OK, I have finally and suddenly turned the corner about having kids. I’ve spent years thinking I didn’t want kids. Since I’m already 34, I was beginning to think that I was running out of time and that even if I changed my mind and wanted a kid, it would be too late.
Now, suddenly (literally - this happened about 4 weeks ago almost overnight) I am thinking that maybe I AM ready to have a child (for the record, Mr. Cricket is not pressuring me, but would be ready any time I say the word). All of a sudden I’m intensely interested in talking about babies and pregnancy -so, tell me your stories, please! I know from previous threads that there are a bunch of currently-pregnant dopers, and I know there are lots of parents out there too. I want to know - did you have a really easy, wonderful, glowing pregnancy? An awful, terrible pregnancy? Somewhere in-between? Were any of you sort of ambivalent about babies at first? And what about your age? If you’re older, do you think your age made your pregnancy easier/harder?
Even if Mr. Cricket and I decide that all systems are go, we won’t start trying for at least six months as he’s just about to leave his job and go back to school for a Phd (plus I’d want to be on pre-natal vitamins before we start trying). However, I worry that maybe my eggs are already dead (I’ve been reading too many of those articles that have been coming out lately), or that I’ll have a terrible pregnancy since I’m not 20.
Tell me your stories, please!
Cricket