Baby fever

Posted Wednesday, January 23, 2008 8:49 AM

So yesterday, I was almost convinced that I was pregnant. I have been having major mood swings, craving comfort food, my period hadn’t come when it was supposed to, and I got a major cold sore on my lip. But then I did get Aunt Flo so it turns out that I’m just an emotional and hormonal wreck who loves to eat! How ’bout that?

The thought of me being pregnant was really exciting though and I’m kind of sad that it’s not real. It’s so weird that I am so anxious to have a baby. Before I became a Christian in college, I wasn’t sure I even wanted kids at all. After I became a Christian, I knew that I definitely wanted kids but not until I was in my late 20s. Then I got married and thought maybe after 5 years or so, kids would be a possibility. Now here I am, married for 8 months, and I want a baby NOW!

But the thing keeping me from talking to Travis about the real possibility of having kids right now is that it just isn’t practical at this point. We are hopefully buying a second car this week and then a house this summer. Travis is still planning on going back to grad school in the fall and I just found out yesterday that I owe my parents $8,000 that I borrowed from them while I was in college. Add to that, I want to be a stay-at-home mom after having kids. So financially, a baby right now would really throw us for a loop.

That’s not to say, though, that if God were to make me pregnant by His sovereign will, I wouldn’t be completely estatic…

Comments

re: Baby fever

haha True.  HIS plan prevails!  Best of luck and no matter what the timing - it'll work out perfectly!  ;)

Posted by DANGERUSS & MITTENS    Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:32 PM


re: Baby fever

you should go ahead and talk to your hubby about it.. that way you guys can sit down and come up with a plan together and he might surprise you and be as ready or more than you are. that happened to me and my husband shocked the heck out of me! i never expected him to be ready, we were on the 2 yr plan.

Posted by amandag56    Wednesday, January 23, 2008 8:19 PM


re: Baby fever

I feel like I could be reading something I wrote!  I also just recently got married and thought we'd wait a few years for kids, but then I thought I was pregnant, and was so disappointed I wasn't!  We just bought a second car, are hoping to buy a house this summer and my husband started grad school this semester, so a baby wouldn't be practical for us either!  But I still keep hoping God will make our contraceptive fail and we'll get pregnant despite the impracticalities.  It's funny how when "baby fever" hits, it hits hard!

Posted by GeorgiaYankee    Thursday, January 24, 2008 7:59 AM


re: Baby fever

I am totally in the same situation, but I talk about it almost too much to my husband!  I definitely want to be a stay-at-home mom, so it's just not in the cards for us right now.  In the meantime, we've already picked out a boy's name and a girl's name.  XD  Likewise, if God blesses us with a little surprise, so be it!  If it's in His will, He will provide for us.  However, I would like to be in a bit of a more comfortable situation...

We'll see, though!  It's all in His hands.  ^^;;

Posted by Choensa    Friday, January 25, 2008 4:05 PM


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In May of 2004, I found out what it means to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and it changed my entire life. I owe everything--including my husband--to Him and His work on the cross.


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