pregnancy urge?

Question

I keep getting these sudden urges of overwhelming wanting of a baby. I don't know why! All of a sudden it's just a huge want/need that I have, I'm craving to be a mother but I'm only 21. I mean, I have a home, a stable job and a wonderful partner (23) but he's voiced to me he doesn't want a child for another 5/10 years yet half his friends and most of mine all have kids. Why is the need for a child so strong? I've even started planning on what the nursery could look like! It's almost driving me insane.

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Man I feel you. After my husband and I got engaged, quite a few people in my family were having kids and I was soooo jealous and just wanted a baby like crazy. I was 24 and my husband was 30 and we were both ready and excited. But if your partner is genuinely not ready it's just not smart to rush. You guys should be able to compromise though. You shouldn't rush him but he shouldn't hold you back so long that you're miserable. You just have to work it out as a couple based on where your life is at.

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I hear you hon. But wait. My husband and I married to 23 and just had our first at 31. I'm not saying you need to wait that long but I cannot tell you how grateful we both are that we had our twenties to be young and selfish . we traveled all over the world and enjoyed our time together as a couple. That is time you can never have again, but you can have a baby later. Now we have our son (and are planning to have two more) AND all of the memories of our twenties. And yes I know a lot of people consider themselves to be financially stable at 21 or 22 but you're going to be a hell of a lot more financially stable later on and that will greatly improve your freedom to provide for your child and  as well as the quality of life that you can maintain for yourself.

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