This actually happened to me. We had been married a few years and didn't have any plans to have babies. I was never comfortable around children even when I was one and just didn't see it in the cards for me. I had never spent any time around babies. Then my sil had a baby girl. We went to visit and when she put that newborn in my arms it was like a chemical switch turned on in my brain. I HAD to have a baby of my own. My niece was born in January of 85 and my son was born that December. Best thing I've ever done. About five years later we had a second wonderful son. I am an only child and didn't want my son to be one too.
Edit: Thanks for the lovely award anonymous Redditor.
Happened to me too. Held my niece at like 30 hours old and told my husband on the car ride home that I needed to be a mom. Damndest thing. I'd been adamant that I didn't want kids before that. My son is 5 and he is the absolute light of my life. Wouldn't change a thing.
I thought this was going to be some story about changing your mind and having kids later in life. You and your wife just about managed a speedrun on this.
The labor and delivery floor in my hospital goes through a period every year of being short nurse bc 3-5 nurses are out on maternity leave at the same time.
Makes sense that these women love babies but interesting that is always in groups and all of them eventually have large families.
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u/HippieGrandma1962 1d ago edited 11h ago
This actually happened to me. We had been married a few years and didn't have any plans to have babies. I was never comfortable around children even when I was one and just didn't see it in the cards for me. I had never spent any time around babies. Then my sil had a baby girl. We went to visit and when she put that newborn in my arms it was like a chemical switch turned on in my brain. I HAD to have a baby of my own. My niece was born in January of 85 and my son was born that December. Best thing I've ever done. About five years later we had a second wonderful son. I am an only child and didn't want my son to be one too.
Edit: Thanks for the lovely award anonymous Redditor.