Does anyone over 50 here still suffer from being broody?

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

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

Babies? Human babies? NO!

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 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)

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.

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.

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?

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

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

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

Absolutely and definitely not.

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

No, never.

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

Yes me and at this point I have accepted that it will never go away.

I realised that even if I had had more kids, I would still be broody, so that reconciles it for me a bit.

Babies dont cure broodeyness. Not for me. Each baby I did have just made me more broody

I was told, after my 2nd DD was born, very severely jaundiced due to an extreme blood group incompatibility, that I could go ahead with another pregnancy safely, because they would do a complete blood change in utero if necessary. This was enough to totally put me off the idea of another pregnancy. However when I was menopausal in my mid 50s, I was suddenly plagued with broodiness and so sorry that there could never be another baby. Thankfully, this feeling disappeared when menopause was complete and I was happy to wait for the Grandchildren to arrive.

I presume that it is your hormones being all over the place that causes this surge of maternal longing.

I always wanted a 4th baby but DD2 was 5 weeks early and had cord round her neck so her heart rate kept going down as she was born and there was a resuscitation team outside the room. DH was as white as a sheet as I was on oxygen so couldn't put him through that again. DD2 split from abusive partner when DGS2 was 9 weeks so we have been like his 2nd parent for a year which has been lovely but exhausting and I feel at 62 my body would say no to having my own!

I would always be up for another pregnancy, till my dying day I expect. So no, OP, the menopause made no difference.
I was totally with the 63 year old woman who acted as a surrogate for her daughter.

It was my intensely practical nature that stopped me from having a big family.

And some things that went wrong in life too.

No, never broody. I have had two children and do not see the need to have more than the replacement for DH and I.

Not for me. I had my third baby at 32 and never felt the urge for another. I felt my family was complete.

I am so sorry to hear of your many miscarriages; each one must have been an anguish for you. Perhaps you are meant to cuddle more babies in your life, whether as a volunteer at a hospital or daycare, or even a foster mother.

I can understand. I'm sure I didn't do a very good job with the ones I had, and I'd love to have another one to love. I dearly love my 43 and 39 year olds - but yes I can sympathise with the feelings of wishing you had another chance.

Gosh- no!
How about being a foster parent?

No but I’d like to rewind the clock for just a little while and spend more time with my beautiful three as babies. I’ve been lucky and been allowed to be a very hands on Nanna so that has filled the maternal void. There’s nothing like a baby is there? Some of us are just programmed to want to nurture.

Definitely not !

A new GC yes (never going to happen) who dosen't love to cuddle a new born but you can give those back