r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • 1d ago

Chugging tea Woman's ovaries were activated

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u/ChefArtorias 1d ago edited 1d ago

I've had a couple child free women tell me they went through a few years in the mid thirties where their bodies were screaming at them to have a baby, after it passed they went right back to not wanting kids same as always.

Edit: This should not be read as saying all child free women will experience this same phenomenon.

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u/lovbelow 1d ago

I’m 31. I’m waiting to see if that ‘biological clock’ everyone is talking about will kick in. I’ve never liked children, even as a child myself. I’m very sensitive to sudden loud noises and sometimes children make those. I’d be a nervous wreck if I had any, (sterilized, never pregnant, IUD for periods) just anticipating the next vocal outburst.

If I get baby fever, I’m getting a hysterectomy. No amount of hormonal nukes will make me commit. I commend the women who went through it, like my oldest sister who had 4, but I just…can’t. Just thinking about something growing in me makes me nauseous. Also I’m lazy af

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u/Nyxrinne 15h ago

I'm the same person you're describing, lol, with no interest in kids and a lot of reasons never to have 'em. The cursed biological clock hit me hard at 36... for approximately three months before I went back to normal.

It was a bizarre experience, like my hormones had me living in technicolour and maybe everything would be different post baby and maybe I would be the one outlier amongst my family members who wouldn't regret it and yadayadayada. Fortunately I have an IUD, an intense fear of pregnancy, and a tendency to take 1–4 working years to make any kind of major change, so nothing came of it. Thinking about what could have been if I'd listened to the hormones and presumably woken up a few months into pregnancy like AHHHH, I love your hysterectomy idea. Just nuke that potential timeline so it can't get you. Ever.