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About the time i found out i was pregnant…
Haha! ❤️
Not sure if you’re ever truly “ready” but we waited until we were a bit more established - bought a home, financially in a good place, were ready to “settle down” more knowing lifestyle would have to change
Also - had my first at 30 and my second at 32
Currently pregnant with my first right now. Definitely don’t feel ready….but am 32 years old, and knew that i personally didnt want to be having children at advanced maternal age. Especially since we know we probably want two, we recognized we needed to get going. So, we were like let’s go for it, we’ll figure out it. We got pregnant super fast (only one month of trying after being on birth control for 18 years). So we also didn’t really have much time to get mentally ready. Adventure here we come 😂 we keep in mind that we are super fortunate and people make it with much less. So as long as we keep a sturdy foundation with respect, love, and humor, we’ll be okay.
Consultant 2, I hear you. For me, I just wanted to be “youngish” when I had my kids and try and minimize chances of issues in pregnancy, birth, and development. We also had absolutely zero interest in ever doing IVF/leveraging any reproductive services, so thought our odds would be better sooner rather than later. The unfortunate reality is things tend to be harder as you get older, so wanted to help ourselves as much as possible. I recognize tons of older moms have incredible, uncomplicated pregnancies! All just about our personal preferences.
Same as D1, never quite felt ready but hit 32 and decided it was time, lol. That said, I wasn’t particularly established either, but was balancing against how many kids I wanted to have and declining outcomes the longer I waited.
Was debating between 2-3. Settling for probably 2, so guess I had time 🤣.
For me I felt it. Just woke up one day and started yearning for a baby. And the feeling never went away until I had one. Motherhood is so sacrificial but also the most rewarding job I’ve ever had. The joy my child brings me is unexplainable
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This was me. It happen twice, but the first time was early 30's and I was single. Second time I was 40 and luckily the fertility genes were in my favor.
I’m 37 and I still don’t feel ready and the click is ticking. Giving me so much stress
Yes please! I don’t have many people to talk about this with 💜💜
When having a kid seemed more exciting that the alternative. I had travelled a fair amount, had my share of wild nights, and enjoyed it all, but at some point it just wasn’t nearly as enticing as the idea of seeing the world through my baby’s eyes.
I’d been married a few years, had moved into a job with good wlb, and we were financially stable. We were ready to buy a house and had savings. We had planned to wait a bit longer, but over the course of a few months talked about it more and more until I made the appointment to take out my IUD.
Agreed! With my baby it’s like the whole world is new again!
I never had the grand desire to have a child. I thought I would never have one, but I got used to being around my nieces and nephews and came around to the idea. And when I turned 38 I said to my husband, we better make up our minds about this because I'm going to be 40 before we know it and that window might be closing... So I had my first and only at 39. She's awesome, I'm glad I did it.
Why would you want to do that? Have you looked around you?