How do I know whether I am ready to be a parent or not?

I will get married by next year and my future husband plan to be a father before 35, which is a year after we are married. I am 8 years younger than him and I do not know whether I am ready for be a mother or not. But if I am to be a mother, I want to give the best to my baby(s) when the time comes. How do I know whether the time has come or not?How do I know whether I am ready to be a parent or not?
you wont know, it comes naturally. You go threw stages, 1st you want the baby, 2nd youre pregnant with the child, and trying to get threw that and learn about it. 3rd you have a newborn child, and thats when your mother instinct will kick in. Its all a natural process.How do I know whether I am ready to be a parent or not?
Well let me start by saying, there is rarely a perfect time to have a child. If you wait, that time generally never comes. You really need to talk to your future spouse, tell him about how you feel, work it out together. I'm guessing your scared that if you tell him your not ready he will leave you, but i'm sorry to say, if that breaks you guys up, you don't have a strong relationship to begin with. Relationships are about give and take, and compromise, but bringing a child into the world when you don't want one is horrible for the child. Personally, i'd talk to my future spouse, but put off the actual planning until after the wedding. You have enough to deal with now.
Nobody is ever truly ready to have a baby, but once it happens your instincts kick in.





Being mature enough to ask the question and discuss the answer is a good start.
You will be fine.





In the next 12 months, be a volunteer in your church nursery. That will help you gain patience and confidence. Then relax knowing that it really IS easier to handle your own child!





God Bless you!
in most cases you have no choice but to grow up and be a parent so you basically forced to unless you are really too young and heartless.
You were adult enough to consider the question. That puts you in the 95th percentile. I think you will be fine.
You wont know until the first time you hold your baby.
You will not be asking this question when you are ready.