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Yes, I was in a similar position to you and felt like timing was right, I wasn't getting any younger, etc., etc. I can't say that I got any more baby crazy during pregnancy or when my baby was a newborn, unfortunately. However, from about 6 months onward I have really loved having her in my life and struggle to picture how life would be without her here.

I am now pregnant with #2 and again went into it thinking that the time was right for spacing and all of that. I'm pretty excited this time around, but that is tempered by a little fear since I now know exactly how challenging pregnancy and newborn days can be

But you are definitely not alone in your feelings! And good luck to you

I was the same way! It was even hard to wrap my mind around when I was pregnant with DS.

Never got the fever until long after I had a baby. Now I've got it.. bad!

I was the same way! DH was super ready but I was not as ready. I was very excited TTC but I didn't have baby fever. Even during early pregnancy, I struggled to really connect with my baby and feel the baby fever. Even now in 3rd trimester, I am excited and I love DD already, I still can't say I'm dying to be a mom lol!

Your post sounds like something I could have written word for word when we decided to TTC!! I’ve never had “baby fever”; we were more logical then emotional about the decision/timing to start trying although my husband definitely had baby fever. I thought it would take us several months to conceive since my husband was in his mid-40’s at the time, and so figured I would have a bit of time to get “the fever” Well, we got very lucky and I pregnant first try; so I didn’t have any time to adjust to TTC, and it definitely took me a bit to feel comfortable with being pregnant (sounds horrible saying that now!).

Once I started to feel really connected to the pregnancy, I began to feel more emotional about the entire process and we now have a 27 month old daughter. I can’t imagine life without her and I love her fiercely and beyond words.

Parenthood SHOULD scare you some; it’s a huge, serious and life-changing thing. I don’t think you should be worried if you are nervous; honestly, I’m only nervous when people are not nervous at all.

I didn't have baby fever at all until after I started TTC my son. Honestly, we only started trying because D had baby fever pretty bad, it was something I wanted eventually, and we were in a pretty good place to start.

We are going to start TTC this week and I'm not exactly excited about it. DS is almost 2 and I'm not getting any younger so if we want another (and we do), we need to get on it. The thing is, I'm so happy with how things are now, I get nervous thinking about rocking the boat and adding another. Also, we didn't have to try to get pregnant with #1, we pulled the goalie and it happened. So I think I"m nervous that it won't be as easy the 2nd time around.

I think being TTC has a crazy way of flaring up baby fever. I hope you get pregnant quickly, but I bet if you're still TTC in a couple of months you'll start coming down with the fever.

I was in the exact same boat as you. I've never really been into children and babies and never got baby fever before or during TTC. We just felt like we were in a good place and psychologically and emotionally ready to have a kid.

I'm currently pregnant and I still can't say I have "baby fever." I'm excited to have our baby and I already love her and know I'll love her even more when she's born. But that doesn't mean I have any sort of baby or kid obsession.