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Natania
Savvy July 2017

How long are you waiting to have kids after marriage?

Natania, on July 15, 2017 at 8:44 AM

Posted in Married Life 214

My husband and I were discussing it and are thinking about 3-4 years. How about you?

My husband and I were discussing it and are thinking about 3-4 years. How about you?

214 Comments

  • S. Suarez
    Super March 2018
    S. Suarez ·
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    We're waiting 3-5 years. We really want to take time to enjoy ourselves as a married couple & travel before throwing kids into the mix.

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  • Vivian
    Devoted May 2018
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    Probably like 3 or 4 years. Mostly because I'm a younger bride (22). He is gonna be an amazing dad. <3

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  • Bride2Be2018
    VIP January 2018
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    I'll be 34 when we get married so if all goes as planned...about 6 months after we get married so we can try and have 2 before I'm 40. But it doesn't always work out as planned so we will see what happens!!

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  • Madelayna
    VIP September 2017
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    We'll be waiting 8-10 years Smiley smile

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  • Melaina
    Super November 2017
    Melaina ·
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    If we decide to have kids, big if right now, but if we do we are waiting 7 years.

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  • M
    VIP November 2017
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    Six months to a year. We want to wait till we get more settled into our new home!

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  • Natalie
    VIP March 2017
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    A year or so. We want to travel and we're not ready to be parents right now. At the same time, I'm 30 and DH is 31, so I don't want to wait too long.

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  • Sarah
    Devoted October 2018
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    That forever meme made me lol! We have 3 already but we're going to wait a few years before having another..IF we decide to even have more.

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  • B
    Dedicated October 2017
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    Asap!!!!!! I can't wait

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  • Erin Wood
    Master July 2017
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    6 months and only because we are in an area with Zika right now for honeymoon. I'm 38 so we kind of have to do this now or never. If I didn't have a biological clock I'd wait another 10 years. I love my life!! I think the most important thing is to experience life as much as you can before you bring children into it. Travel, establish your career, hang out with friends and your FH. It will all be different after kids come. I can't even tell you when the last time I had a full uninterrupted conversation with my friends with kids was. Never happens. And yes you can travel with kids but it most likely will be at set times when they aren't in school. The days of being spontaneous will be gone.

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  • Wulf4Life
    Savvy May 2018
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    Seeing as how my granddaughter who will be 6 is going to be my flower girl (which I still marvel about) and I had a hysterectomy 4 months ago, never!

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  • A.Magill.Since.May
    Master May 2018
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    Absolute hard minimum of 3 years for health reasons (I have a metal bar in my chest that'll be taken out in 2 and a half years) but I'm pretty sure it'll take 5 years for us to get to the financial and career points we want to be at before having kids.

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  • TheWrightGirl
    Super November 2017
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    We want to wait a couple of years. We'll probably be in our late 30's before we try to conceive. I'm 36 and fh is 37. We don't want to rush and have kids just because we're a little older. We both wanted to enjoy each other before kids come into the picture.

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  • MrsRies&Love
    VIP May 2018
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    Definitely in the same boat as you, OP. We'll be waiting 3-4 years.

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  • Sara
    Dedicated October 2017
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    Im hoping for a honeymoon baby. We will both be turning 31 around our wedding. We plan on trying to have a child right away. We will have been together for 9 years by then so to us its not rushing.

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  • Taylor
    Super October 2017
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    No kids for us!

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  • futuremrspayne
    Expert May 2019
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    Whenever feels right for us!! I imagine it'll be within the first year or 2 of being married. We will be 23 and 24 when we get married so we aren't in the biggest rush. I just wanna make sure we have money saved up first. We also need to buy our first home and I need to figure out some career stuff!

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  • MS102017
    Devoted October 2017
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    We're an older couple. I'm 35 and FH is 37, so planning for 3-6 months after the wedding. I would like to wait atleast a year but seeing how it's been difficult for my sister this past year, I figured I would start on the earlier side since there's no telling how quickly (or slowly) it could happen.

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  • K
    Super March 2018
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    FH and I have decided to travel and hang out just us for a while after the wedding. We decided we both know we will know when it's the "right time" to have kids. So We're not putting a time frame on things.

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  • @brd2be
    Expert April 2018
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    I'm trying not to put a timeline on it. We're both still meh on the idea of kids at this point. The only thing we have decided is that if we have any, it has to be before FH is 40, which gives us 5 years.

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