How do you deal with baby pangs?

You better hurry up and get with Grisaille.

Remember: while delicious, baby can be quite fattening. what with all that baby oil.

call Dave Crosby?

You can freeze your eggs and take some time to figure out what you both want and are willing / ready to do.

Sign up to be a foster parent or adopt

I try to turn them into puppy pangs. I’m so much more ready for a puppy than a baby. A friend of mine dealt with it by buying a house. She says she doesn’t want a baby anymore.

After having 3 of them and a hysterectomy, I still get baby pangs! I just ignore them… they go away after a while. For serious advice, I’d follow @Dr_C.‘s

I think, although @Dr_C can confirm, that the process of freezing eggs is still in its infancy, but embryo freezing is now extremely good. The problem is some people feel odd if they never use the embryos.

Well, what’s stopping you?

@casheroo Our relationship is new(ish). We both thought it would be best to wait a few years.

What’s sad is when you get the baby pangs and there’s like no way in hell it’ll happen any time soon, which is my situation. I have no partner and like you, am not getting any younger. I’d just have one by myself, but frankly, I don’t know if I’m down for the single parent experience. So, how I deal with it is I let myself explore the feelings, how much I want one, how much I want to share the experience with a partner, get kind of sad because it’s not going to happen any time soon, take a deep breath, and move forward with the hope that it will all come together for me eventually.

I knew my biological clock was ticking when I was somewhere and saw an adorable baby and, out of nowhere, I had the momentary urge to snatch the baby and run. Then I was like, What the..? I was rather shocked that I’d even have this thought and I don’t know where it came from! I am not a baby snatcher, for the record. But damn, that biological clock..

@jjmah That makes sense. All I can suggest is volunteering in something that involves young children. Maybe that’ll ease it. I’m sorry. It’ll happen before you know it.

Jude Law! Call Jude Law!

I don’t have pangs. I don’t know if I’ll have pangs. But I’d agree with @casheroo; perhaps there’s baby cuddling opportunities at a hospital or other volunteer opportunities with young children you can try for until you can have a kid.

@aprilsimnel Yes! Jude Law! Not David Crosby! Geez, saying David Crosby makes my ovaries want to run and hide behind my kidneys.

Ugh, me too.. that was one pick I never did understand.

I had a baby at 42. There’s time people.

I offer to babysit. I find that does wonders for those nagging baby pangs!

Just remember that babies turn into toddlers and eventually teenagers. No one gets teenager pangs (except maybe pedophiles).

@jjmah In that case, just picture David Crosby’s head on every baby you see.

@Likeradar ew, lol!

Whenever I have the baby pangs, I just take a little trip to the mall, library, or grocery store. Having my eardrums ravaged by legions of screaming children is enough to cure the urge for several weeks. Repeat as needed.

Let us know what you decide to do. Much love.

@Grisaille You’re a definite contender, my friend. :)

@jjmah I volunteer for delivery!!!

@Dr_C I want you there to catch the bambino/bambina. :)