Do you believe in a "biological clock"?

I'm not talking about whether or not you want kids, plan to have them eventually, whatever... I'm talking about the switch that you hear about that supposedly just turns on one day. Where even if you never really thought about it, or planned specifically NOT to have kids, all of a sudden you caught "I've gotta have a baby" fever.
I find myself thinking about this a lot lately, maybe just because I spend so much time home alone lately, and I can see the psychological end a little better. Women in such a situation are prone to lonliness, and having a youngster around certainly would help that!
It just makes me wonder if that means the whole biological clock idea is really more about external issues with what's going on in the world around you, or if it really is biological and chemical urges to procreate.
And then there's this other part of me that wonders if this whole train of thought implanted in my head BY those biological and chemical urges, just trying to trick me into thinking about babies...

Or maybe I've just got to get out more! Anyway, I was just wondering if any of you had an opinion, I thought it might be an interesting follow-up for the "girls that want babies" poll.

 

I honestly believe that it's biological and most women will experience chemical urges to procreate. It doesn't matter whether or not they feel like they consciously WANT children, their body DOES as a natural instinct. Which is exactly why many women crave sexual intercourse even moreso during their peak fertile time of the month (ovulation). The increase in libido is to ensure that the female is more aggressive, seeks out the male in order to mate.

 

oh hell, i got hit BIG TIME. i never wanted kids, hated babies, totally sick of the little shits...then ONE DAY, when i was about 23-24, that totally reversed. i had baby fever so bad it made people laugh. i could sense a sleeping baby a block away and coludn't help but go coo and drool over it. i'm over it now...now that i have 2 of them...

 

oh, and loneliness was in no way a factor. i don't know what loneliness is, lol.

 

i am the same, i have not wanted kids for so longeven though I have been with my man for 11 years, this year though it has hit me hard, i cant beleive it! I cant wait, I am planning everything as best I can, will wait another year or two while we get finances better organised

 

Haha. I am famous for giving every one the I have worked way too hard to get where I am to have kids speech. I am 30 and been married for 5 years seriously woke up one morning recently and felt the overwhelming need to breed. I went so far as to re-arrange the furniture in the dining room to make room for a baby high chair...Just in case.