Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Help me get babies OFF the brain?
Since the wedding, H and I have talked on and off about when we want to start a family. We're both still pretty young (26), so there's no real rush, and the original plan was to wait another 2-3 years until I'm completely done with grad school. A few months ago we sat down to talk about it again and decided that three years was longer than we wanted to wait, and that with our jobs and my class schedule the way it is, August would be a good time to start trying.
This new plan made me excited because it felt like the perfect amount of time - I wasn't really ready just yet, but ~a year seemed like the perfect amount of time.
Well, the last month or two, I've been overcome with baby fever. Like all of a sudden it clicked and I feel ready and just want to be pregnant... like now. I finally told H how I was feeling, and I think it freaked him out a bit 
He's close, but not quite there yet and I don't want to rush him. I just can't really get over it myself! Even though I know the timing would be a huge pain in the @$$ with school, I just can't stop thinking about it...
Help me?!
Re: Help me get babies OFF the brain?
Messy Babies
Once you're pregnant and you have a baby, you can't go back. Live for the moment right now and enjoy the time you and DH have together alone. This time is precious and you can never have it again.
Perhaps you can plan a trip somewhere? That you can focus on something else and you'll be able to get in a nice trip just you and DH before you start trying as discussed.
Very very true!!! That's definitely what I should be focusing on - enjoying our last "alone" time together! We just got back from Europe, but we have a few smaller trips around the US to visit friends planned over the next few months and lots of weddings that I wouldn't be able to drink at if I was preggo, so there are definitely many reasons for me to chill the eff out.
Thanks
Quirky - those messy babies pictures are hilarious. hahaha!
I definitely know where you're coming from! I have had the baby fever for awhile. We're trying, but it hasn't happened yet. Seeing all the facebook posts announcing pregnancies and seeing pictures makes me want one even more! I'm happy for those people, but makes me remember that I'm not pregnant!
TTC since June 2012
Omg I laughed so hard Zero. Quirky I love the messy babies. I bet half of those moms are just as messy.
I agree that you should enjoy as much alone time as possible. Take that trip or go to that restaraunt youve been wanting to check out.
I would make sure you've done the traveling you mentioned.
Something that we also did was buy what is hopefully our "forever" home and get it situated (still not exactly situated since I still do not have a dining room table -- grrr).
Look at finances a little bit. See if there is anything big you would like to buy or fix before the baby (oh... like a dining room table set). Are your cars baby friendly?
Are you signed up for Short Term Disability? If not and you are eligible -- do it now. Depending on where you live, you could take up to 12 weeks off with FMLA -- 4 or 6 that will only be 60% of your pay on STD and 6 that would most likely be unpaid. Are you and DH in a place with your finances to be okay with that?
That's about all I've got.
Oh, and the most obvious reason.
Childbirth is terrifying for a very good reason. They say you will eventually forget.
LIES.