What made you start TTC?

Was there a certain point when you were thinking of TTC that made you decide now is the right time?

What made you TTC?

Is there ever a right time?! LOL

We havent started ttc yet, we plan to in a couple of months. Firstly we wanted to wait until after we were married, then I have just got a new job so I wanted to be at the job for a year for maternity leave and lastly because I want to lose weight first,

I would love so much to have a baby now but but we just had a couple of thing to do before it felt like the right time, if there is such a thing as the right time.

With our first we started TTC a couple of months after our wedding. We had already bought our house a year before and it just felt like the right time to start. I guess it was the fact we were married that made it the right time. We had talked about it beforehand anyways and knew we wanted babies soon.
Is there ever a right time? I don't know, it def felt like the time was right for us. And now we are onto bub #2.

Because DH is getting old - teehee. He's a bit older than me so that's a huge deciding factor. We've got 3 years before he reaches a certain birthday and then that's it. We want it all over and done with by then so that our children aren't embarrassed by an old fuddy duddy father lol. Cutting it a bit fine I know. He wanted to have kids 'one day' and I said I'm not having babies with anyone until I'm married. That's just how I wanted it. Then we got married and planned to start straight away but put it on hold a little bit. We were trying to wait until next year and have some just us time but then we bought our new house and decided it's too big for just the two of us.

DH used to change is mind, yes, no, yes no. I just roll my eyes and ask if we're having one of those days. As soon as my 3 year old cousin decided she had a crush on DH that was it. He's completely smitten and can't understand how I just don't get pregnant straight away.

I think the right time is when you feel like you really want to have a baby. Unless you are a criminal, about to be sent to jail, addicted to drugs, declared bankrupt then any time is the right time.

We set a time to start trying for our family ... and then got caught up in the idea and threw that plan out the window and started without waiting!

I think we were both just ready for it, although having said that, I think I was more ready than DH. He admitted to me not long ago that he was only *really* ready about a year ago (we started about 3 years ago).

BooBoo wrote: Was there a certain point when you were thinking of TTC that made you decide now is the right time? What made you TTC? Is there ever a right time?! LOL

For the first time when we were TTC (before Olivia) it felt right *after* we had given up (wedding approaching, MIL sick) and that was when we got pregnant. Second time I was dead against having another kid so soon, then just one day a light went on and I wanted #2. Unfortunately I have recently had a m/c so we are up to #3!! But still, for me I just knew.

I met my DP in January of this year and within a week we knew we would marry and would love it if we were blessed with a child, because I am 38 and already have a 12 year old boy who is my pride and joy we felt we did not want to wait to start trying because we may not be able to have kids (due to age). So what will be will be I feel but its not the end of the world if it doesnt happen but at same time would be so excited if it does happen. And in the meantime its fun trying!!

Mine was a medical thing. I had my first lot of endo taken out in March 03 and was told at my 6 week check up to start trying (as we wanted to start trying) and I got pregnant straight away. In Feb 05 when I had my next endo op my gyne told me to have another one very soon if I wanted to get pregnant again but as I was getting married March 06 we waited and I got pregnant in May 06. As I want another one I need to think about it soonish.

At the moment, I'd say I'm emotionally ready (and DH is too), in that I can imagine sharing our life with another person and think we would love being parents.
But we are not TTC just yet because we want me to get a bit more established in my career so that we can have children in the environment we want them in - ie, if i've been working a bit longer, it will be easier for me to work part-time etc, and I will have a better CV for if I decide to leave my job and reapply for another later. Plus it lets us get our traveling and stuff done first. I must say getting married made a big difference to how I felt, which surprised me. We also wanted to wait until we got into a home which we could imagine having a family in (we do now). Our first home was a lovely place to live as a couple, but I think I would have gone stir-crazy if i'd been a SAHM in that house!
So I think you know you're ready when all the reasons why not no longer outweigh that inexplicable desire to start a family. But then I'm not ready yet, so what would I know!

i changed my pill a few months before wedding and knew risk was a pregnancy (im a pill baby!!!) so we talked....then on honeymoon i messed up my pill (we were in usa) so talked again....and then ccme back, hii xmas and decided to just see what happened...my pill had been messed up all month...had a MC arond april and then got pg in june..and bubba to follow...

we have houses, jobs etc etc, i was coming up to 35 and DH i his 30s too..... and altho we still always wanted MORE...if we had waited there would never have been a good time financially to ttc....

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