Why TTC Now?

Question

Alrighty ladies, it's story time! For those who are TTC #1, what is your reason for trying to start a family now vs before? We all know there's no "perfect timing" for having a baby, but I'm just curious what made y'all decide that now is the right time!
For me:
I'm 28 years old and have been married since March 2016 - we knew we didn't want to have a baby the first year. I was also dealing with some serious Fibromyalgia symptoms and chronic fatigue. I've gotten help for those and am like 500% better than at this time last year! Now we've moved into a new house this summer, so we have more space. Our previous house had a fantastic spiral staircase going up to our loft bedroom, but there was NO WAY I was going to take a baby up and down those stairs! I know if I quit working we'll be a bit tight on cash, but I'll be able to continue part time after baby comes .
Baby Dust to all - I'm curious to hear all the stories!

Answer

I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was 21 years old and after 5 year of trying with my fiance we just stopped actively trying and if it happened it did...fast forward 4 years later...we are 2 months away from getting married after 12 years together...we have a lovely home, steady jobs and we are fully ready to embrace parenthood. Man oh man it's hard .I never realized how difficult it is to get pregnant but we are optimistic and hoping we can get some good news. This is my first month TTC with charting currently in my TWW so I'm super hopeful.

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I'm 38. Met my husband in 2015. Married him a year later. I wanted a year of just the 2 of us. I also hoped to sell our house (that didn't happen) and my husband wanted a new job (that did happen!) before trying for a baby. I'm not waiting for the house part anymore. After a year being married, we stopped BC and started trying. Only been trying for 4 months. Hoping to get pregnant before December so the entire pregnancy would be on my health insurance (I'm a teacher, so our health insurance doesn't follow a calendar year). If we don't get pregnant by then, changing health insurance mid pregnancy could be a major headache. I guess we will cross that bridge if we have to.

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Been married for 3 months, buying a home in 4-6 months, now is the time :)

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I've always wanted to be a mommy 😔. I'm 25 & so is my SO been married for 3 years & I was recently diagnosed with PCOS & anovulation. IDK but I just desperately want to have a baby 😔😔. So & I are ready-prepared but we been trying for 2 & half years after my miscarriage. Wish this was easy 😞. Anyways,let's keep trying,let's not give up. Baby dust to you my dear ❤

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We have been having unprotected sex for 5 years. We have been in that if it happens great but we arnt pushing it. Well recently we just started talking about it and we are actually discussing doing things like ovulation tests and starting the fertility tests. For us it is more it feels right. We been together 7 years and married for 3 now. I have finished my first degree and working toward my second one which is online. We are in a place now that even tho we armt as ready as we want to be we could get there quickly with a positive. It's just the right time. His friend had a baby a few months ago and he was very involved in the pregnancy and ever since then he has had an spiked interest in babies. He finally doenst cring at the idea of being a dad.

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I'm 34 and my husband is 40.  We don't want to miss our chance!  We met a little less than two years ago.

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