Getting Pregnant
Janessadawn
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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.
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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.
How to have the TTC talk?
I'm not totally sure this is the right board, but I couldn't really decide where else it should go. Anyway. So, H and I married in August of 2012. He's 32 and I'm 25; we've been together 3 years now. We just purchased our first home. He's always talked about not wanting to be an "old" dad, i.e. not be 60 with teens still at home. He says if he isn't a father by 35 he doesn't want to be one, but I think that was a number he picked before we met. (He also said he wouldn't date anyone under 25 and when we met, I was 22. Ha!) We want to have 2 kids ideally, and possibly be foster parents when our kids are older. While we've often talked about these details, we've never talked about when we want to start.
I want to broach the subject, but don't know what to say. In my head, I think around our 2 year anniversary would be a good time to start. I've always wanted to be a mother; I've always felt more purpose toward being a mother than I have to anything, even a career. (Don't get me wrong, I have a great job, but it's more something I came into than planned upon doing.) The reason I want to have this conversation almost a year in advance is because I want to be enrolled in my work's short term disability program before TTC. It's time for open enrollment, so if I want to start TTC around August I'd have to enroll now. Any advice as to how to start the conversation?
I want to broach the subject, but don't know what to say. In my head, I think around our 2 year anniversary would be a good time to start. I've always wanted to be a mother; I've always felt more purpose toward being a mother than I have to anything, even a career. (Don't get me wrong, I have a great job, but it's more something I came into than planned upon doing.) The reason I want to have this conversation almost a year in advance is because I want to be enrolled in my work's short term disability program before TTC. It's time for open enrollment, so if I want to start TTC around August I'd have to enroll now. Any advice as to how to start the conversation?
Re: How to have the TTC talk?
Baby Boy born 5.3.15
TTC#2 4/14
A Parachute in an Oak Tree: A World of Love
My Ovulation Chart
B/w 1/8: betas 17,345, progesterone 25.6
TTC 19 months ~Started RE in March 2014~
DH was not ready for IUI so we waited
~Started acupuncture in May 2014~
~~BFP 7/6/14~~~EDD 3/14/15~~It's a girl!!~~