Is it normal to feel not ready for a baby at 28 years old?

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I’m 28 been with my husband for almost 12 years. We are financially stable and have the room for children but yet I still don’t feel ready. I want a child and I love looking at all the cute babies on here and think to myself I want one of those lol. But at the end of the day I’m having trouble making that step of being ready to have a baby. 
My question is does anyone ever really feel  fully ready? Or is something wrong with me that at this time in my life I still am not ready?

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There will never be a “ready” moment. You just gotta take that leap or not!
It’s likely you won’t regret having that child. 
Once I had mine, I felt like my life had just started.

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I absolutely feel you!
I just turned 29 and am still not ready for a baby!
I definitely feel the pressure from my family and society to be pregnant already, but I know I’m not ready!

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I think society places  a lot of pressure on us women to be married by this age, babies by this age, etc. Everyone develops at their own rate. What's right for one person isn't for another. My teen and early 20's the thought of marriage and babies made me cringe! I swore I'd never do it. But here I am at 27 married and trying for a baby. I dont think anyone is ever truly ready. There's  a lot you just can't prepare for. There's a lot of things you will learn as you go. But there's nothing wrong with how you're feeling. My husband and I feel the same way sometimes, like can we really do this? But you have your best teammate on your side. :)

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I truly felt ready when we decided to have a baby. But maybe some people never do? Or maybe you just want to wait a little bit longer

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I was 29 when I had my son and didn’t feel ready. I was worried about a lot of things especially if I would be a good mom but my son is my everything. I’m glad I had him even though I worry way more now lol. I’ve been told you’re never really fully ready and I live by that. We only have one life so make the choices you want while you have the chance.

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My husband and I had gotten pregnant last year on our one year anniversary and it wasn’t planned. We felt very similar to how you currently feel but we were SO excited and happy more than we ever thought we’d feel. Unfortunately we lost that one around 7/8 weeks but we knew after that we were ready.

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Girl, I was in your shoes. Had been with my husband since age 21. It took us til age 32 to feel READY. I *do* think there's such a thing as feeling ready, & I think we are the best parents we could be because we were ready.

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Is there something you want to do before you start ttc? Like one more epic trip?

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Im having my 3rd and still have moments of im not ready for this. I personally dont think anyone is ever fully ready to have a baby. Having a stable home and finances is literally just a small portion i think of what makes "being ready". For me the rest didnt come till agter my kids were born, cause you never know what to expect with the birth,  or raising them.

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I have a baby and I still don't feel ready for a baby.

Is it normal to feel not ready for a baby at 28 years old?

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