The state of Beyonce’s womb is as overly-analyzed as Jennifer Aniston’s. And much like Aniston, Bey continues to talk about babies and wanting babies and wanting to be pregnant and what it’s going to be like being pregnant and when it’s going to happen and then nothing ever happens. I know I’m going to sound totally sexist, but whatever, this is how I read Bey and Jay-Z’s relationship: I think he would love nothing more than for Beyonce to start having babies and take some time off from her career, and I think Beyonce doesn’t want any part of that. I think she likes to work, and she wants to continue working for many more years before she even thinks about it. Which is fine – it’s her life, her body, whatever. But over and over in interviews, Bey has fallen into the trap where she feels like she can’t just say that she wants to work and she doesn’t feel like getting knocked up right now. Does she think that her fans wouldn’t understand? I don’t know. Anyway, Bey has a new interview with You Magazine, and she comes closer than ever before in telling people to back off her reproductive system:

The plan hasn’t changed – she still wants a baby. But Beyoncé Knowles says she and husband Jay-Z aren’t on a specific timetable for when it might happen.

“My ambition is to continue to learn about the world and to eventually have a family,” the singer-actress, who turns 29 on Sept. 4, tells You magazine, published by Britain’s Mail on Sunday.

Pressed for specifics, Knowles – who was the subject of pregnancy rumors last winter – says she can offer “no dates, no times – it will happen when I am ready.”

When she does have a child, it will add another major element to an already hectic life. Finding a balance amid the craziness, Knowles admits, is sometimes hard. “I love so many different things, and to have the discipline to turn certain things away and focus on one thing at a time so that I can give it 100 percent is really hard,” she says.

“Probably the biggest challenge in my life is time – making sure I have time to be a wife, to be a singer, to be a songwriter, to be an actor and still have time for my clothing line and now for my perfume [Heat].”

But she gets by – usually with a little help from her girlfriends.

“I love being a woman and I love being a friend to other women,” she says. “I think we learn a lot from our female friends – female friendship is very, very important. It’s good to support each other, and I do try to put that message in my music.”

[From People]

“No dates, no times – it will happen when I am ready.” Good for you, Beyonce. The next time she gets asked, I hope she steps it up a notch with a simple, “Piss off.” Oh, Bey. We’re both Virgos, girl. We don’t like pain and I’m willing to bet the fear of childbirth is big part of all this, for real. We Virgos build this sh-t up in our minds until we’re absolutely shaking with terror. But they have drugs, Bey!

Header: Bey on March 11, 2010. Credit: WENN.