https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 07 May 2026 22:25:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2243580 Thu, 23 Jul 2015 07:51:58 +0000 Caly 2243580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Timing: It took us over 4.5 years to get pregnant, so, that was out the window. </p> <p>Spacing: We really hadn't diacussed it (was more of a lets have one and go from there) but that was also a moot point since we had twins. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2243505 Thu, 23 Jul 2015 05:56:35 +0000 lamariniere 2243505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Timing: LO1 was through NTNP. LO2 was planned and I'm happy with when her EDD fell.<br /> Spacing: I initially wanted them to be 2 years apart. They are 3 years apart and I think it has worked out perfectly, and was better for our situation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2243504 Thu, 23 Jul 2015 05:48:20 +0000 abmamma 2243504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Timing: pretty close. Maybe a little faster as we got pregnant soon after we started ttc. I had expected it to take longer- especially after watching one of my best friends struggle for almost a year. </p> <p>Spacing: also pretty close. I had originally thought 2-2.5 years and when this little guy arrives in a few weeks we will be at almost exactly 3 years! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2243460 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 22:38:18 +0000 matador84 2243460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No plans for kids, no plans for spacing. We just let things happen and are happy with way it turned out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2243446 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 21:57:40 +0000 Eminthevalley 2243446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We planned to have them 2-3 years apart...but wound up with them one minute apart! Haha to plans. Seriously though, I think of the conversations we had about spacing and never did we discuss if we might have twins, although my dad is a fraternal twin so it was always a possibility. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2243444 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 21:53:59 +0000 skipra 2243444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were not sure if I could even get pregnant so as far as timing, it was always just if it happens, it happens. We did know that if we had one we would want at least 2 and I want to be done before I turn 35. So we decided that we would be OK with them close together if it turned out that way and potentially give us time to think about and try for a third. It turned out ttc #2 took a lot less time than we really expected so they are 20 months apart. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2243426 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 21:22:14 +0000 Mrs. Train 2243426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>neither timing nor spacing was how we "planned" when we got married we started right away and thought we would have 2 kids 2 or 3 years apart. 4 kids in three years was definitely not the plan but it has worked out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2243413 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 21:13:03 +0000 twodoghouse 2243413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Timing: It took much longer than we ever anticipated, due to IF. Our kids were born a month before our 6 year anniversary and 3 years after we started TTC.</p> <p>Spacing: We thought we'd want a two year age gap, but twins made that a non-issue. We are most likely done, but if we ever tried for a 3rd it would be a longggg time down the road. It's funny because now I think a two year age gap sounds impossible (and a 9 minute gap is just right!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2243375 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 20:09:25 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2243375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Timing: off by 3.5 years due to IF. </p> <p>Spacing: who knows? We originally said 2 years apart. Now we have no clue when and if we'll be going through treatments again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2243373 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 20:06:33 +0000 FaithFertility 2243373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Timing way off......dealt with IF for a few years, but would do it all over again to get this babe! :)</p> <p>Spacing we say we will NTNP around 10-12 months which is in 3 months......eeeklkkk....lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2243371 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 20:03:07 +0000 travellingbee 2243371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Timing- perfect if not quicker than expected. We got pregnant the month after our wedding.</p> <p>Spacing- about a year off. We wanted them 2 years apart but I had difficulty getting pregnant and then had 2 miscarriages. This LO will be born when DS is 33 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2243369 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 19:59:05 +0000 lilteacherbee 2243369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Timing took longer than expected. We started TTC 8 months after getting married, but didn't have LO1 until we had been married 2.5 years (took over a year and a m/c).</p> <p>Spacing was closer than we had anticipated. We figured we wanted a 2-2.5 year age gap and started sooner than that because it took awhile the first time. It happened on the first cycle and they'll be 20 months apart. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2243367 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 19:52:32 +0000 Andrea 2243367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Timing was right on. We wanted to buy a house first and I got my BFP the month we moved in!</p> <p>Spacing was as planned, too. We wanted 2-3 years apart and we have a 2 year 9 month gap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2243285 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 18:05:19 +0000 Finfan 2243285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Timing of first took longer than I anticipated due to unexpected health problem on my end. It didn't recur so our TTC with LO2 was right about when I wanted it. They will be about 3.5 years apart and I was hoping for a 3-4 year gap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2243172 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 15:28:32 +0000 anonysquire 2243172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Timing: took a year longer than I had envisiined.</p> <p>Spacing: took 2 months longer than envisioned. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2243163 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 15:12:18 +0000 Anagram 2243163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Timing is just about right on--we wanted 2 years apart and they'll be 25 months apart (well, I haven't had LO yet--if she doesn't come early!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2243159 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 15:10:28 +0000 snowjewelz 2243159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Timing was fine; NTNP/casual TTC for 2 months, then got pregnant 1st month of serious TTC.</p> <p>Spacing is TBD since we only have one, plus we're still undecided between 2-3 yrs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2243156 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 15:07:43 +0000 BandDmommy 2243156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Timing- sooner than we expected. We got pregnant a month or so after we got married</p> <p>Spacing: we wanted around 2 year age gap, our gap is 2.5 years which is perfect :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2243060 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 13:54:19 +0000 Alivoo01 2243060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Timing: we started TTC when we originally planned, but didn't realize it would take us awhile to conceive. We also had a loss which delayed things even more.</p> <p>Spacing: we wanted them 2-2.5 years apart. Again, we didn't conceive easily, and when we did, we experienced another loss. If this one sticks (praying it dose), they'll be 32 months apart so not too far off from our plan. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2243054 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 13:48:28 +0000 fancyfunction 2243054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Timing went as planned - we figured 2 years of marriage before baby and she was born a few months after our 2nd anniversary. Spacing worked out too - I envisioned a three year gap, which is what we'll have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2243051 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 13:45:09 +0000 Cherrybee 2243051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>TIMING: We had planned to TTC in May 2013 but DH needed to go onto some medication that caused birth defects so we brought it forward almost a year. </p> <p>SPACING: We were planning to have our children close together - 2yrs apart ish - but then we had #1 and the rest is history! We are looking at a minimum 3yrs gap now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2232376 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 04:03:51 +0000 Dandelion 2232376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Timing was ok. Spacing is totally different from what I had imagined when D was born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2232357 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 01:38:43 +0000 mrsjyw 2232357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got pregnant with ds1 fairly quickly after we decided to ttc after our one year anniversary. Prior to that we had planned on waiting for a few years because I was in law school at the time as well as working a ft job. But a different career path arose for me and I dropped out of law school and we both caught the fever! </p> <p>With ds2 we got pregnant a few months into actively trying and are smack dab in the middle of the spacing we aimed for: 2-3ish yrs apart. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2232329 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 23:31:52 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2232329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We planned on getting pregnant after we had been married for "about" a year, but I got pregnant 2 weeks after coming off the pill, so it ended up being 6 months after our wedding that I got pregnant. We knew we wanted our first two close together, which they are (19 months) but then wanted our third to be three years younger than the second. That didn't pan out as well.... our second and third will be 22 months apart. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2232323 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 23:15:45 +0000 MrsStar 2232323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Timing: LO1 happened a few years earlier then planned since she was a surprise.</p> <p>Spacing: Really wanted them to be as close to 2 years apart as possible but that didn't work out because it took us 15 months of ttc (with a mc at 12 months) to get our sticky baby. This baby is due in 3 weeks, and LO1 turns 3 in September so it worked out more of a 3 year age gap then 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2232322 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 23:09:32 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2232322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Timing: Off by 2-3 years. We hadn't even quite figured out exactly when we wanted to TTC when we got our surprise pregnancy.</p> <p>Spacing: Spot on. At the time, we wanted them at least two years apart, but not born the same month. They are two years one month apart. N was a January baby, and J was a February baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2232315 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 22:54:40 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2232315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Timing of #1 went as planned. It wasn't perfect but it was what we wanted. </p> <p>Spacing is further apart than we wanted. I'd say by about 6m to a year. It just took awhile to ttc this time. I had gotten sick then recovered but the only thing my dr could attribute it to was weight loss. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2232312 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 22:48:56 +0000 lucy123 2232312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were lucky enough to get pregnant quickly. We said we try for LO2 when she turned 1, she turns 2 in 2 weeks and are still debating when to start trying :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2232311 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 22:45:05 +0000 mrscobee 2232311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We planned to wait 5 years after we got married to try. We waited 6.5, and then it took 5 months to get pregnant so we're about 2 years off from the original plan. We'll see about spacing... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-closely-did-your-actual-family-spacingtiming-resemble-your-original-plan#post-2232309 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 22:39:42 +0000 Torchwood 2232309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Timing was way off. We got pregnant in one or two tries every time, but had two miscarriages and a late term loss before finally having our healthy rainbow baby. So we wound up taking almost 2 years longer than planned.</p> <p>Spacing is a non-issue because we only want one. </p>