https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:04:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-328510 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 14:07:08 +0000 daniellemybelle 328510@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My baby fever goes into remission for long stretches, and I will be so glad we're not TTC yet. And then - BAM. It hits me and there is no reasoning with me.</p> <p>We are helpless against our biological drive to continue the human race, it seems. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-327795 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:34:51 +0000 BSB 327795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah. I want a baby right now and I feel like a bad person when I feel any jealousy around my pregnant friends or friends who just gave birth. </p> <p>I'm trying really hard to look at the perks of not TTC and waiting a year but sometimes it's really hard. </p> <p>It is harder to bond with some of my pregnant or mommy friends because of my jealousy and I feel bad for being such a crappy friend. It's just so much harder to talk babies when you can't have babies. :( Plus knowing that we were TTC for 8 months with no BFP made me a little bitter. </p> <p>How do I stop being that way? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-327758 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:09:54 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 327758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have serious baby fever. Have had it for the last year or so. All of my friends already have babies though, so no pregnancies around me (well my cousin but she lives in a different state so I don't see her every week LOL). We just aren't in a comfortable spot financially right now. And we're getting married in December. And I feel like I'm rambling too LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-327707 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:48:54 +0000 dc yoga bee 327707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Meee. I just graduated law school, took the bar, and am waiting on a job and bar results. I just started a paid fellowship with a law firm, and now my baby fever is creeping back up! We want to start ttc after we've been married for a year (Mar), and I don't want to be pregnant in a wedding I"m in next summer. Ideally, I'll have a full-time job by next summer, and then we can throw caution to the wind. Because right now, a paid fellowship isn't enough cushion to feel comfortable ttc. But, I have fertility worries (which may or may not be substantiated), so who knows if there's ever a "right time." It may take me 2yrs to get a job! Gah, I'm rambling! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-327646 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:09:50 +0000 MrsBrewer 327646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Agree!! I've had like 4 people on facebook announce in the last month or two....:-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-327626 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:03:43 +0000 annie624 327626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree! I have baby fever in a bad, bad way. However DH doesn't even want to talk about it at this point :( But FB is exploding with baby announcements, it's crazy! Every day in my newsfeed I see where like eight or nine of my friends posted from "Baby Gaga." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-264091 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 21:09:14 +0000 marionberry 264091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is totally me! I've been TTC for five months now and everyone around me (it seems, but that's over amplified I'm sure) has been announcing they're pregnant. Now one of my best friends just got married and I feel like I'm in a race with her, and another friend will start trying in January. I feel like if things continue as they have been, they'll all be pregnant and I'll still be waiting. Not to mention my sister-in-law is pregnant too and my mom's on me to have a kid, but I don't want to talk to her about my struggles. I would kill for a baby...crossing my fingers maybe my luck will change and I'll get to POAS at the end of the month.</p> <p>To all of you who think about waiting, I'd say there is no time to wait. You may end up like me and it can take forever, and if you get lucky with a baby right away, there's nothing to be upset about. A baby is such a gift! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-263610 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 01:57:22 +0000 Mrs squirreld 263610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetMamaM: heheh glad i'm not alone!! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-263605 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 01:41:03 +0000 SweetMamaM 263605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Hanzabelle: totally love baby showers, love planning them too! Only co-planning one of the three upcoming showers but loving the opportunity to go baby gear shopping and the chance to oooh and aaah over little baby clothes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-263602 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 01:32:00 +0000 Mrs squirreld 263602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetMamaM: yaaaay hope all goes well at the end of the year for you! I totally LOVE baby showers... is that weird? Everyone seems to groan at them.... lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-263601 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 01:30:51 +0000 Mrs squirreld 263601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: awww :-( ... I totally agree with @SweetMamaM: though.. your relationship is definately what you should be focusing on...a warm nest for a little one to be brought into. Fertility problems must be so hard to deal with ontop of that so my hat goes off to you for being so strong! Goodluck with everything - you'll be swimming in no time!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-263600 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 01:08:23 +0000 SweetMamaM 263600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: awww that really sucks that you ran into some relationship issues but FWIW I think you are doing the right thing mending your relationship. I think you can never know what is going on behind closed doors so those friends who have kids may have other problems you can't see and wouldn't envy them if you could. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-263599 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:58:04 +0000 BSB 263599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were TTC for 8 months... no BFP and went to a ferility clinic, too. Then we ran into some relationship issues so now I'm not TTC. BFSF (Big fat sad face). :( I know we are doing the right thing in strengthening our marriage but now I'm looking at friends who are just starting to TTC and thinking they will have babies when I try again... Shoot, they might have two kids by the then. Then friends who are getting married now and I think they will probably have babies. I feel like everyone is swimming forward in life and I'm treading water. :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-263593 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:44:08 +0000 SweetMamaM 263593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Hanzabelle: yay! I hear you on the FB baby boom - I've literally just finished putting together gift bags for three different baby showers! We're trying in December (provided weight loss and acupuncturist can get my cycles on track) and I cannot wait! So savings conscious right now so we can achieve our financial goals as well as our health goals! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-262795 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:07:26 +0000 ChuckNorris 262795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Hanzabelle: I can totally relate. One of my favorite coworkers is pregnant (with her 4th) right now of course I'm so happy for her but man I wish I had one too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-262747 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:21:03 +0000 avivoca 262747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is me, right now. I'm trying very hard to be patient, but it's not easy. While I'm truly happy for all of my friends, I want to be a part of it and it's hard to be on the outside looking in, so to say. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-259060 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:17:35 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 259060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely get those feelings too. In the past week, three of my fb friends have given birth. I feel happy for them and jealous at the same time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-259054 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:09:45 +0000 Mrs squirreld 259054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: haha no such thing as tmi!!! thats exactly why i was worried about having another chat because i didnt want to pressure him...but hes just as excited and totally keen! ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-259051 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:07:02 +0000 Mrs squirreld 259051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ali: hehhehehe!! sorry for breakin the promise!!!! im so excited!!! yes lots and lots of baby dust!!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-259050 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:04:59 +0000 Foodnerd81 259050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Hanzabelle: I am super excited. Mostly, I also wanted H to be excited, so we had to wait. Now, if only my period would start so we could get a move on. (I'd say TMI but I think there is no such thing around here). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-259047 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:02:17 +0000 Mrs squirreld 259047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: congrats on staying on schedule- u must b suuuuuper excited to start trying..goodluck! may baby dust b with us all!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-259046 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:01:02 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 259046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Hanzabelle: Yay! Congrats on TTC! It *could* take a year to conceive, or you could get pregnant next month (that's what happened to me!) Good luck and have fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-259043 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:57:19 +0000 Foodnerd81 259043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Hanzabelle: Yay!!<br /> And, YES, to your original post, that has been me for the last 6 months. We had a plan to start late summer/early fall (ie, right now) but one friend after another would announce they were pregnant. And sometimes, judge-y McJudgerson would come out and I'd be all, well, we are in a much better place emotionally and financially to have a baby than they are, so why shouldn't we have one first? It's so bad, and I try so hard to stamp those obnoxious feelings out, but sometimes it's really hard. I kept having to have H remind me of the reasons we were waiting and of the fun things we could do this summer not pregnant.<br /> But, now, finally, we are trying! Right on schedule. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-259042 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:56:28 +0000 Cherrybee 259042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That is so, so amazing! Yippee!! I saw your other post first and I literally squealed!! (I'm insulating the loft as we speak - it's 2pm here - and I kept coming down the ladder to check the laptop to see what he'd said!!) </p> <p>I'm so happy for you both! But get pregnant before me, madam, and there'll be trouble! I started 5 days before you! (that is a joke by the way, I wish you all the luck in the world for a rapid BFP!) </p> <p>Oh... there's baby dust in the air, I can smell it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-259026 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:46:44 +0000 Mrs squirreld 259026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I CHANGED MY STATUS TO TTC!!!! haha you were right i just needed to talk to DH...he kept listing all these pro's to start trying now...and all the cons were just what if's... for example there is no guarantee that we'll be moving mid year it could be delayed....and the big one...if we moved when pregnant i'd have to change doctors from the one i've had forever...it just makes so much more sense to start trying now...it still might take til next year to actually get pregnant!!! he seemed to make it like it was his idea to start now!!! so its official we are ditching the bc tooo!!!!! lol....sorry for taking ur advice but im over the mooooooon!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-259017 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:33:30 +0000 Cherrybee 259017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Hanzabelle: OMG, tell, tell tell! (if you want to and when you have time of course). Good stuff, right? I've got my fingers and toes crossed for you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-259008 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:26:13 +0000 Mrs squirreld 259008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyBoecksMom: i totally agree...i tried to look at it subjectively.....but on the other hand life is short..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-259006 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:24:55 +0000 Mrs squirreld 259006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ali: omg.....i just had a chat to DH which lead to us makin a pros &amp; cons list which led to....well some interesting conversations...... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-258964 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 05:23:44 +0000 Cherrybee 258964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Okay, I'm absolutely the wrong person to speak to about this because, for me, right now, all common sense is out of the window... and I'm going to totally tell you that you should just say "eff it" and start NTNT now! So promise me you wont listen to my advice, okay? </p> <p>At the end of the day, my feeling is, you can't plan this stuff. It could take a few cycles to conceive.. and the move will be hard with a newborn OR hard being pregnant because moving is hard! Whatever happens, you will make it work because you have to - and you want to. A friend of mine got "knocked up" by her new boyfriend a few yrs back. They'd been together just a few weeks, she'd only just started a new job and had no maternity pay = she went back to work when LO was 6 weeks old. They had no house, no savings.... and they made it work. Earlier this year, they got married, their gorgeous 5YO at their side. I always say that if you wait for the right time it'll never happen because there's always a reason to wait....</p> <p>Does hubby know how you feel about the baby situation? I freaked out about how my hubby would react to my baby-craving and it turns out he was pretty chilled about it all. Have you had the discussion? </p> <p>Can i just repeat - DO NOT listen to me!! I'm a Financial Educator and, you know what, saving is the best thing you can be doing. Save save save. </p> <p>...but any time you want to have crazy-talk, you let me know! I'll just be here, lurking, reading the birth stories, practicing taking my temperature and obsessing away the minutes until my periods start again (sorry, TMI!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-want-a-baaaaaby#post-258963 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 05:17:38 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 258963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's extremely difficult to wait when you have it on your mind and have all of your friends announcing it. But just try to remember that waiting a couple of months is nothing in the long run, especially if you'll be moving soon. You're right in thinking that it will be SO MUCH easier to move when you're pregnant, than when you have a young baby.</p> <p>Stay strong! You're almost there!!! </p>