For those of you that have babies already, do you wish you had waited longer to have a baby, had a baby sooner, or are you happy with when you had a baby?
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I voted neither.
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We wanted to have a baby before February 2013, and assumed we could get KU pretty quickly. unforunately, 7 cycles later, we're still not preggo.
We wish we would have started TTC sooner, but I'm sure everything works out the way it does right? Here's to hoping at least!
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Neither!
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All throughout TTC, I wished we tried sooner (it took 11 cycles before I got pregnant). But now that LO is here, I think she came at just the right time.
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There are moments that I wished we had waited longer, just so that we could have taken some amazing vacations etc. But 99.9% of the time I'm so happy with my life with my two amazing kiddos
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I voted that I wish we'd waited, but I also want to vote neither! There's part of me that wishes we'd waited a little longer, since I got KU 6 months after we got married. But on the other hand, I was so impatient! I didn't want to wait!
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We just started TTC and I kind of wish we had started a couple of months sooner. Not a lot, but we waited as long as I possible could (emotionally and mentally, not physically, though we are getting closer to that limit too), so now I am feeling like I really really want it to happen right away and it's hard to be laid back about it.
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Neither!
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@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.
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@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?
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@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!
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@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!
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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
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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.
Obviously I don't regret it now. I have the most amazing kid ever.
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Oh wait scratch that... I'm 23 haha!!
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I kinda wish I had her a little earlier, but I know this was the best time.
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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.
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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
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Neither. I'm totally happy with when we had our little guy!
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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!
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@Coco Bee: Your DH sounds like me...I always drag mine to the baby section at Target
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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...
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
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@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!).
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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.
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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. & now theres a car payment. waaa. first world problems.
@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.
@Coco Bee: wow I feel old.
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@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!
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@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
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@JustlikeHeaven: ummm that just made my week!! (*blushing*) thank you
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I was 30 when I got pregnant and 31 when I had my LO. Great time to have a baby I think.
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.
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Waited. I got Pregnant 8 months after DH proposed, which also was 9 months before our wedding day. (whoops)
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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!
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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.
Got married after 11 years of dating
Had a kid after 3 years of being married/ 14 years of being together -
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...
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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.
But I guess I know that when the time comes, that will really be the right time.
We wish we would have started TTC sooner, but I'm sure everything works out the way it does right? Here's to hoping at least!
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