Thread: when is the right time for a baby??

Patricia, you're right---when you are ready to make the commitment of starting a family you will probably know! Congratulations on thinking of starting a family though! Personally, if I was a newleywed I would want to wait a couple of years to spend time with my husband and become established. However, some people wait too long to start a family because they want everthing to be perfect. But life isn't always perfect. Sometimes, when you think things are bad--they get worse! It really depends on your individual situation. Is there something you are waiting for before you want to start a family?

thank you for the reply princess, i was actually thinking of waiting and enjoy a few years with my husband before starting a family, i have an idea of what it could be like when you have kids, thats why i figured i should wait but Both my husband and i get that urge of wanting a child . i dont know why....i still think we should wait but yet we both want it sometimes..

Hi. I am a mom of 3 boys....my husband and I didn't wait at all. Although we love our children dearly, we sometimes wish we had taken some time to be married and "alone" you know - now we can't have any alone time without getting a sitter (which a whole other problem) but I think that you should listen to your heart, not your wallet or whatever else might be holding you back if your hearts are saying yes. Just my opinion - hope it helps!

thanks mhk ......my heart tells me to wait. I wanna spend as much time with my husband while we are alone so there would not be any regrets later on.

Definatly wait until you know your both ready!

My daughter wasn't planned and altho we love her,we both were NOT ready for all of the responsibility that comes with raising kids!

ul now wen the time is right & i think ul already know that dont u! i had my 1st baby within 2year of meeting ma partner then went on to have another baby a year later and then another 2 years after that, weve been 2gether 6.5 years now and only just got married 4 mths ago just because thats wen it felt right, i was great having our children involved in our special day. but everybodys different so go with your heart and dont have any regrets! xxx

I think that you will know when the right time is. I have been married almost 7 yrs and my son is 3 1/2 yrs. I think I shouldn't have waited that long but it's not that I didn't want to have a baby but I couldn't. I had a hard time getting pregnant. You don't want to wait so long though. You still want to be young when you have your baby that way you can still have that energy that you need when you have a baby. Best of luck :-)