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I can't answer this question just yet, but we plan to "let it happen" as soon as we tie the knot.  That is one main reason we are getting married, so we can start a family.  I and he are very adimant about being married first.  We're both at that age where we really want to bring someone into this life.

However, if we had married when we were younger, we probably would wait a couple years before going into that.

FH and I are planning on TTC right after our wedding.  I will be almost 29 when we get married and he will be 39.  

I'm 28 and DH is 32. Before we got engaged I wanted to start trying for a baby a year after the wedding. I wanted to be married for a while first, but not put it off too long. But the closer we got to the wedding the more I realised I really didn't want a baby yet. We've been married 2 months now and probably won't start trying for at least 2 years. I am just really enjoying life with just "us", and we also want to do a lot more travel first. I was also inspired by my old boss who had her baby at 34 - she'd been married 4 years and was very healthy and she has been a very relaxed, confident mother with her baby which really made me re-think rushing into it and making sure I and we as a couple were ready for such a big change.

@merryberry51: thanks SOO much for mentioning the word "vitamins"...just got up to take my Women's One-a-Day for my dose of Folic Acid!

As for starting TTC, FI & I are starting on the wedding night.  But we're at a different stage than some of you PPs...we're both 33, have been together for over a decade (12 years by the wedding) & he's DEFINITELY ready.  I'm getting more & more motivated - practically all our friends got pregnant about a year ago (there will be 6 kids under 2 years at our June wedding!), so I'm getting baby fever right about now.  I love playing with my friends' kids & I'm learning SOO much from all their experiences (Amen! for baby blogs!!!). 

But, if I may share a cautionary tale, FBIL & FSIL (FI's younger bro & wife) beat us to the punch & are going through a bit of a tough time of it, socially.  They're 3 & 4 years younger than us, very few of their friends are married, & none have kids or even thinking about it, so socially, it's been difficult.  The whole eating schedule, sleep-training, have to get a baby sitter, why don't you all come hang out at our place situation hasn't been going well for them & they're out of their social loop.  I think it'll be easier for us, since we've been the "good friends" in our group, accommodating our parent-friends by going over to their places after kids are asleep or adjusting events to the various kids' sleep schedules or planning events 9-10 days in advance so everyone can get sitters.  Therefore, we've already gotten unsolicited promises from our friends that they'll hang with us when we're in parent "lock down".  Just something to think about...besides the usual health, finances, & emotional stability questions you may need to ask yourselves before TTC.  Good Luck!

We are planning to wait 5-7 years.  We want to do lots of traveling in that time.  We also want to be more financially stable and to own a bigger home, right now we live in a tiny condo.  I do have to say, baby fever is hard though.  I feel like I am surrounded by pregnant women!

We teeter back and forth on this issue almost daily. Sometimes we both really want to be parents NOW, and we talk about starting the night of the wedding and we discuss baby names, etc. He gets really excited about the idea of being a father and me being a mother! :D Then there are other days when we realize we are neither financially secure (and will not be for purhaps a decade or more due to schooling needs for our careers!) nor do we have any insurance what-so-ever. On those days we talk about waiting, but even then its "let's wait 1-2 years" not 5+ years. Also, because of our (soon to be only his!) school schedule, we need to time it so that any baby we have arrives sometime between the end of May and July of whatever given year, as that's the only school free time he and I really have that leaves us time to adjust to having a baby before heading back to school to teach and learn in the fall. He's 27 and I'm 26 (will turn 27 soon after the wedding) and we both want to have our first before we turn 30.

I say, if you are ready, why wait 5 years? 1-3 is plenty of time together to learn about you as a couple and decide what you want. Go with your gut!

we want to have kids as soon as possible, I am 39  my husband is 28, we have been married 4 months now, been off the pill since last year but it's been difficult especially since we were long-distance 2 years, even the second month of our marriage ay, ay ay, then I needed time to adjust to Europe, so hopefully soon now that we are with each other every day and I am more adjusted, cross my fingers!!!

we already did all our travelling and partying, although  I wish we could have more time as a married couple, I'd rather make sure we have a baby especially with my age, good luck to us and evryone here!!!