I feel your pain. I absolutely know I'm not ready to have a baby of my own, but I want one badly. I get my baby fix by babysitting. I've been working as a nanny for a few years now, and it's great. I get to spend time with a baby, play with him or her, have fun, enjoy the good stuff, but get to give the baby back at the end of the day. It's really so much more work than you can imagine taking care of a baby. I would get these flashes where I absolutely wanted a baby. I realized just how much work it was when I spent a 4 day weekend taking care of a 6 month old baby while the rest of his family was in New York on vacation. He got an ear infection that weekend, and he cried, for hours upon hours, with no stop. I spent 5 hours dancing around the living room holding him, because that was the only thing that would make him stop. I had to wake up every morning at 6 when he woke up, but I was up 4 times during the night when he cried. And I would wake up even if he didn't cry because I was afraid I would sleep through him crying. That reality of no sleep, constant worrying, and no alone time definately curbed my need for a baby. And any time I start to wish I had a baby, I just think about that weekend, and I go, oh yeah, that's why I don't want one yet. You are so young, and have so many things you need to experience. I know you know this logically. You just have to tell yourself that when your ovaries take over and start screaming "we want a baby!"
