This weekend and in the last few weeks I've been having baby thoughts. I know, very scary, very scary. Even though I grew up as the oldest of 4 children and was the live-in babysitter its not the taking care of the baby that scares me, its the fact that this experience is life changing.
My husband and I have been married for 4 years this January and we wanted to wait a few years before we had children to get comfortable in our relationship as well as have more financial stability. We both have good jobs, I'm 28 and he's 27.
I know that you can never be prepared to have a baby, but I do want to have the experience of having a child and don't want to be 60 when it graduates. When do you know the age old question of if you are ready to have a child? I've been having more thoughts lately about this. Maybe my maternal needs are kicking in? I don't know, but I also know that I have really enjoyed the time I've had to take care of myself. I recently ran my first 5k race and are in better shape and health then I've been in for a long time. At the same time one of my reasons for getting healthy was so that I could have a healthy pregnancy at some point in time.
For now, I wish the stork would just knock on my door with a bundle of joy so it was all easy. Too bad that's not a reality.
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