https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 20 Jun 2026 20:18:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-350557 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:40:02 +0000 alayaya 350557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted sooner, but mainly because we've been ttc for almost 9 months with not success. I can't help but feel that if we had started on our honeymoon like I had originally wanted, that I would be pregnant by now or maybe even already have the baby.</p> <p>But I guess I know that when the time comes, that will really be the right time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-350436 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:37:46 +0000 lovehoneybee 350436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well...we tried for over a year before we got pregnant with a sticky baby, so in that sense I wish I had had one sooner...it was a rough year. BUT if I had gotten pregnant sooner, I wouldn't have Evan. I'd have a baby, but it wouldn't be him, and I'm so crazy in love with him it's unreal, so I voted Neither. The baby that was meant to be mine came exactly when he was supposed to... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-350430 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:35:12 +0000 HabesBabe 350430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish we started sooner! I'm 29 and hubs is 31... we aren't super old but we have been together for FOREVER and had always done things slow.</p> <p>Got married after 11 years of dating<br /> Had a kid after 3 years of being married/ 14 years of being together </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-350360 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:02:50 +0000 DillonLion 350360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely not any sooner! I'm happy that we are starting our family now, but if we had waited another few years and possibly paid off our debts I could be a SAHM. But, this way will work also! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-350350 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:57:28 +0000 polkadots 350350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Waited. I got Pregnant 8 months after DH proposed, which also was 9 months before our wedding day. (whoops) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-350313 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:46:59 +0000 chopsuey 350313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 30 when I got pregnant and 31 when I had my LO. Great time to have a baby I think. </p> <p>DH and I had only known each other for 10 months and we were married for 8 months, but! Timing was good and I wouldn't change anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-350305 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:45:30 +0000 luckypenny 350305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JustlikeHeaven: ummm that just made my week!! (*blushing*) thank you :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-350161 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:58:47 +0000 lawbee11 350161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Haha! My DH actually already has kids from a previous marriage (my bonus kids :)), so he knows what he's in for! We're waiting because I just graduated from law school in May/started a new job. I think he's more nervous about how much money I'll be spending on unnecessary baby accessories when the time comes :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-350151 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:56:45 +0000 Mrs. Pen 350151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JustlikeHeaven: lol sorry!! I know I'm a really young mom :) crazy thing - I'm older than my mom, DH's mom, and both my grandmas were when they had their first LO! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-350145 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:55:19 +0000 DpeachLu 350145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Neither. :-). Although I do wish I had bought a 4 door car back when I bought my last car. I wasnt thinking baby then. I would have been done with car payments... but since baby came - we had to trade in for a 4 door. &amp; now theres a car payment. waaa. first world problems. </p> <p>@luckypenny: I saw your wedding video.. and it had me in tears. You looked stunning. I loved your dress. I love your style. I love your tats. Heck I kinda wished I was your hubby for a second (jk ;-].) You were an awesome prego bride. </p> <p>@Coco Bee: wow I feel old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-350143 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:54:37 +0000 rachiecakes 350143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Obviously I feel like I have a perfect DS and had him at the perfect time but if I knew how easy it would be and how much I would love being a mom I think I would've wanted to have kids sooner. DH is older than me and I always thought I'd be 'one and done' and now I would like to have another but it probably won't happen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-350136 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:49:51 +0000 Foodnerd81 350136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: Dragging them to the baby section can backfire if there is a screaming baby there. Just saying... I try to only point out the really cute well behaved babies and steer him away from the ones losing it (or the parents who look like they are about to lose it!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-350087 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:35:40 +0000 luckypenny 350087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got pregnant (accidentally) 3 months after DH proposed to me ! Needless to say it changed a lot of things and I ended up being a preggo bride. Part of me loves that DDwas "there" and a part of our day but I also would have loved to have worn a different dress, enjoyed more travel alone with hubby, stayed living in the city not suburbs etc... </p> <p>It's crazy to think if I hadn't gotten pregnant we would just be getting married next Saturday! But I really wouldn't have it any other way now </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-350062 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:31:02 +0000 lawbee11 350062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: Your DH sounds like me...I always drag mine to the baby section at Target :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-350004 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:09:55 +0000 annie624 350004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have nothing to contribute, as I'm not even TTC yet... But this is something that I'm really interested in. I would love to start trying, but DH isn't there yet. However, this is definitely something I worry about. I want to treasure the time DH and I have together just the two of us, but at the same time I have baby fever so so bad! I'm definitely scared of regretting not waiting later on. So I'm interested in the poll section of this post for sure! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-350002 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:09:38 +0000 Running Elley 350002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Neither. I'm totally happy with when we had our little guy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-349981 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:04:45 +0000 prettylizy 349981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would love to have started sooner becuase I'm always in a hurry to get things started. DH was probably right and we waited untiil we could afford for me to take a full year of maternity leave, but I had baby fever something awful </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-349979 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:04:02 +0000 yin 349979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish we would have waited a year or two later. I'm also a younger mom (24 when LO was born), and I didn't have an established career or desirable job. It did give me the opportunity to leave a job I hated and now I'm a SAHM. Of course I wouldn't trade my LO for an extra year or two without him. He makes our lives so much more fulfilled. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-349974 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:01:07 +0000 pinkcupcake 349974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I kinda wish I had her a little earlier, but I know this was the best time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-349969 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:00:15 +0000 Mrs. Pen 349969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh wait scratch that... I'm 23 haha!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-349966 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:59:25 +0000 Mrs. Pen 349966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Waited longer... I'm only 22! I let my husband persuade me into TTC when I wasn't ready. I had told him 5 years, he would take me to baby sections in stores to get me to want a baby. When I lost two jobs in less than 6 months and how no idea where my life was going, we decided to TTC. It was definitely circumstance and DH that pushed me into it.</p> <p>Obviously I don't regret it now. I have the most amazing kid ever. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-349951 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:53:48 +0000 JoJoGirl 349951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted earlier, but only because I'm nervous about TTC for #2 (I'll be 37). In reality though, I wouldn't change anything about all the amazing experiences I had in my 20s, places I went, education I got, etc., and am of course super glad I waited and found DH instead of marrying any of the dimwits I dated in my 20s and having a baby with them ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-349944 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:51:34 +0000 Bookish 349944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We aren't KU yet, but I'm glad we started trying when we did. We are on cycle 4 of TTC, so I'm glad we didn't wait any longer! Who knows how much longer this will take! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-349916 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:33:35 +0000 T.H.O.U. 349916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am so happy we were blessed with her when we were, but there are financial things and social things we kinda wished we could have done before her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-349872 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:11:26 +0000 Mrsbells 349872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we werent planning to start TTC until this year but I got pregnant last year. It all worked out in the end though and I wouldnt have had it any other way now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-349859 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:03:11 +0000 lawbee11 349859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: @pointybird: Exactly. If I knew we'd be successful in the first three cycles, I'd be so much more relaxed! I had my pre-conception appointment yesterday, and my OB/GYN told me it takes a normal, healthy couple 5 cycles to get pregnant, and not to call him unless we'd gone 8 cycles with no success. The thought of it taking 8+ cycles makes me want to start trying tonight! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-349846 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:58:21 +0000 plaidpants 349846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: That was exactly what we went through. I was 29 and had always had a long, weird cycle so I figured it could take us a long time. And I just had a weird feeling it would take a while. I didn't want to wait to start. But then it happened for us on the first cycle of NTNP, so you just never know! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-349841 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:56:12 +0000 Foodnerd81 349841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: Yes! Like, if I could say, OK we will get pregnant within 3 months of starting to try, it would be easier to wait! It's the unknown. Like, can't science just make it happen? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-349836 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:54:34 +0000 lawbee11 349836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pointybird: I feel kinda the same way. Part of me wants to wait a little longer (when we start TTC in a few months we will be married a little over a year), but I am SO impatient. I also have this fear that it will take me awhile to get pregnant (although there is no reason it should), so I am anxious about that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-waited-longer-had-a-baby-sooner-or-neither#post-349817 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:48:11 +0000 mrsjyw 349817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Neither! :) </p>