a day attention and care and as wonderful and rewarding as being a parent is, it's also extremely hard, like insanely hard, and not something you should sacrifice your uni and your youth for.