It's happened! I have become obsessed with TTC...

H has the baby fever. The day after we got married he asked me when we could start trying to conceive.

I think I'm going to "pull the goalie" next month!

I totally have baby fever! Walking through target yesterday all I wanted to do was pick out baby clothes and then I got all sad since...i'm...not..prego...

Oh man, it didn't hit until my friend got pregnant and i planned and threw her baby shower...

i'm not worried, she already volunteered jack for me to love on until we're ready after the wedding.

we may also be deployed in 2017, which means i may have to wait until 2018 to try. sigh

I'm not even married yet, and we both have baby fever! We want to wait 2 years so that our house will be in the process of being built, plus we don't even know if it'll happen. It does sometimes happen to a woman because of her biological clock, but I'm only 22 so it definitely can't be my clock ticking at me!

We aren't even married yet and we both already have baby fever! FH keeps telling me he doesn't want to wait to start a family.

Well I am glad I am not alone. You are all so young though and I'm not. The fertility rate for me is WAY down although I went to a psychic Friday night and she told me I am fertile and that I have nothing to worry about. I hope she is right!

I'm on the fence for timing, but my FH keeps going on about wanting a honeymoon baby. That man just can't wait to start a family! Our friends actually call him the "baby whisperer" because all the babies and kids in our family/friends groups adore him. He can pick up a screaming infant and it will pass out in his arms 2 minutes later...wish I could do that!

Well, you are married now, so it is the next big life event that *usually* happens. I can't say about the biological clock thing. I am almost 27 and haven't experienced anything like a crazy wanting of a baby yet, but it may come in time, I would imagine this would begin in your early 30s. The only time I really felt that I wanted a baby was when I was about 23 and a TON of people I knew either already had or were having kids, and I felt left out. Especially when this girl who is the daughter of my mom's friend got pregnant and rubbed it in my face by passively aggressively saying to me, "oh, sorry to make you the LAST person we know to not have a baby". I never cared much for her growing up (we are the same age and went to the same schools) but that really hit me and made me think that I wanted a baby. But I was still in school and didn't want to live in my parents house with my "baby's father" and child as she does because they were too young and can't support themselves and for whatever reason haven't gotten married yet.

Last week when I got home from work as soon as I walked in the door, FH told me to get my helmet and hop on the bike, we're going for a ride and dinner. It was a great thing to do on a weekday, and we didn't have to think about it, because we aren't parents yet and can do things on a whim like that. I really enjoy the freedom, and honestly we are not financially prepared to start a family. So I have resolved to not even think about babies until I am 30. Everyone has their own time in life to do things, and when you are both ready, go for it.

ETA: For those of you ladies who have men who have baby fever, did they always want kids? Did they change their minds as they got older, or suddenly hit them one day. I do want kids in the future, and FH knows that, but he has never been chomping at the bit for kids. I just wonder if he will ever come down with the fever.

I am having my mirena taken out the first week of September just so we can start a few weeks before the wedding lol

Your husband to be, Rachael sounds like the right man to father your child since he can get them to quiet down. My husband used to say he wanted a honeymoon baby but we arent in control of these things and since I had my period when we got married that won't happen. hahaha.

You are so young pinguino and have plenty of time. You are sssoo right re:the freedom. We have started TTC but who knows when and if it will happen. I have to admit it is nice to be able to go where ever we want without worrying about a baby's nap, baby-sitter, etc.

@Pinguino my FH always wanted kids but he wanted to wait a long time because he wasn't ready and now for the past 2 months he's been really wanting us to get pregnant. I don't know what changed his mind but I thought I might be pregnant last week for many reasons and took a few tests that all came up negative and he was really disappointed.

Pinguino, FH always wanted kids someday (always an in the future kind of thing), but ever since his 2 nieces were born (ages 3 & 1), he's ridiculous with it. Sometimes I'll catch him just staring at me when I hold/play with one of them, and then I'll have to hear about it the rest of the night when they leave. It's to the point where he'll even point out the cute little kids in public and smile at them if they're close by, which he definitely didn't do before the girls were born.

@Laurie, Thanks, and don't worry, I am not worried about time. I just say that by the time we have kids our friends kids will be old enough to babysit! Ha! The freedom is great, and my I let out my mothering instinct on our spoiled dog. I get annoyed when the dog gets me up at 7am on a weekend to go potty, I am really worried about what a B*tch I will be from sleep deprivation when we do have kids. Good luck with TTC. I know it must be hard, but I have heard that stressing about it makes it harder. Try to relax and maybe have some wine with dinner before hand

@FutureMrs.C, That is nice that he is enthusiastic about it, maybe it is that now he is thinking of you as his future bride and wife that has sparked his interest, like that having a child with you feels right now that you are going to settle down together. I personally would want to wait until after the wedding though. Not for any old fashioned reasons, but I just feel like having a baby within a year or so of your wedding might be really stressful on the both of you. But if you both feel you are ready, then I wish you success in TTC.

@FutureMrsCrane, That is nice that children in his family have inspired him. My FH is a quad, and he is the first to be getting married, so we will likely not have anything like that. But he is progressing. When we were younger he referred to babies as "tiny humans". He has made comments on some of our friends kids, and has held a few of them and it didn't freak him out. We do talk about situations our friends find themselves in with child rearing and discuss how we would want to handle such situations in their shoes. So I am hoping this will be something that just comes more naturally as we get older and closer to being ready for a family of our own, and that sounds like that is what is going on with your FH.

Thank you Pinguino! As much as I really do want a child I want to wait until after we are married. I want to do one thing at a time and I don't want to be pregnant at my wedding or have a child at my wedding. So I am convincing him we should wait!

I've definitely got baby fever. My brother and his wife just had twins, too, so seeing those babies has made my hormones go into full gear. It's funny--for me, I went straight from "I'm not ready for a kid" to "I want to have a baby NOW!"

I'm on the fence, some days i';m totally baby fever crazy, and others i'm just like i dont want any part of that. I'm more with yeah lets have one. We are getting married soon. I need to come off the pill, though.

I'm right with you! Now that I'm not planning a wedding, I'm currently looking into ways to increase fertility and improve our chances!

Good luck Maltese and let me know if you find the key to increasing ones fertility.

I've been reading good things about Pre-Seed and am thinking about picking some up on my way home today (Fertility Week!!)

http://www.preseed.com/

@Laurie I know people who have become pregnant after following the diet/health plan outlined in "Woman Code" by Alissa Vitti. It has to do with taking care of your endocrine system. Also try tracking your cycle if you aren't already...I use the kindara app but there are many others. Good luck! :-)