Love, love, love this thread!
Salutations! I'm Curly, turned 30 in January and while babies had been on my mind, I had a turning point a couple of months ago when a plan to buy a new house fell through.
We married in May 2007, and we wanted to make sure everything was in order before babies. I got a really good new job over a year ago and DH became a fireman a few months later. So, a few months later, we've got more cash coming in: so what do we do? No, not TTC. we go hunting for a brand new house in the middle of the credit crunch - crazy! So when I fell through, I looked at the sums, contemplated how we'd have doubled mortage etc and decided I'd rather use that money for maternity leave. So I was a whirlwind in the front door that evening and proclaimed to DH "I don't want a house, I want a baby!" to which he replied "Okay then.... Seriously, if you want to, let's go for it". I'd been all ready for objections!
But it's not that simple when you've been on the pill for 13 years and arthritis medication for longer. So we're on a three month wait to clear the system out and in late Sept/early October we're off - wooo hoooo!
So great to see so many people in similar situations. Can't wait to follow this through with you all.
Oh, a bit late in my post to ask, but can I join?