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We will be starting soon. We just moved into a new house so want to give it a few months in the house and get caught up financially too. I also don't want to have a baby any earlier then August. ( I know it can take months but no earlier then that) I am a teacher and just starting a new grade and want to do a full year in it before going on any potential mat leave.
My DH and I have quickly gone from conversations of one day, to every time we are out and we see something baby related we both make a comment. He and I are doing research into which stroller, which crib, which car seat etc. it is cute. We saw a lady who was very pregnant yesterday and he started grinning. I asked him what was he thinking. He said that he was thinking that could be me next summer. It was cute. Of all the talking we do we are both petrified of pulling the trigger too. We have said right now start in the new year/ spring. See what is happening. The biggest issue for us is money. I get a full year mat leave ( go Canada) but I also make the majority of the money. I get topped to 90% for 18 weeks then go on EI. We were figuring out what that would look like and that is scary. S we need to build a savings cushion for that time. I have already said that I might not take the full year. Being a teacher I will go back at a time that makes sense. If said baby was born in November I would go back in September when school starts. If baby was born in Feb I would go back in Jan after Xmas break. We shall see what transpires but we are getting excited. I am getting my self ready- taking vitamins and folic acid which my doc said to take for 3 months prior to pulling the pin.
Good luck!

Our situation is a little more complicated, because we just had a miscarriage a month ago. But I'd say I'm still a total noob because we got pregnant the first month we sort of halfway tried, so I didn't get (have?) to do all the charting and OPK's and stuff. We started trying immediately after the m/c too, so just started testing at least once a week because I don't know when to expect AF back, so I won't know if I'm late. (I also tested early on to get a negative, so I wouldn't worry any positives are false from the m/c.)

It's definitely still exciting and that kind of "omg are we really ready?!" scary! I have a couple baby books we got in Scotland, and I have them on a shelf where I see them a lot. They make me so excited to get to read them to our baby someday!

Yep...this is my first cycle of paying attention...next cycle, if it doesn't work now, I'm gonna be more serious about it.

I know...it's scary!

We are on our fourth cycle since off BC. My first month off was very short so that almost doesn't even count. I have been using OPKs to try to BD within the right window and I'm glad I did because I have been ovulating later than the textbook CD 14 and I would have had no idea otherwise! I don't reply want to temp or get that detailed into it because I'd drive myself crazy!!

@LiliBillie: I sense Thanksgiving poas buddies!

@annetossy: the OPKs are the most low key way to have some assurance you know you got the right time of the month... I like knowing we actually have a shot for the month, haha. I def don't think I will ever chart, too lazy

@annetossy: Welcome and good luck! I think I recognize your name--were you on WB?

I'm not TTC, nor will I be any time in the near future, but when I started I just started with OPKs. They let me know when I was about to ovulate. After a few months of no dice I learned how to chart, so that I could verify that I was actually ovulating (via a temp rise). It's been a while since I've been there, but fertilityfriend.com has a great charting program, and when I started charted in early 2011 they had an online class of sorts--they would email a "lesson" every day for about 3 weeks, and by the end I had the basics down.

If you feel really ambitious, read Taking Control of Your Fertility (they also have a great charting program on their site (tcoyf.com). I will warn you, however, that it's very easy to get obsessed with analyzing your charts, so beware!

I think the saner, less potential crazy-lady way to go about it is to just start having sex (or using OPKs, although they bring their own obsession--but peeing on a stick is kind of fun!)

Good luck!