Military Nesties
meggyme
member
Dear Community,
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.
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.
Newbie, Baby Fever, and Military Mama
So I'm a newbie here. I'm 26 and I've been married to my Naval Aviator for 1.5 years. He's been in the Navy almost 4 years and we've been together 7.5 years. My biological clock recently started ticking one day. Our original plan was to wait until after the first deployment to have kids, but lately I think that's been thrown out the window. I guess mainly I just wanted to hear from other military wives about how they knew it was the right time to start a family. Between deployments, moving all over the place and the general danger of my husbands' job I feel like this decision is a little more complicated than I expected.
Advice?
Re: Newbie, Baby Fever, and Military Mama
I've been married to my Navy hubby for almost the same amount of time and we're feeling the same way. We have the same worries and hesitations as you have. We finally decided there will never be a good time to try to conceive. There is always looming deployment, dangers, risks, and complications in our life. That's the nature of being a military family. The time will always feel "wrong".
The things you need to look closer at are your readiness to start a family. Are you able to handle things on your own when hubby is away? Do you have a solid support system to help you through pregnancy and baby woes? Does it feel like the natural next step in your marriage? If so, get down to business and enjoy the fun part of TTC, sex!