If the sight of a cute, cuddly baby makes you long for you own, then you’re not alone. The influx of emotions from being around a baby can spark our instincts to reproduce. This sudden impulsive urge to have a child has been coined by pop culture as “baby fever.”
Many chalk up the need to procreate as our natural instinct, while others swear it is a societal construct. Regardless of the reason, are we all destined to suffer from baby fever at some point in our lives?
While we know that there are many factors that can influence fertility, little is known about the actual reasons that motivate one to have a child. Traditionally, many people believed that only women had a strong physical and emotional drive to have children. Recent studies have now found that men, too, can catch this baby fever urge.
The basic need to procreate ...
