You or your SO?
I think we had it the same time for Baby 2 but we flip flop about the spacing for Baby 3!
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DH for sure! As soon as we got married he was ready to make babies! For #2, it was me!
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Me. But DH is already feverish for the next one, and I'm just trying to get to the end of this pregnancy!
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He never had baby fever...
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I don't think DH really had baby fever...or maybe he didn't get the chance because mine was overboard
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Neither one of us really had for #1. We were ready to have a baby and so we tried to have one - but then it took so long that we both really, really wanted it. With #2, it has been DH all the way. He was ready for #2 as soon as we got home from the hospital with DD.
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D, for sure. He was ready before we even got engaged.
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DH, hands down. He talked about it before we were even married! Then he had baby fever for #2 when DS came home from the hospital a brief few weeks. Um.. no. DS is 5.5 months now and he's still talking about LO #2!!
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@mediagirl: Same. He would have been perfectly happy if we never had kids.
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me for sure
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#1 we hit both at the same time (made life easy.) #2 I'm ready now, he wants to wait a few more months to save up.
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Me for sure!
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Me!
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DH for sure. I'd probably still be procrastinating if it wasn't for him, but he was getting broody a good two years before we started trying!
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Definitely me. Honestly, I don't think baby fever hit him until we found out the sex of the babies when I was 16 weeks pregnant! We went through IVF so I know he was on board with having kids and everything, but it wasn't really "baby fever" until much more recently.
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DH for sure; I've never had baby fever.
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I'm pretty sure DH has no idea what baby fever is, so the answer is definitely me
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Me - but DH already had 2 kids so he didn't care if we had any or not
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@mediagirl: My husband never had baby fever either!
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Me! Pretty sure I got baby fever before I got my first period.
I've just always wanted kids and been impatient for the time when I could finally have them. But I was good and waited, and now that DH and I have been together for 9 years and married for almost 5, I'm finally getting my wish! He would be okay if we never had any. He wants kids, but he also likes the idea of being a lot better off financially and being able to travel a lot and retire early and such. It's so weird to see people say it was their husbands who had the baby fever, because that's just SO not how we are. -
Me for sure. If it had been up to me we would have started trying on our honeymoon.
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Me for sure!
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I don't know... DH and I are very laid back about it and he was/ is happy with any number...
@Alivoo01: that is so cute about your dh! -
ME ME ME! my husband is 5 years younger than me so who knows what would have happened if he were my age but he has not had baby fever.
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DH. Add a poll?
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For #1 it was me. DH would've been happy waiting a year or two.
For #2 it was him. He had baby fever as soon as we got home with DS. I didn't have it yet when I got pregnant.
Andddd he already has the fever for #3. I do not.
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For baby #1 - definitely me...I wanted to start trying soon after our first anniversary. We didn't start trying until after our second anniversary. So glad we waited bc now I can be a SAHM
Baby #2 - definitely him. He was thinking about baby #2 soon after LO turned a year old. I was in no way ready and had no desire for another baby. LO just turned 2 and we just started TTC
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Me all the way. I think he's still on the fence about actually having a baby, even though it was a deal breaker before marriage!
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Me!
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I did!
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I think I had it first, but now DH is more serious about it. I think he talks about it more than me now!
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I never had baby fever - ha! It was all DH!
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Me. I've had baby fever pretty much since I WAS a baby. Ha!
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@CatchAFallingStar: me too! I've always wanted to be a mom!
DH was the first one that brought it up, though.
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I had it first but then DH got majorly onboard so we started TTC. It's taking longer than expected and now I think he's sort of getting cold feet. I partially blame his friends with kids for saying that he should wait as long as possible because your life is pretty much over. Ugh. Has this happened to anyone else? I'd like him to be more enthusiastic but I don't want to push too hard and try to talk him into it. Sorry if this is a little off topic - maybe I should start a separate thread?
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@Mrs. Chickadee: we were ttc for 8 cycles in total, but for about 11 months. After 2 months ttc we got married abroad and spent a week on holiday with friends and family, two of those being a 4 year old and a 3 month old. This put DH off having babies for about 3 months. Haha. I think it was because the rest of the group got to go out in the evenings and their parents complained about being stuck staying in. Long story short, he got over it and was super broody again. 5 months more of ttc and now 7 weeks pregnant and he is more excited than me.
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@Mrs tartan: Thanks for sharing your story! I hope it's the same for my husband. It sounds like a similar situation. We've spent a lot of time with friends who have small children (which is almost all of our friends now) and they all like to complain and joke around about how nice it must be to sleep, go out, etc. I also wonder if he's nervous about the idea of fertility treatments because I am seeing a doctor next week to talk about it. I think he'll come around- I hope so! I'm trying not to worry too much about it. I'm glad that I'm not the only one though and that your husband returned to being broody.
And congrats again on your pregnancy! I hope you're feeling well!
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@babycanuck: Uhm, ditto. I had baby fever years ago, although really put the "sure, one day" plan into action about 8 months ago. He finally got on board and is "ready" (ha, is anyone ever ready?!), but I'm really driving this train. Which I'm okay with
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@Mrs. Chickadee: Hang in there. It took my husband a loooong time (and many tears on my part) for him to get there. If I were you, I'd blatantly say to friends with kids "look, I know you say it's hard/stressful/etc., but you need to be more vocal about how your kids have rocked your world in the best possible way." I sure did, and I'm sure that helped. Good luck!!
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Definitely me!
I've just always wanted kids and been impatient for the time when I could finally have them. But I was good and waited, and now that DH and I have been together for 9 years and married for almost 5, I'm finally getting my wish! He would be okay if we never had any. He wants kids, but he also likes the idea of being a lot better off financially and being able to travel a lot and retire early and such. It's so weird to see people say it was their husbands who had the baby fever, because that's just SO not how we are. 
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