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After going through the first 6-8 weeks. I personally wouldn't start trying. You just never know how your body is going to react to pregnancy. You could feel nothing, or you could be sick as a dog. Either way you lose a lot of your energy and you dont want to do that the last few weeks before your big day. Enjoy the planning process it goes by so quick. And I even enjoyed our time alone together as a married couple. We started trying after a pregnancy scare... I think the scare made us both realize that we were a little disapointed it was JUST a scare. Good luck!
We got married in March and were on BC since then bc of moves, school, etc. But we went off BC in August to let my body transition back and learn how to chart. I wanted to give myself 4 to 6 months to learn how to chart and focus on good health and nutrition to prepare for pregnancy. So we are hoping to TTC sometime next year. We are moving pretty fast bc we are both 30 and want more than 1 kid, so gotta shake a leg!
We started almost 4 months before marriage, we figured it would take a while to get pregnant since our first month of NTNT was my first month off the pill.
Surprise! We got pregnant on our second month and are now 14 weeks 6 days, Got married 3 weeks ago when we were exactly 12 weeks.
Can I vote other?
I got pregnant 6 years before we got married and we weren't actively ntnt until afterward. Our reasoning? Well things have just kind of fallen into place for us, and the timing seems right. I was adamant about avoidng pregnancy prior to the wedding simply because my first pregnancy left me sick as a dog from 4wks through 12wks, not to mention my energy was sapped like whoa.
If I were you I would just wait to start TTC after you are married, we werent TTC/NTNT and we still got pregnant within less than 2months after getting married (1 month and 2 weeks to be exact) so in the rare even that you do get pregnant right before the wedding you dont want to have to deal with the yucky symptoms before and during your wedding
We started NTNT right after I finished my last pack of BC after the wedding. We decided to wait, just because both sides of our grandparents would have been upset if we were pregnant (and having sex) before we were married, and plus we wanted to be "free" so to speak for our honeymoon. And I'm glad we did it that way because it was really nice to be able to eat, drink, have a few smokes with my drinks, and pretty much have no limitations while on our honeymoon. Being pregnant really does change a lot about your daily life.
I was really tired my first trimester. For us our wedding was a lot of prep and then a lot of dancing and then our honeymoon had some adventurous parts so I'm glad we waited but we would have still had a great time even if I was pregnant, it just would have been a different experience.
I agree with waiting until after you're married if you can. Everyone reacts differently to pregnancy, but I was so sick and constantly had an icky feeling. So to avoid dealing with all of that on your wedding day, I would try after that.
We've waited a little under two years after we got married. We moved and had a lot of changes right after the wedding. Adding a pregnancy and baby right away would have been too much for us. We also went on our honeymoon six months after the wedding because we put our money into the condo, so we didn't have a lot. My newlywed advice is wait and enjoy your marriage before kids. Your marriage will never be the same once they arrive. I'm saying this as advice I've received from friends. Do you really want to drastically shake up a marriage just as its beginning or give it time to mature before kids? Before we got married, we were together for 5 years. Even with those five years together and living together before, marriage felt different in a good way. We both wanted to enjoy our "salad days" of marriage before kids. Honestly, I wasn't ready until recently. I seem to be in the minority of those who got married around the same time as me, but I'm so happy that we waited. I've been stockpiling both yarn and baby stuff as I eagerly await getting pregnant.
We want to start right away too and I didn't want to chance my dress not fitting so we haven't really started TTC yet, we just stopped being careful about a month ago (wedding is in 10 days!). I also think actively TTC can be stressful for some people and wedding planning was hectic enough!
We both switched jobs after the wedding, so we waited 3 months for health insurance to kick in before stopping birth control. We knew we wouldn't be able to afford the costs without insurance- thank goodness, because my first bloodwork was over $1200 before insurance!
Also I definitely recommend waiting until after the wedding to get pregnant- first trimester was ROUGH, I would hate to be feeling so crappy on the big day!
I recently went to a wedding where the B&G announced at the reception that they were 6-7 weeks along. They'd decided to go off BC about a month and a half before the wedding because they wanted to try right after they got married and, of course, they got pregnant right away without even trying! They were excited, but the bride was super annoyed that she couldn't drink at the wedding or on their honeymoon cruise.
We started about six months before the wedding - and no luck (of course!) -- but so far, no luck!
We started right after we got married. We're traditional that way.
I don't suggest getting preggo before your wedding if you're worried about looks. My first sign that I was pregnant was major acne, my whole face broke out due to all the hormones. Plus you'll never know how you'll feel, you will probably be really tired and want to puke all the time. Not fun for your wedding day!
I agree with most everything PP said: you ill most likely be VERY tired your first couple weeks and GOD FORBID (I wish this on NO ONE) something were to go wrong as it often does in those first few weeks....you will be devastated and you don't ant that to cast a dark cloud over the wedding day.
But! I doubt you'll get prgnant the first try if you've been on hormonal BC. Have you? Becuase it depleats the uterine wall and throws off ovulation so you probably won't be "in tune" the first mont off anyways but like you said...who knows?
Honestly from PERSONAL experience: I wanted to TTC on the honeymoon. But DH said...let's enjoy our honeymoon and not try to make it a "MAKE-BABY-NOW" event...So we did...we were totally relaxed and just enjoyed our last hura. ..Glad we did!
*Side note: were still not actively TTC just because turns out: we liked our last hura a little tooo much haha...but I am off BC now so were makin our ay there...to TTC land.
We already have an almost 2 year old and are definitely ready to make him a big brother. We thought about TTC before the wedding but nixed the idea based on the off chance it would actually work a little too soon. Since we already have a toddler, date nights/party nights/most adult fun is very rare. I didn't want to have spend the night not enjoying the dancing and drinking and merriment. Also, I was terribly sick with our son from week 4 to about 4 months. I could just envision myself puking in front of everyone while trying to say my vows.
We waited till after marriage b/c well we were "waiting" till marriage anyways. We started NTNT/TTC a little over 3 months after and we got pregnant first cycle.
I definitely would wait b/c 6 weeks is long enough into it to be sick as a dog and tired as a hibernating bear... bloat like you couldn't believe... and acne that you can't do anything about since most Rx & OTC face regimens aren't safe in pregnancy.
You could always try for a honeymoon baby ;)
We're waiting until a year of marriage has passed. We didn't want to skip being newlyweds!
I'm with @seashell. We are going to wait at least two years but probably more like 3-5, partially for financial reasons but also because once we are parents, we'll always be parents! While I have the baby bug from time to time, we are enjoying our relationship just the two of us and don't want to give that up.
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I was just wondering when everyone started TTC/NTNT and why?
My FI and I are getting married in May and want to start try as soon as we can...we were even talking about TTC/NTNT a month before we get married. Is this a good idea? I mean, I know that the chances of getting pregnant in the first month is very very unlikely, but if by some miracle we did would that negatively effect our wedding? (I'd probably be about 6-8 weeks on our wedding day) would that effect the way I looked? (aka what I looked like in the dress) or when do you actually start to show?? Thanks so much for all the feedback!! (We are having a dry wedding so not drinking on our wedding day doesn't matter.) Thanks!