Is it right for me to be wanting a family ?

Question

I’m 17 years old and I’ve been with my boyfriend for a year and 9 months, I love him so much and I do see myself with him in the future, but is it normal to be wanting kids ? I don’t really want to have a baby but sometimes I think I do, I want to wait until I’m at least 25 to have children, but I just crave having a baby, waking up to my child, looking after and playing with it, holding my own child that me and my boyfriend created together...I know it’s sounds weird that I’m young and all but is it normal to think like this ?

Answer

One, you love your boyfriend and that adds to the craving and two, you're super hormonal so ofc you have really bad baby fever. At 16 I used to cry because my baby fever was SO SO BAD and I hated it because I knew it wasn't the right time but I also had a boyfriend of over 2 years at that point so that made it worse lol. But I'm thankful I didn't because I'm no longer with him and I'm onto other things in life that should be accomplished prebaby

Answer

It’s normal to feel this way! It’s definitely smart to wait, though

Answer

I was like that at 17 too but it’s smart to wait. I wanted to wait until I was married to have kids. My boyfriend and I got engaged at 19 and married at 20. We’ve been married for almost a year and we lost our son at 17 weeks in September (we got pregnant with him the week before our wedding 😂) and now I’m pregnant again! Just wait it out and it will be so much more rewarding!

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it's normal. but definitely you want to be young and dumb first! you don't think about the logistics of having a child are when you're all loving and gooey over each other. the truth is your relationship changes just as much as your life! I love my husband, but after having our son, I really questioned our relationship and I had never done that before! I had the same thoughts when I was 17 and in love with my boyfriend of 2 years. it's the hormones and it's completely normal. I promise you'll be glad you waited! that boyfriend is not my husband lol

Is it right for me to be wanting a family ?

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