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kav1994
Devoted July 2016

How long do you want to wait/did you wait to have kids after marriage?

kav1994, on October 23, 2015 at 6:02 PM

Posted in Married Life 66

I've been thinking about this a lot lately...I've been with my fiance for 4 years...and it will be 5 when we get married next year. He will be 23 and I'll be 21 (just shy of 22). Yes we are young, we are high school sweethearts. Anyways...I've always wanted kids relatively young..my parents waited...

I've been thinking about this a lot lately...I've been with my fiance for 4 years...and it will be 5 when we get married next year. He will be 23 and I'll be 21 (just shy of 22). Yes we are young, we are high school sweethearts. Anyways...I've always wanted kids relatively young..my parents waited until their mid-30's and they never were very involved/couldn't really relate to them/too tired to do things with us. Not that I don't love my parents! But anyways! How long do you plan on waiting, or how long did you wait?

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  • Miranda
    Dedicated September 2015
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    My husband and I actually got pregnant on our wedding night. We weren't planning on getting pregnant that fast, but now we are expecting our little one in June. We are really young, only 20 and 21 but we have been together for 6 years already. We've previously had a miscarriage so we are just praying for a healthy full term baby!

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  • Vidi
    Dedicated April 2016
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    My FH and I are undecided on children right now. Some days we want them, some days we're like "Eh, we enjoy being an Aunt and Uncle." But if we decide to have kids, we have talked about waiting 3-5 years to start trying. Partially, because we want to have time together just the two of us before we bring another member into the mix, and partially because of financial reasons. I think whenever you and your husband are ready, you're ready!

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  • OG Kristen
    Master October 2015
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    DH and I are not preventing right now, so whatever happens, happens. If I'm not pregnant by summer we're going to actively TTC, but I'm already tracking my cycles just to become familiar.

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  • Z
    Master May 2012
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    We got married at 26, when I had just started grad school. We had our first son when I was done with school and just finishing up my internship, at 30.

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  • Jalyn
    Dedicated August 2019
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    I’ll be 25 when we get married and my Fiance will be 26. We want to have a baby by the time I’m 27 so that gives us about 2 years before ttc.
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