Hey Everyone!
I would love some advice from all you other WTTers out there!
Heres a little bit about me for background:
I am 28 years old (29 in August!)
I've never been pregnant before and have been on oral contraceptives for the last ten years (YIKES!)
I am engaged to the love of my life! We are planning a wedding for the summer of 2017 in Cape May, NJ! I would love to do it sooner but we are paying for the damn thing on our own and don't want to skimp on the celebration so we need to extend our timeline a bit....
Which brings me to the whole timeline saga!
Here is the current plan:
I am currently the breadwinner for our home. My fiance took the long path towards completing school and will not graduate from medical school for 3.5 more years! That leaves me to make the money (I'm a junior architect). Once my fiance completes all his schooling we will be nearly 32.
I'm wondering what everyone's thoughts are on waiting this long to start a family? Especially since we know we want more than one child.
The reason this has become an issue lately is because my younger sister (shes 26) has been TTC for the last year and a half. Shes really struggling with fertility. There have been no fertility issues in my family other than hers that I know of. I'm one of 4 children and my mother is one of 8 (Irish, catholic family!). All her troubles have made me concerned about my timeline.
I guess I always figured that I would get pregnant as soon as we started trying (naive I know). I'm concerned that if we wait until we are 32 to start trying and I have trouble conceiving I may be 35 before I even get pregnant with my first baby. Then after 35 pregnancy becomes more challenging and birth defect possibility rises.
It would be great to know what some of you ladies are thinking! What age are you planning on TTC? Do you think we are waiting too long?
Thanks in advance for all your help and encouragement!
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I would love some advice from all you other WTTers out there!
Heres a little bit about me for background:
I am 28 years old (29 in August!)
I've never been pregnant before and have been on oral contraceptives for the last ten years (YIKES!)
I am engaged to the love of my life! We are planning a wedding for the summer of 2017 in Cape May, NJ! I would love to do it sooner but we are paying for the damn thing on our own and don't want to skimp on the celebration so we need to extend our timeline a bit....
Which brings me to the whole timeline saga!
Here is the current plan:
I am currently the breadwinner for our home. My fiance took the long path towards completing school and will not graduate from medical school for 3.5 more years! That leaves me to make the money (I'm a junior architect). Once my fiance completes all his schooling we will be nearly 32.
I'm wondering what everyone's thoughts are on waiting this long to start a family? Especially since we know we want more than one child.
The reason this has become an issue lately is because my younger sister (shes 26) has been TTC for the last year and a half. Shes really struggling with fertility. There have been no fertility issues in my family other than hers that I know of. I'm one of 4 children and my mother is one of 8 (Irish, catholic family!). All her troubles have made me concerned about my timeline.
I guess I always figured that I would get pregnant as soon as we started trying (naive I know). I'm concerned that if we wait until we are 32 to start trying and I have trouble conceiving I may be 35 before I even get pregnant with my first baby. Then after 35 pregnancy becomes more challenging and birth defect possibility rises.
It would be great to know what some of you ladies are thinking! What age are you planning on TTC? Do you think we are waiting too long?
Thanks in advance for all your help and encouragement!
A