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who usually wants to have a baby first in a marriage?
the husband or wife?
i noticed many question posted here today about the men really wanting a baby but the wife not being ready?
i’d assume the woman is usually the one who has the baby fever
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I believe it’s the wife.
me and my baby daddy we didn’t plan it so it was God who wanted us to have our child together out of love
unless its a joint decision in that case your both ok with it .
babies are not usually planned
My husband did, but he’s also 5 years older than me. I would suspect, over all women are the first to mention babies as well though.
It is usually the wife but sometimes it is the husband.
No man really wants a kid…just sex.
I think if the man is happily married then yes he wood want kids .
But a lot of women today see a child as way to an easy life ??
In the uk at least
It gets them a home , benefits , an csa
I would say the woman because then the man is locked in after that. She is all about security for herself.
The wife. No question.
I am married and my husband definetly has the baby fever. Although, I have come around lately. In today’s time where women have more power than before it goes both ways.
My fiance has the baby fever. He can’t wait to start a family.
Not Planned Parenthood..babies don’t make them money.
The issues are bigger for a woman than for a man. Yes both their lives are changed when a child comes into it, but it is the woman who has to bear the child (read have morning sickness, and other job interrupting symptoms). It is the woman who usually gets maternity leave so that she can have the baby and spend enough time with it to bond and then release the baby to childcare. Therefore it is the woman who has to worry about who might be trying to take her position when she is away from her job. Also, if a person has one child they typically have another within 5 years, a fact that most employers understand. She might loose opportunities just because her employer is expecting to loose her to childbirth if not full time parenting. Which brings about the last issue, many women become so attached that it is difficult to go back to work.
All around a woman’s career is affected just by the fact of having a baby. Then there are the secondary issues of whether or not the father takes care of 50% of the responsibilities of having a child. If he does not then there is a greater affect on her career. That is probably what you are seeing reflected on these pages.
I’ve noticed it goes both ways. I always thought I wanted a baby soon, but then I met my fiance and now we’ve put it off until at least 3-4 years after getting married and we won’t be getting married until next year. That will put me in my late twenties when I have our first and him in his early thirties. One of us might come around before then, but a baby is the last thing on my mind.