Clock Ticking?

Last night I was wearing an empire dress and, by chance, I placed my hand right below the empire band and thought, "I could wear this dress while I was pregnant." And then I thought, "Woah."

And then I thought, "Wouldn't that be awesome?"

And then I imagined that my bloated belly full from a very big (and healthy) dinner was a little bun in the oven. And I smiled. And I thought, "Wow. That would be amazing."

Sheesh. I just turned 32. i'm still in grad school (almost done!) and am not in a place right now to be having kids. But, man, those gotta-have-a-baby-soon-if-not-sooner urges are really starting to kick in.

Anyone else have a ticking clock? I feel like I'm going baby crazy!

• ME!!! I feel it too! I am almost 28 and still trying to finish my undergrad in Sociology ( I took the scenic route!) Recently I have REALLY been feeling that push towards a baby. It doesn't help that my best friend is currently pregnant with her second. I mean where did the time go? I know we still have plenty of time, but right now I see babies everywhere! I never noticed before.  What is up with that? 

I'm twenty, my boy is twenty-two, and he wants a family so bad.  He lost his dad at a young age and now his life's goal is to be a father.  And from time to time, I do get those little thoughts about us having our family but then I remind myself I'm still young.  I've got a lot of things to get in order for myself and I really can't handle kids for very long.

I can tolerate my year old nephew for six hours, I can tolerate my two year old nephew for three.  After that, I HAVE to pass them off on someone else (usually the boy) 'cause I can't stand figuring out what to do with/for them.

I've always wanted my career, and now I'm so close to finally having it.  I want to enjoy it for a while before I have to rush home at the end of my shift to be with a baby.  I still want to wake up on days off and go play by the river with Alex and to run out on a whim to head to the candy store without having a baby in tow.

So there you have it.  I'm getting those, "I want a baby now!" thoughts once every few months but my common sense is fighting with me to get my career in order, have some fun with Alex while I can, and try for a baby after about five years or so, to ensure Alex has his schooling finished, has dabbled in his dream job (his career is definitely being a dad, his job is to be a cabinet maker), and we have everything we possibly need financially to handle a baby. 

I actually had my 1st baby at 32 and my last at 37.  Some people would think that to be too late, but it worked out perfectly for me.

Good luck!

My clock isn't just ticking ... it's freaking GONGING.  It has been for quite some time, and we gave the whole procreation thing our first "college try" this past weekend.  :-D

I can't walk past baby clothes in Target without slowing down ... OK ... stopping.  :-)  I love the sound of baby anything (including crying). 

My best friend is currently pregnant with baby number SEVEN, so at least I have a place to go and be surrounded by little ones.  :-)

Haha, cmac9076, I'm noticing babies as well, when before I totally didn't even notice them. Or, if I did, it was only to roll my eyes because one was crying and I was annoyed and couldn't figure out why people have those crying pooping diapered things. But now I actually get a little teared up when I see a child and a parent. And happy. And envious.

But it's funny...it's not so much wanting a child that's been freking me out--although there's that too. It's more the desire just to be prgnant. I imagine my belly housing a little being and it just totally excites me. 

Oh man. My poor boyfriend. He really should have picked a young 20-something who doesn't even know she had a clock.

Having babies has been so publicized in Hollywood right now that it's hard to ignore. Jennifer Lopez, Nichole Richie, Angelina Jolie (who is just showing) and Christina Aguilera have all been on some magazine or other lately for their mommy status.

I'm only 23, but I've decided if I ever hear the clock ticking I'm running away! I literally try and look away from anything "baby," like if I am out and about and see baby clothes or even a baby itself! I actually have little tolerance of children and can never imagine myself having them.

I have never had any desire to push a screaming pooping being from my loins.  That's a good thing, though, since there are way too many of them running around this world anyway.

Oh I can't wait to have a family!  Not right now, and not immediately after getting married, but every time I think about having kids with my boyfriend (god I sound so gay) I get so happy and excited.  I'd like to have kids while I'm pretty young.  My mom and dad had me young and I love it because thay can still party like champs and appreciate a lot of the same things I do.  I'd like to be that way with my kids.

BIG TIME.

The husband and I have been TTC for 3 cycles but at this point we are 2,100 miles away from eachother for a few more weeks-- we've obviously had to take a little break from it, haha. He is 32 and I am 26, we were pregnant 2 summers ago but lost the pregnancy at 2 months along. Ever since then I have been wanting to get prego again but have been a little hesitant b/c of the miscarriage.

Well, this wasn't supposed to be a depressing response, sorry!!

Anyway I haven't been temping or anything, just keeping a casual eye on my TOM cycles and my ovulations. If it doesn't happen that way by the end of the fall we will probably decide to chart.

I am soo sorry disease_of_ease! Don't be hesitant, it sounds like you would be a GREAT mom! Noone knows why that happens and I know it hurts, but it will happen for you soon.  I have polycystic ovarian syndrome and was recently told it would be next to impossible for me to get pregnant without fertility treatments. Even then it will be hard, and I may have multiple miscarriages. I know quite a few women that has happened to, and even though it hurts, they said when they finally had their baby it was worth it. I believe that too. Meanwhile, my clock is "Gonging" also! And yes, because i hear this, I see babies everywhere too! Including Hollywood! BTW, what is up with calling these Hollywood Stars pregnant bellies "bumps"? I see so and so's "bump" on the cover of every freakin magazine! Does anyone else think that's strange?

Oh Phimegaphi, I totally agree about being pregnant! Always before that thought scared me, and now I also cry when I see cute families. Course I also cry at cute families on TV. Well, not really cry, but you get my point! I've NEVER been like this before!

the tabloids call it "bump watch." What is that? Why are they all so obsessed.

omg fuzzys I totally agree with you! I don't want a pooping, puking thing that won't appreciate me until their twenties coming out of me!

I have a bit of that right now. I'm 31 and two years away from finishing school, meaning about 2.5 to 3 years away from trying to get pregnant. A close friend of mine has a 4-month-old, and I am sort of sad to have missed the cohort. I'll have to convince her to have a second one when I'm ready to have my first. :)

It's definitely worth finishing school and being more financially settled first, though. I'm looking forward to being pregnant and having a child, but also planning to enjoy my last remaining years of peace and quiet - I really do love coupled, non-babied life (my BF and I have been living together for nearly 8 years).

Just the opposite - at 28 when I found myself pregnant, I panicked thinking Im too young to have a baby!  Granted I was still dancing and clubbing (not drinking/drugs though) and been saying that I was too young all my life. 

Mom had me at 42, which made my parents extremely mature in raising me - a very good thing.

my clock wasn't ticking at all. In fact, I ran away from babies, kids, tots, teens. Then I got a suprise one morning.....and i found myself more elated and excited than anything else in the world.  It's funny becuase when I see little babies I think-  OMG they are cute and I'm so excited for mine-  but I still don't have the urge to hold them.  It's true what they say-  it's always different when they are your's.   I found that i'm still going out (not drinking), still going to the gym (although modified) but I just feel like I'm literally growing my new best freind!!  She's going to arrive in July.....If it was up to me preganacy would be six months instead of 9!  At 5 1/2 months I can't tie my shoes and I have heartburn!  But whenever she kicks or I hear her heatbeat at the doc's everything else in this world just seems to melt away.  When you're ready, you're ready.  But you'll never feel completely ready, but that's the fun part I guess! 

Ummm...I can't say mine is ticking yet, I'm only 26 and still single, so maybe that's why :)

But my BFF, I hear it from her frequently. Poor girl, she works marketing (brand management) and they just assigned her to Playtex account....breast pumps and baby stuff.  She's going crazy! and has to be around it all day every day! I think that would set the alarm clock off in anyone :)

Original Post by rdgatewood:

 they just assigned her to Playtex account....breast pumps and baby stuff.  She's going crazy! and has to be around it all day every day! I think that would set the alarm clock off in anyone :)

 Not me, LOL!  Looking at that stuff would remind me of why I never want kids.

This is so funny because before I got pregnant I was hearing the biological clock ticking as well.  But I ignored it because I am single.  Well then over New  Years my friend came down to visit, we got drunk and had one (just one!!!) accident, and I got pregnant.  Now I am 13 weeks along and planning to keep the baby, be a single mom, and collect child support from the dad who now hates me (long story).  It was amazing how once I got pregnant suddenly I wasn't hearing the biological clock anymore, but took an opposite turn.  For about 2 months I was damned stressed out and depressed saying  that I am not ready to be a mom yet.  I was constantly crying.  But now I realize that this is a blessing...I think. 

About being pregnant, it SUCKS!!!!  I am in the first week of my second trimester and things are only just now getting manageable.  I had terrible nausea for about 2 solid months, extreme fatique, I was miserable.  I HATE being pregnant and sometimes regret the decision to not get an abortion.  But I am hoping that once the baby is born it will all be worth the hell of being pregnant! 

Also, I hate kids, always have.  I have never have liked the way they scream and run around, I just hope that I will be able to tolerate my own kid!!! 

Oh yeah, mine's seriously ticking. I'm 33 and have been married for 5 years - we need to get on with it! But because of my weight and diabetes, I haven't felt like it would be good for the baby for me to get pregnant. Hence, being here on CC! I'm feeling a bit more optimistic these days, but for a while there I was totally crying when I saw babies on TV and envying all the women who come into the library with tiny ones.

Count me in! I'm almost 28, I have one more exam to get my professional designation coming up in a couple months, and my hubby finishes school in December. Wtihin the last 2 years, all 3 of my sisters, and 2 of my bestest friends have all had babies. I've pretty much been living and breathing babies for a couple years, knowing that we wanted to get school and these darn exams out of the way first. It's hard knowing that we're waiting, but at least I have plenty of babies to play with in the meantime!! Plus maybe at least 1 or 2 will want another around the same time (2 are probably done with kiddos though).

I know exactly what you mean, I'm 21 soon to be 22 and I'm engaged, I deffinatly feel my baby clock ticking away on me, it feels like if I don't get it done, then I'll never have kids... I wanna make it with in 3-4 years but I have a feeling my fiance is gonna try pulling off a 6 years before it happens thing...sometimes I feel like he doesn't understand how exactly I feel. I've been feeling like this for a while now. 

I actually talked to him about it today. But to no avail. =/

We have baby names already picked out ( it was a time where for fun we thought of names) but now I realize we have names..all we're missing is the kids to fill the name gap.

I see all my old friends from high school already having kids or had them and I feel kinda jealous in a way. They can experience something so good and I have to wait..