KWR: Kids immediately or waiting?

I have 2 from my first marriage. We waited a year before trying and got pg immediately.

I told FH I'd like to wait at least 3 years before trying. I want my kids to be a little older (they're 6 and almost 5), and I want us to have some time, just the two of us too. (My ex and I share custody 50/50). He's 42 so we'll see if the bio clock starts ticking. . .

We will be having something of a "baby-moon"...lol! Meaning, we got to make babies right away!

I am 30, I have no children.

He is 40, he has no children.

We have 2 dogs who we love and adore like children, but we do want real kids too...

Taking into account our age, we can't really wait to make babies (there is an expiration date on these eggs...haha!)...Anywho, we have had 8 FABULOUS years of fun...Now it's time to have a family.

Babies scare me.... haha I work with kids everyday though

Anyway we will be 23 & 24 when we get married so there's no rush. I want to establish my career and spend some time as a married couple first

MrsB I also work with kids and I am in the same boat! It's a lot of work and I am not rushing into it anytime soon. I will be 26 and FH will be 30. We honestly haven't decided on having kids at all but we know we want to wait at least 4 years. We love traveling and want to experience a lot more out of life before we have to settle down.

I finished my last pill pack last Thursday! We won't be TTC until the honeymoon next month, though. We both have stable, well-paying jobs and promotions in our futures, and we purchased our home on one income, so the mortgage is pretty affordable for us. Plus, most importantly, we're both in a place emotionally where we feel ready for kids. We have some student loan debt to pay off, but honestly, that's just an inevitable bill for most people at our age.

We probably won't have kids at all. We're both in our early 30's and FH is trying to get a new business off the ground. Between the stress of that and and financial instability that comes with it, kids don't seem to fit in the picture. Plus, neither of us feels like we have to have kids. We'll just spoil the nieces & nephews. :-)

We're 25 and 26 and want to wait until around 30 before kids. FH is just graduating and needs to establish his career and pay off his student loans.

We're waiting ~3yrs. I have three years left of my PhD program so we're planning for a thesis baby. If I have a kid before then I'll lose my mind trying to deal with both.

My babies are 14 & 5, both from my prior marriage. FH has no babies of his own. However we just adopted a fur baby on Monday so I guess we have a fur baby together. I'm 32 & FH is 26. I had my tubes tied when my youngest was born in '08, but had a tubal reversal June of '12. We've been trying ever since. When it happens it happens. *fingers crossed*

I'm with May! I'll have a year left of law school when we get married. I'd like to finish and then enjoy a year of being married with more free time. So we'll probably wait until two years after the wedding.

We are waiting - I have one semester left of my Master's degree after the wedding and will need to sit for my board exam. I would also like to be in my job a year full time to ensure I qualify for FMLA when I eventually go out on maternity leave. I'm only 27 (to be 28 next week ahh!) so we have time.

ETA - we don't ever actually plan on "trying" with the tracking ovulation and what not. We will just stop doing anything to prevent it and if/when it happens, it happens.

We are not planning on having children, although if it happens it happens. If we choose to have children, we will most likely adopt.

Just really depends on FH's job. If he can do as he wants to and get hired on team driving with his dad, it wont be a problem at all. If not, well, I'm only 25, whats the rush. If he gets the new job, we will be starting the NTNP (not trying, not preventing) method after about six to eight months after the wedding. Basically means that around that time, we would throw out the condoms and birth control and let what happens, happen.

DH and I have been together for a little over 3 years now. I've been waiting 2 years to have a baby. Finally after we got married DH said we can start trying!! We started TTC this past Sunday (the 21st). We will finish our first round of trying August 1st. I'm beyond excited it's even happening (us trying) let alone the thought of being preggers!!!! =)

I have a son from a PR, but FH has been in his life since he was 2 (just turned 5). We want a large family, but we're waiting. I'm 25, he's 23, so we have some time. When we get married next year, I'll have 1 year to go until I finish my doctoral program and he'll have 3. We're waiting until after I finish my year to start TTC, but we also had a pretty serious pregnancy "scare" about six months ago, and we realized we were being overly cautious and could technically afford another child right now. We're just waiting at this point to minimize stress. But student loans are an inevitability and as long as you stay budget smart, there is no real reason, it seems to me, that you and FH need to put off babies, especially if you want to be done by 30 (my cut off is 35-37).

We are waiting until next spring/summer to start trying for kids. DH has one year left of his diploma and should get a job almost immediately after finishing; hopefully with the same company he is working with this summer. By then I'll be 33 1/2 and DH will be 32, so it's the right time. I would love to have start trying this summer, but we aren't financially stable for a baby right now. Plus we just got a new puppy a month ago, so we are having fun spoiling him and taking care of him for now.

FH and I are both teachers (me: elementary, FH: high school) so we are around kids all day. That, and the fact that I will be 25 and FH will be 26 when we get married we don't see any rush to start having kids right away. We want to wait 4-5 years before having kids. That will give us time to enjoy each other as a married couple and get settled into a house before having kids.

Waiting at least a year. I'll be 31 when I'm married, but I still want some alone time with the hubby.

We are planning on waiting at least a couple of years. After all this saving for the wedding, we need to save for a house! We rent an apartment, and would like to get into a house before we have kids. We have a dog and a kitten that are spoiled rotten--they'll have to do for now

I told my fiance that we must wait until our finances are a little better... sometime next year more than likely, if not even in 2015. He's going to be 31 next year, and is really pushing for kids as he doesn't want to be an old dad but I'm not ready.