Hi guys I need your help. What would you do?

Basically long story short I have been with my partner over a year, I'm 26 and he's 37. He has a teenage daughter already and I have no children. When we first got together he told me he would like to have more kids at some point in the future, but recently I bought the topic up again and he told me he has no intention of having any more children and doesn't remember saying otherwise.

Now I'm in a really difficult situation as I have never been bothered about having children before, but since I've been with him all of a sudden I've got really broody and can't stop thinking about trying for a baby. I basically have 2 choices, either stay with the man I love and deal with the fact I likely won't have a family of my own, or leave and try and find another man to father my children. I don't want to do this as I don't want to panic and settle for someone who isn't right just because I want children.

What would you do?

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Miram · 31-35, F

I go for what I want most.

AliceMortem · 31-35, F

@Miram I really do want kids with him he means the world to me. But do I love him enough to stay and not have a family? I'm not sure

Miram · 31-35, F

@AliceMortem You are still very young. Women can have kids much later in life, no rush. And the intensity of the need to reproduce fluctuates in life. There are other matters to consider before like financial security.

I'd make sure to explain [b]I do want kids and I did think he does too and I do want him. [/b] And I would measure my ovarian reserve to see my future chances, family history too.