I'm eighteen, in college, and working a part-time job, the odds are stacked against me for even considering to have a child. I know that now is not the time, and I am waiting until I am out of school and in my career. Still, ever since I was a child with baby dolls, I've always decided my life wouldn't be anything unless I had a child. Even then and as I was growing up, I've been able to put that on the back burner. For some reason, though, in these couple past months I've had this inexplicable desire to have a child. It's even gone so far as to have the thoughts and longing interfere with my daily activities. What could be the reason for such an intense feeling?

I can understand your feelings. I too had them at one time... actually I still feel that way.

It's just a nurturing feeling some of us women get.

I married and had 2 children, divorced, married again and had 2 more kiddos. Now that I am 44, I cannot have any more children (for reasons that are too lengthy to go into). But, to quench my desires, I have gone into nursing as a profession. I work in labor and delivery. I deliver babies, and I also work in the nursery to take care of the little ones. They are all very near and dear to my heart.

You have a good mindset to wait until you are out of college and can afford to take care of a baby. Keep that up and you will be a great mom.

I don't think that this baby feeling is necessarily a good thing. You are at a crossroads in your life... becoming an adult, getting a college education, making new friends... I think you are wanting to avoid all the challenges of your new life. Basically, you are afraid of going forward.

Put all you have into college and what goes with it in order to grow up. :)

Best wishes, :)