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my age sped up my timeline. i wanted to be done before 35 (i'll be 33 when i'm done). i would have been perfectly fine waiting a bit longer if not for that.

I lost my job! I know, that doesn't make sense, but I was a teacher, and we were planning on waiting until October to TTC so that Baby would be born in the summer and not during the school year, but when I was told I wouldn't get a contract for the following year, we decided to try in June. The ironic part is that we MC'd and will get to try again later this month, when we originally planned.

@MsUsUk - No worries. We're just glad that I'm back to work, and cleared as healthy to try again.

We knew we wanted to start trying soon-ish but never decided on a definite month but what sped up our timeline from zero to go was when someone made a really insensitive comment to me about my age and the possibilities of my future children having developmental problems if I don't have children RIGHT NOW. I came home from work crying and my husband felt so terrible for me. We started trying that month.

For the record, I was 29 at the time and the person who made that comment to me was a complete moron. But my feelings were so hurt that we decided to try instead of waiting for no real reason.

My ticking clock has sped up my timeline, but my hubs is unaffected. (And having little adorable babies around him does not change his mind.) I'm finishing up my doctorate and he has just begun his. I wouldn't mind TTC next year (once I'm done), but he's concerned about school work, which I do understand. So, *shrug*. We'll work it out...

My nephew and also the realization that we were getting old.

Yes, we always knew we wanted a family and I've ALWAYS wanted to be a mom. But like every other couple we had things we wanted accomplish prior to TTC.
When my BIL passed away suddenly it really hit home. Made us realized that life is too freaking short. All that other crap we wanted accomplish prior to TTC does not matter on iota in comparison to us having family.

@HabesBabe:
hahah My husband and I will be 12 years this November. I think both sides would have been perfectly fine with us having kids prior to marriage! hahha

We had a 5 year plan because I was in law school at night, while working full time. When I made the decision professionally to switch to an MBA, we started thinking about changing our baby timeline. Then DH's best friend got pregnant with their third! We had a family dinner with both parents for my 28th birthday and the topic of kids came up (we brought it up!) -- and DH and I both got really excited about our dads + grandbabies.

After DH's 30th birthday, I went off BC and our 5 year plan turned into a 2 year plan!

I always wanted kids and figured I'd have them but me and my husband were slow at moving from friendship to a real solid relationship and were going through school and liked to go on trips. It wasn't until I realized I was going to be 30 that baby rabies really hit and that I said alright, baby time, he'd been ready since day 1 of getting married (so a year before). Baby happened right away after we (or I guess more like I got onboard) decided so I had her just a few weeks shy of turning 30.