She\u2019s so taken with the wee one that she can barely look at her. As her friends wipe her tears (at her request, so she doesn\u2019t get them on the baby), she says, \u201cI need to have a kid,\u201d and \u201cI want to take my top off and have skin-to-skin contact.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brkic wrote that it was the friend\u2019s \u201cfirst time holding a baby,\u201d adding, \u201cand now she wants 8.\u201d So many people recognized the overwhelming urge to have a baby coming out of nowhere and commiserated in the comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf that\u2019s not baby FEVER then idk what is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOmg don\u2019t let her smell the baby\u2019s head.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJust another example of our bodies betraying our good common sense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHer-i dont want kids. her uterus-WE ARE SOOOOO GETTING ONE OF THESE!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHer ovaries activated \u201cThose maternal instincts booted down the door and arrived with a BANG with the skin to skin comment \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe\u2019s not ready for skin to skin, her heart will literally explode.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat a wholesome crash out \u201cShe\u2019s going to be the greatest mom!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTHIS HAPPENED TO ME. I NEVER WANTED KIDS. Then I held a baby and it drooled on me and laughed. We now have 2 and they\u2019re my favorite people in THE WHOLE WORLD AND THEY\u2019RE SO FUN.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI NEVER wanted kids!!! I held my cousin\u2019s baby and fell in love. That was July of 2014. My son was born July of 2015!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other commenters warned her that the baby fever is a temporary feeling, with some going so far as to call it a \u201ctrick\u201d or a \u201ctrap.\u201d After all, they don\u2019t stay sweet, adorable babies forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey DONT ALWAYS SLEEP. They\u2019re much harder awake. Do not fall for sleeping babies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGive her a toddler, she will get over it really quick \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cnow give her a 3 year old that has missed their nap, got the blue cup instead of the green and their biscuits broke \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGirl it\u2019s a trick they start that cute for a reason.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s a trap. They need cars and insurance \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yep. It is. That doesn\u2019t mean everyone experiences it, of course. But according to Gary Brase, an associate professor of psychology at Kansas State University who spent nearly 10 years studying the \u201cbaby fever\u201d phenomenon, not only is it real, but it\u2019s not limited to women. Though it shows up more frequently and to a stronger degree in females, it happens across the gender spectrum. Brase and his wife Sandra went into their research looking at three theories about what contributes to a sudden, strong urge to have a baby:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. The sociocultural view: \u201c<\/strong>People want to have a baby because they are taught gender roles. Women think they should have children because society says that is what they are supposed to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. The byproduct view: \u201cHumans experience nurturance. When they see a cute baby they want to take care of it, and that makes them want to have a baby of their own. Baby fever is a by-product \u2014 it is nurturance misplaced.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. The adaptationist view: \u201c<\/strong>Baby fever is an emotional signal \u2014 like a suggestion sent from one part of the mind to the other parts \u2014 that this could be a good time to have a child.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the results of their research found three different factors that contribute to wanting to have a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe first two had to do with the visual sensory things,\u201d Brase told NBC News. \u201cSeeing a baby, hearing a baby, smelling a baby led some people to want to have a baby.\u201d Conversely, seeing the more \u201cdisgusting\u201d parts of having a baby, such as dirty diapers and spit-up, had an anti-baby-fever effect. The third factor was about life circumstances and trade-offs that made it seem feasible or not feasible to have a baby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPeople would say, \u2018I don\u2019t want to have a baby because I don\u2019t have money or I don\u2019t have time or I don\u2019t have a partner,\u201d Brase said. \u201cAll of the rational thoughts. That showed up as a third factor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The mix of biological urge and societal conditioning can be a potent combo, which is why older adults will often tell young people that they might change their mind. Then again, they might not. Plenty of people live happy, fulfilling lives without having children, and plenty of people who never saw themselves becoming a parent find it to be the highlight of their life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Time will tell whether this woman\u2019s baby fever is temporary or permanent, but how lucky is that baby to be surrounded by so much love?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Baby fever hits some harder than others. 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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nNot everyone was convinced it\u2019ll last<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Is \u2018baby fever\u2019 a real phenomenon?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What the research actually found<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Only time will tell for her<\/h2>\n\n\n\n