Ohhhh sooooo broody!

none whatsoever cos im in the same boat, tho no kids yet!! Literally 7 of my friends have had babies in the last 3mths (and taking all the names i like!!) and another 2 due...when i see a pregnancy annoucement on facyb i get teary and poor old Mr F has to console me, silly huh!

And he STILL wants to wait til we are married...bumface wotsitchops

Think of smelly nappies. That will do the trick. Oh and labour.*

*please note this is not intended to offend anyone with children.

Labour and smelly nappies don't really bother me. That does seem to have put H off though! Wuss. Maybe I just need to find another project... I'm not used to not having a little baby around. My second son (Ethan) was born when my first was only 19 months old, then my daughter was born when Ethan was 2 1/2. Scarlett is now 2 1/2 herself and I have no other babies around! Don't know how to deal with this..

Gah. We've just had 'The Talk' about this and have decided that we'll discuss again at the beginning of 2013. This is absolutely the right thing to do in terms of things we want to achieve in the meantime but I can't shake this broody feeling. I've always known that I would like a family, as has Mr CB, but it's feeling like a physical pull at the moment.

I shall have to console myself with buying expensive shoes and drinking too much wine.

Mr C is more broody than me!! He has been nagging me for years, and it's me that does the whole "we need to be married first", "we need a house first"...

I feel too selfish right now!!

Exactly, Tricks.

It makes lots of sense for us to wait, besides I'm really keen to spend some time with my husband with nothing unpleasant hanging over us so once that's done, it'll be a lovely time!

H and I are broody in equal measure! It's nice to know we're on the same page. We are trying at the moment (well not right now this second!!) but it's just so flippin' frustrating.

i was going to say, multi tasking, and typing so well!! i woudl have been impressed!!

Another one firmly on the broody bench. H and I know we'd be better off waiting so we're thinking of starting later this year.

*has another drink whilst waiting*

I'm broody too and E is only 11 months!! Maybe a puppy/kitten will help?

I tried to mother the cat the other day. She wasn't impressed.

I can't imagine what being broody feels like. I have never felt it. I think my ovaries must be pickled.

FOOTLONG, love your new profile pic!!!

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Broody bench for me too, and OH!

We have been very good and worked hard to get into the right place for us to be able to have children, and enjoyed a year of quality time with each other since the wedding, sometimes I never thought we would make it to this point and just wanted to be reckless and have a baby as I was so broody, but now all the boxes are ticked im glad we waited!! So now we are trying and its very exciting! I want it now now now! (a family that is!!)

That's our plan, Moya!

What were your stepping stones? On our list we have:

1 - honeymoon

2 - Ski trip in February

3 - £X in the bank

4 - Move

Anyone else have certain things they want to do first?

My mum was always pretty anti having a family, was having far too much fun, but agreed to think about it once they'd hit certain milestones. She managed to get upduffed whilst on the pill and went on to have four children! Odd how it all works out! Good luck with the trying, Moya!

I am so excited at the thought of babies but we have decided to wait until next year. OH already has three but I have none and I'm 32 this year so I can't keep putting off forever (I am also very fond of nice shoes and wine).

Do you think you'll try for number 2, Tricks? If so, will you move first?

We did. Included own a house, have £x in the bank, make Director at work (figured that would mean we were more 'grown up' I guess!) and get married. Did all but get married and then stupid pill decided not to work! Was probably best it happened that way for us though, otherwise I would have kept putting more things on our must do first list! E is the best 'mistake' that we ever made!! One thing I missed out on though was actually 'trying' to get pregnant. I hope it happens on our terms the next few times! Enjoy the trying Moya ?

Takes a few months of getting used to but you get over it! I never thought it possible, but I like buying clothes/shoes/toys for E more than I do for myself these days!

Well we have done the wedding and the honeymoon which was the plan, then to move (moving in 2 weeks), another holiday for hubby's 40th and then save like crazy so we can afford for me to have plenty of maternity leave.

I am very broody, but the knowledge that we are going to try after the wedding is enough for me. I know it wouldn't make sense practically for us to have one before the wedding, so 13 months-ish of waiting is ok with me.

I got really pi$$ed off a few weeks ago with my auntie. she is very tactless and my cousin commented on how nice my shoes were but said she wouldn't be able to walk in them. My auntie then starting mouthing off about the fact that I hadn't had been 'blessed' with any children and that's why I can still wear heels. I felt like hitting her with my gorgeous shoe.

I almost feel like we've missed out on the planning a family side of things. I did things in a very muddled fashion. My 2 boys are from a previous relationship that fell apart just before I found out I was pregnant with the younger one. So H has been a big part of the kids' lives from when Lucas was 2 and Ethan was a tiny baby. Their bio dad has very little to do with them (in fact won't acknowledge Ethan at all) so H has filled in the gaps. We were going through a major rough patch when Scarlett was born and it was touch and go as to whether he would move in with us for ages. So we've never done the "proper" trying for a baby route... Maybe I'm broody for that situation rather than wanting a fourth child? Meh, who knows. I just know I'm broody as hell!

We'd need to fix a lot of things before it was sensible to have more kids. For one, we need a bigger house and for that we need to increase our income. Ho hum.

I know, my cousin looked at her as if to say "wtf are you banging on about?". It was purely a dig at me that my cousin has a baby and I don't.

From the shoe perspective, I was more worried that I would have to divert funds than not be able to wear them! ? Tricks, I can picture you running around after toddler A in your heels!

That's horrible :-( Worra beetch.

FWIW, I wear ridiculous heels most of the time and I've been "blessed" with 3 monsters children.

Nice 'tache, sj!

Ahhh, some OT kiddies would be nice! Those with children, what would your one best piece of advice about:

a) conception

b) pregnancy

c) childbirth

d) having a little one

be? Am genuinely interested.

I get very frustrated sometimes at comments from the MIL where she insinuates that as H and I don't have kids we don't understand certain things. We also get left out of a ton of family stuff because we don't have kids.

I am firmly on the broody bench,

we have a to do list but non are essential and the only thing that currently is delaying us is my job uncertainty which is frustrating, if I had a job lined up we would start trying. That said if jobs don't come my way soon we may just go for it anyway because I am no spring chicken.

In the meantime I am consoling myself with all the things I couldn't do if pregnant here is my list if it helps anyone else

If pregnant I could not

Have a drink

eat soft cheese

eat chocolate mouse

eat nuts

eat other things not deemed suitable/ safe such as sushi etc etc

I could not indulge my ever growing vintage dress habit (substitute any shopping habit)

Mr Drifter would not be able to buy the classic beetle he is currently considering

no spotaneous days out weekends away if have baby

so endith the list

Drifts, my friend is upduffed at the moment and she said the guidelines have changed so sushi is back on the menu! HURRAH!

HURRAH indeed(Sushi dance)

but boo now i need a replacment on my list!

I suspect you wouldn't be allowed to do any extreme trampolining. Stick that on your list!