I am going to be the adoptive Grandma of all the Dogsey babies. I will love all your babies when they come.

I don't think I ever felt broody as such, we bought a house and all our money and efforts went into that and when it was done we thought we'd give having a baby a go and lo and behold was pregnant within the month, we eventually got around to getting married when he was 5 and when he was 8 we thought we'd maybe give having another one a go as I was now 34 and hit the jackpot again within the month. I did briefly consider a third attempt when I hit 42 but thought better of it Never had any morning sickness and don't have a single stretch mark so being older when pregnant doesn't give you stretch marks with my second one I was still going out running every day with my Boxer for most of my pregnancy.

Aw hun, it's so hard wanting a baby but not being sure, I was broody for only a year before it was the 'right time' for us and that was hard enough!

I also had broody episodes when i was about 22, then 24 again but they passed Do you think it might pass? mine came and went? i rememeber distinctively thinking afterwards, thank god i didn't do it.

Only you know, but i'll tell you my tale...

I'm about to have my first at 28, and my hubby is 35, we've been married 6 months now. I wanted to wait till i was married, although I did get pregnant last year accidently on purpose (!?) forgot to take my pill away to Scotland for a week! But we lost that baby.

I wanted to wait till late into my twenties purely for money purposes I wanted for us both to be earning a decent wage and i only just fully qualified last year as an interpreter. My wage difference from when I was your age, to 6 years later now is nearly £15 grand, and my hubby has finally got the top job he deserves just recently. We both would have struggled so hard to do that with a baby..in fact i doubt i could have done it, my last year of training cost me over £3000. Now i can afford to take a full year off when the baby's born and go back just part-time and afford childcare etc... i couldn't handle the stress of having a baby but no money to do anything, go anywhere, buy anything, just work, work, work .

People say it might take longer to get pregnant the older you get but for us it literally happened the first month we tried, and i'd been on the pill over 10 years. Plus my hubbys a lot older haha. I've even heard friends say they don't want to wait too late incase they get stretchmarks because of their age??!!! What a load of rubbish, that's not true lol.

I'm happy i waited, even though the last year was VERY hard, i feel proud i waited and very happy and content with things right now (just the usual first time mum anxietys kicking in now, haha).

Only you can decide, people also say there's no right time but i honestly feel i've waited till a 'right time'...

Best wishes hun xxx

To be honest this has been going on for so long now I cant remember not being broody but now I actually ache where my bump would be and I get quite upset.

Im going to use the time to get myself in shape, shift the weight I want and do the same to the OH too, make him sort himself out a bit.

But god i want one so badly the topic of babies came up when we went for dinner at a mates tonight and I had to 'take the dogs out' and just stood in the garden crying.... its litterly never been this bad before

Oh i dont know, OH doesnt want a baby yet and I know that I will be throwing my plans out the window if I do get pregnant now but right now natural instinct is taking over and I cant help it

Doctors tomorrow (as ive got tonsilitus for the millionth time!) so think I might ask if theres anything they can do to help me.

Thankyou for putting up with my wingeing guys youre all fab xxx

Aww,

You didn't say that you had tonsillitis!! Its no wonder that you are feeling really down.

You are definitely not whingeing (sp). I really feel for you.

It must be difficult to have to argue with your own feelings.

Just have a little chat to your doc tomorrow. You might need some hormone tablets. My daughter is 23 years old, (albeit in a same sex relationship), and she has just been put on the pill for hormonal reactions. Yes, I am old enough to be your mum!!!! (45 next)!!!!

Let me know how you go on love. (pm me if you want)

Debs xx

Me and the OH met 8th sept 2009, i moved in on the 27th sept 2009 and i want him to propose!!

Doesnt help that hes been hinting lol