So I come forth from the shadows...

NerdyLucy

That's my fancy way of saying that I'm going to stop lurking for a moment to actually post something.

 

This may have been already asking 5,697 times, but when did you finally get baby-on-the-brain syndrome? 

Have you always had it, or was it something that occured very suddenly?

 

I'm asking because I'm 29 (will be 30 in November) and it's something that has hit me like a ton of bricks.  It's like in the past few months, I've suddenly been thinking of babies all the freakin' time.  I find myself looking at strollers online, researching the pros and cons of cloth diapers versus disposables, etc.  This isn't something I was ever even remotely interesting before.

 

At first I thought that it could be because all of my friends/cousins are either having children or have already had them, but I do think it's really a biological urge coming on.

I have always heard people refer to it in this manner, but for whatever stupid reason, I'm still surprised at how fast and sudden it was.

 

Of course, I'm not implying that we'll be TTCing anytime soon as a result, but I do think within the next year, we'll be considering a time to TTC.

 

Anyway, so how did this "urge" come for you?

 

oneblessedmess

Right after I got married. I'm very much a planner. Once the wedding was done, my mind was on to the next big "life event".

NerdyLucy

AMazeOfGrace said:

Right after I got married. I'm very much a planner. Once the wedding was done, my mind was on to the next big "life event".

You know, that occured to me as well.  I've thought, "Well, maybe I'm getting excited because now we're going to be married, and on some level I feel more ready somehow." That could be it, or it could be more of a coincidence.

MarieF2

Yeah mine became super bad as soon as the wedding was over, but I've always been a little baby crazy lol.

oneblessedmess

Yup, I've always known I wanted to be a mom, used to make lists of potential baby names when I was in high school, but it wasn't until I got married that I started doing the exact same things you're doing OP (checking out cloth diapers vs. disposables, what kind of furniture I'll need, heck we're getting new health insurance and the part I'm most concerned with is which plan will provide the best maternity coverage! xD )

Sadly my husband isn't as gung-ho and we could really be in a better place financially, so we probably won't be actively trying for a while. But when it happens I'll be well prepared LOL.

NerdyLucy

That makes sense. Thanks, guys.