Does anyone over 50 here still suffer from being broody?

No freaking way grandchildren are enough!!

I have 4 Ac but was never broody just careless love them to bits though

Give me puppies and kittens any day.

Sorry for your losses op x

No, never.

Absolutely and definitely not.

I'm so sorry for all those of you who lost their babies that is very hard.

I’m very much older thanover but still dream of having babies, peer into prams and adore small children. I don’t actually wish I could start all over again.
Having pets certainly helps. So does looking after a pair of squabbling grandchildren with revolting manners.
Losing all those babies must have meant years of grief, which time will ease

Three of my grandchildren had reborn dolls for Christmas, they are so realistic, just the right weight of a new baby, and they smell delicious!
I used to get this weird physical sensation whenever I picked up a new baby, a real yearning feeling, and then one day I just didn’t anymore! So hopefully it will pass for you too

Eglantine21 - did it get easier after menopause or stay the same?

Bradfordlass72 - It is partly grief in me as well, I had 12 miscarriages after my last child, never really stopped trying for a last baby, but it never happened, age got in the way. I am not sure I would find a "reborn baby" doll any help. But it is good to know that others have experienced this too late broodiness and that I am not cracking up totally!

Please can someone reassure me that it does get easier? Or any hints as to how to refocus the mind?

I sometimes dream that I have just had a baby and it is always a very vivid dream. I am thrilled to have a new baby and then I wake up and am sad that it's not real. Funny thing is I was never that maternal in real life.

I think I understand how you feel, it's that chance to start again and maybe do things differently. Also the feel of your newborn in your arms.

Just recently we had a thread about 'reborn' babies; and how some women buy them and treat them as real children.
They look and feel and, to a certain extent act, like real children.

I could quite understand it as I would have dearly loved more than my 2 boys but circumstances prevented.

I worked in child care for many years and until fairly recently volunteered in a kindergarten. So I understand completely your broodiness.

Look on YouTube for 'reborns' if you've never heard of them. They definitely fill a need for many hundreds of people all over the world.

Oh yes and my menopause was more than twenty years ago!

I’d love to be pregnant again and give birth.

And then opt out?

(Actually my boobs still tingle when I’m near a crying baby)

So there is no hope for me phoenix, I still want the human version. Tried a puppy dog version recently, but was allergic to it, so failed!

Oh definitely, every time I see a litter of kittens or puppies, I get very tempted!

Babies? Human babies? NO!

Thank you Lily65 - It is my first time venturing over here, I have been on mumsnet for years, and wanted a new name!

nice user name.