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does anyone here over 50, still suffer from being broody? please

(64 Posts)
January2025b Sun 02-Feb-25 18:30:50

hi just wandered pls, does anyone here still suffer from being broody pls,,
i have been through the menopause with no symptoms,,
just wandered - has anyone tried anything pls to help 'alleviate' these symptoms,,, thanks!

M0nica Mon 03-Feb-25 17:50:08

I ceased to be broody the day my second child was born.

Rowantree Thu 03-Apr-25 15:26:59

Yes, actually, I do!
So much so that I watch clips of newborn babies. I'm a grandma to two grandchildren but there will be no more, and I miss the tiny baby stage .
My own 2nd baby was born with multiple health problems and a rare disability so I always felt cheated of the special newborn magic. I was stressed with the emergency c section of my first baby, and though I loved them both dearly I'd love to experience the tiny baby stage as I'd like it to be ( but I know that's not going to happen). It's not the same as really wanting to have another baby myself though!

ViceVersa Thu 03-Apr-25 15:59:39

I don't think I ever did! Now show me a puppy and that's a whole different matter! grin

Aveline Thu 03-Apr-25 16:07:55

No I don't feel broody but I love the company of babies and small children. I'm jealous of Grans who have wee grandchildren. My grandchildren have grown up a lot and are no longer the cute, confiding wee things they were. I loved it when they hadn't any filter but now they are too polite and, really, not that bothered about their grandparents. Fair enough. They have their own lives and interests but I miss the children that they were.

Grandma70s Thu 03-Apr-25 16:11:53

No, I don’t, though I do notice there are no babies in our family at the moment.. I’m 85 and my children are in their fifties, the grandchildren are teenagers.

I’d like a cat, though.

hulahoop Thu 03-Apr-25 16:21:49

Not me but my husband would have another ,we have 2Ac and 5Gc .

Janiepops Thu 03-Apr-25 16:25:22

Yes January, I really do!
I have six of my own, and 13 grandchildren, they are my world, and define me totally.
I would love to do it all again, every last minute. However, IF, I suddenly had to raise a newborn now, I couldn’t possibly cope! If I could have my 30 year old body back, the energy, the fitness, the adventurous spirit, I would do it all day long, but, I’m 72, cream crackered, too heavy, grinding to a standstill!
So just a dream….

Nuttynanna2 Thu 03-Apr-25 18:19:24

God no!!!!

Redblueandgreen Thu 03-Apr-25 18:51:57

No. I think about my poor old pelvic floor.

Imarocker Fri 04-Apr-25 06:47:00

I’m not broody for myself but I would love to have more grandchildren. The three I have are wonderful young people but I miss the days when they came once a week and we cuddled up on the armchair and read books together.

Milsa Fri 11-Apr-25 14:27:02

A good question. Nearing the 50s, have had secondary infertility and have not stopped trying , well, no contraception. For 7 years now , no pregnancy. My paternal grandpa was born when his mum was 51 in the beginning of the last century, so who knows. Am I broody? Don't know. But since I do not use contraception, might carry my great-grandma's genes, so we shall see

Labradora Fri 11-Apr-25 18:38:25

ViceVersa

I don't think I ever did! Now show me a puppy and that's a whole different matter! grin

Me too !!
Mind you I'm pretty well taken with Grogu (or Baby Yoda as he's also known) in the Mandelorian for anyone who has Apple TV.
If that means that broodyness is about to descend upon me , then its too late!!
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BlueBelle Fri 11-Apr-25 20:45:29

No 3 children 7 grandchildren all grown and flown
Not broody in the least