Enough about last names--Let's talk babies!

tuarceatha

Anyone?

 

kfrazel

no babies for this girl. just lots of travel in my future! but i do love our neices & nephews so much! good luck with the baby planning process!

colstj1

Oh boy! I wish we could be planning for a baby right now! We are wanting to spend some time together now as newlyweds and to put some money away into savings before we think babies. But we are hoping in a year or two we can start trying!

CallMeMrsChaos

I would love to have a baby right now. And with DH being a teacher, we would need to start trying like now, to have one in time for his next summer vacation (he wants to be home with me for the first couple of months)... not sure that its a reality for us though. I think at this point after just getting back from the honeymoon, we both needs some woosa time together

MrsMercy

Hahaha I have to say it's the next thing that crosses your mind, but I don't think I am anywhere near ready to have a baby... I guess it would just be more acceptable now if it accidentally happened.  I think we will wait at least a few years.

tuarceatha

Sounds like a lot of us are on the same page. That is interesting, no? Does anyone already have kids?

I don't have any kids yet, nor does H. We've started talking about when we'll want to start having kids more specifically than before. But we both want to get settled in our new house and as newlyweds before we invite anyone else to live with us  

Meli.Mel

My DH and I are not 'trying' to have a baby but not stopping it either. If it happens it will happen. If nothing comes in the next 6-8 months then we are going to get down and dirty trying! ;-)

bridejl

We will be waiting quite a few years before trying for a baby. I plan on starting grad school next fall, which is two years plus two years post-grad experience before getting licensed, so it will be at least 4 years. We don't have the money/savings to support a baby right now, and would like to have bought a house before we think baby.

 

Honestly, though, my period was only one day late this month and I started getting excited at the possibility (I know that only one day late means nothing, but whatever). So my heart and head are saying two different things!

tuarceatha

I think it is just exciting to be in the place where I've wanted to be to have kids. Right? Obviously, money, school, and careers are important too, but now if I do get pregnant it will be in marriage. And for whatever reason, that is really cool to me.

 

saraschilling88

I have been asked about 10 times since our 8/18 wedding when we will be having kids (by my dad, SIL's (DH's sisters and my SIL through my brother), and others).. We aren't telling any of our family anything, because we want to surprise them!  I will let it slip on here though

 

Our honeymoon is in November, and I cannot get pregnant before it (we are going ziplining and going to theme parks - so pregnancy is a nono).  We planned our honeymoon around my "happy time" though, and when we are on our honeymoon will be the first week after that!  So, I am going to go off the pill about 4 days before our honeymoon.  We figured once we started our honeymoon we would stop actively not trying to have kids.  Our sincere hope is to be pregnant enough to make an announcement around Christmas to our families!  If not, we will just continue to live life until we get pregnant!  

jodiemariecooksley

I wish it could be a reality sooner than later. I guess we want to enjoy a little while together before we embark on parenthood together. We have a major kitchen remodel to tackel before we start a family unfortunately and we don't currently have a dishwasher which I feel is a major requirement due to the whole not wanting to wash baby bottles and the fact that we already have piles of dishes we don't get washed in a timely manner as it is.

saraschilling88

We do have a kitchen remodel to tackle as well (replacing our cabinets).  I have washed baby bottles in a dishwasher before, but actually prefer to wash them by hand (I was a nanny) as to me they seem to get cleaner.  When we left them in the dishwasher there always seemed to be residue leftover (even if we took them out right away), and didn't feel that was safe for the baby.

tuarceatha

How exciting Sara!

Keep us in the loop as much as you can

lb1212

BOTB!!!  DH & I babysat my MOH's 2 yr old - who is A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E....we both have baby fever right now. Realistically, we'll wait to TTC-ing until 2014.

 <--- In case you doubt the adorableness of Baby G

KTina&BJ

Hubby and I already have kids. We have 2 boys one 5yr whos starting kindergarten this year and one thats almost 3. Weve talked about hiving another one but not sure yet. Now that were finally done with the baby baby stage with them were not sure we wanna do it a 3rd time lol

jodiemariecooksley

It's not necessarily washing the baby bottles in the dishwasher I'm concerned with so much as will I have time to hand wash all of our other dishes when we have a baby since we barely have time to wash them now when it's just us. I like to think of myself as a pretty neat, but oh boy is my husband ever a slob sometimes. He can clean up every so often, but when it's nice out and there is the possibility of fishing, he is all about leaving socks on all over the living room floor and dishes all over the place!

nessaalwayz

If it were up to me, I'd be pregnant right now. I've had BOTB (Babies on the brain) for a while now... but FI - uhh... DH says he wants to wait atleast a year. He is thinking practically as we want to have a house first (or be on the road to one), and have more money saved.

I, however, am thinking with my heart - I want a baby, but I will give him his year LOL.  

MrsB81712

I brought my daughter into our marriage, she's 6 years old and is starting 1st grade. My husband is going to adopt her now that we're married. We'd really like to start having more children right now but we've decided to wait until we are a bit more settled financially. And until I'm closer to finishing my degrees. We have some debt to pay off and then we'll begin trying. We would like to have 3-4 more children (my husband is one of 5 boys!) - we'll see what we're blessed with

dsquared28

Nope. People were asking us about this well before the wedding. I am not ready for babies on so many levels. I want them, but I don't think I'll honestly be ready for another 5 years. Maybe I will change my mind on that at some point, but at the very least, I plan to go to grad school, so I would at least wait until I'm done with that and have a career figured out. 

saraschilling88

I totally understand the not having time to hand wash all the dishes.  I usually at least rinse all of them before putting them in the dishwasher (and I wash all pots and pans by hand because the dishwasher lives a film on them). 

 

I also understand having a husband who leaves socks on the floor.  My husband can't stand messes that he sees (like if there is lots of mail on the kitchen table), but if his dirty laundry is "near" the pile, or if he is making his own pile (which seems to happen often lol) he is fine with that. Either way though, I still love him!

random4180

We'll be trying late 2013, I think- that's the current plan. One of the quirks to our marriage is that we both want kids but I'm 32 while my H is about to turn 24 so we're trying to meet halfway (keeping in mind that I don't want to be having kids when I'm 40 and that we want more than 1.) I kind of wish twins ran in the family but not even close although fertility on my side has been pretty solid (I'm one of nine.) I have all kinds of paranoia about not being able to get pregnant but we don't plan on trying until late next year so we can hopefully have one by the time I'm 35. H will make a fabulous father but for now we just have our fur babies, who we love dearly. 

tuarceatha

lb1212:

BOTB!!!  DH & I babysat my MOH's 2 yr old - who is A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E....we both have baby fever right now. Realistically, we'll wait to TTC-ing until 2014.

 <--- In case you doubt the adorableness of Baby G

No doubt possible! So cute !!!!

libby2483

We will be waiting a few years before having babies.  I want to get my master's degree finished or almost finished before we have kids.  We also want to build up our savings again before having kids, as it needs a bit of replenishing after buying a house and the wedding.

lissadelsol

H and I aren't planning on having kids for a few years (minimum 3). We're living abroad currently, and we want to be back in the US and more settled than we are currently, and we both want to be finished with our degrees, my master's and his PhD.

punkyalicia

DH and I are trying to make it happen, but not necessarily making it a priority right now. 

We would be ecstatic (!) if it did, but we're also happy if we have some more time with just the two of us.

saraschilling88

Punky - glad I'm not the only one who will be trying sooner rather than later.  I agree it won't be a priority for us, but we will still love it if I do get pregnant!

 

The reason we hope by Christmas goes with a story:

 

For my 19th Christmas I said I didn't want any presents, I just wanted to be an aunt.  Well it didn't happen (and I got gifts instead).  My birthday is right after Christmas (January 12), and when I got cards I got 2 from my brother and SIL.  One was a silly card, and the other when I opened it (with all my local family there mind you, as per instructions on the envelope) said "Happy Birthday Aunt" on the cover!  Inside it said "We know you didn't get your Christmas wish, but we hope it is a wonderful birthday surprise.  You are going to be an AUNTIE!"!!  They had found out shortly after Christmas that they were in fact pregnant, and decided to surprise all of us on my birthday (even my parents didn't know)!  It was a perfect surprise, and I'd love to be able to do something similar for my Dad (whose birthday is in December), get him a card that says "happy birthday Grandpa"!

zoozoe

Not a possibility for me- but  good luck to those who are trying!

20pearls16

Ummm that would be a no!!!! I have 3 children (20,14,12) from my wasband and now  6 year old SD. Love them all but my shop is closed. I'm looking forward to a house with no kids!

Lena2317

we will begin trying New Years Day:)  start the new year right lol

tuarceatha

WooHoo! We got a popular topic star for this one!

 

It is so interesting hearing where everyone is. Thank you for sharing! And be sure to tell us ASAP if you do get pregnant!

Jojo714

Hubby and I have been together for going on 11 years. We have an 8 year old. It's time and we both had talked about it for a few months before the wedding.

We're both very stable in our careers (I've been at my job 11 1/2 years and he's been at his for 16 years), we are looking for a big home as we speak. Is baby number 2 on the way? Hopefully, I should find out very very soon. What I am starting to think about is, if I am pregant,  I want to tell him in a very special way because he's been begging for a second child for a few years now.