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We are planning on starting to try in about 3 or 4 years. We just want to be able to establish ourselves in our home and besides that, just enjoy each other's company as husband and wife for a little while. There is just less time for each other when you have kids, so we want to cherish the time we have and maybe get a little traveling in. Plus, when we have kids the plan is for me to be a stay at home mom so we are just hoping to get a few ducks in a row before that happens. My husband is a firefighter so he wants to promote to driver before we have kids.
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We're thinking we'll start trying when I'm 30 (2 more years). We don't want to be old parents and because my mom had some fertility issues, we don't want to wait too long and then have problems getting pregnant. Of course, we also want to enjoy some time as just us first.
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I think for us we might think about having kids after I turn 30, which is in 5 more years. There's just so much we want to achieve before then (ie get our careers on track, travel, buy a home).
Some of our friends have started having children (they are early 30s) so it's a lot of fun to play with their kids meanwhile!
We definitely want to wait, alhough right now aren't on the exact same page about how long. We're going to have a long-distance marriage for 2-3 years starting in June, and once I am able to move to live with him, I'll be 28 or 29. My husband would like to start trying once I can move in together... but I'd like to wait another year or two, since I honestly think it will be a BIG adjustment going from living on my own and seeing him two weekends a month, to living with him again and seeing him ALL the time, in a city that is brand new to me with no friends. My guess is that once we move in together, my husband will realize it's a big change too, and hold off for another year or so. I always said I didn't want children before 30, and with the timing, it looks like it would work out just that way.
If we were getting married any sooner we would wait, but we won't be getting married for another year and a half. By then I will be nearly 30 and definitely wanting kids already. So I am sure we'll start trying already on the honeymoon! 
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We both want a family but decided we wanted to have a little more savings, a house, and be a little more established before we start trying. We figured 3 years after the wedding would be perfect! Except... now every time I see a baby I want to snatch it and give it kisses and my soon to be husband keeps talking about "his son" and all the things he can't wait to do with him. Somehow I think we'll end up starting a family much sooner than we expected or planned for! :)
We are both 30, already established in our careers, own our home (in a family-friendly neighborhood), and he is quite focused on savings. So... there's really no reason to wait! Buh bye BC, hello babies!
We gonna start ... yup ... now.
Ive been ready for a really long time (even though Im only 25) but we wanted to wait until Mr.F was done school.
Im really into my job, but I am lucky because I can do graphic design from home. I do want to keep working while on my maternity leave (which is 10 months here in Canada)
Basically everything will happen once his schools done. Babies, house all of that grown up stuff 
right now :) (but in fairness, we started trying about a year after the wedding)
We would start right away but I need to finish school first! I'll be 29 when I graduate, so we'll start trying either toward the end of school or right after I graduate. So probably 2-3 years after we tie the knot!
I'm not certain this is something you can truly plan...but we are shooting for next year! I can't wait!! I feel like I am surrounded by babies with all my friend's and family's kids everywhere.
Many of my friends started trying before the wedding... I think this is a factor of us being in our mid-30's.
I was completely not ready for children when Mini was born. I was 20 and still a kid myself. I had to grow up fast. Now that she's working on 5, I'm starting to want another. I don't want my kids so far apart that they barely know each other. Mr. CC would like to wait 5 years, but that's just too long for me. We compromised and decided that about 2 years would be ok, and we really really need a bigger house first!
I'll be 32 at the time of our wedding and have been on birth control for a decade. We'll be taking the "que sera sera" approach. Mr. teamzeewagen will be excited- we're abstaining for 30 days before the wedding!
We've talked about starting to try pretty quickly following the wedding. We want some time to ourselves to adjust to actually being married, but we both love kids and neither of us wants to be old parents. We want to really be able to enjoy our kids and be active in their lives (especially while they are young). We're looking forward to starting our lives together, family additions included!
we started trying at the 2 year mark. i'd be ok with waiting another couple of years, but that clock is a ticking!
My clock is ticking (I'll be 31 in 9 days! eeps!) but we want to put away some more money to buy our own place first. Some days, I wish we could start straight away (usually after hanging with our adorable niece) but other days (like today, as I sit on the computer and drink wine all evening) I'm happy to wait a little bit longer.
We'll start trying at the 1 year mark; we'll both be 28 if I do get knocked up according to plan :-) We'd get started now, but we are hoping to get more in a savings account. The way the economy is going, I wouldn't feel comfortable without at least 6 months of living expenses (plus anticipated day care costs) in savings.
I wish we got 10 months here in the states, Flamingo! Lucky you!!
I think it's about probably about 3-5 years for us. I'd love to say 2 years, but we'd like to wait until Mr. T is finished with his actuary exams. That'd probably be in 3 or 4 years. :)
We actually just has this conversation the other night. We are looking to start trying in about 2 years. I definitely want to have some sort of stability before we try. Currently we have talked about moving from our home town and Mr. Wubz finishing grad school!! I know 2 people who are pregnant now and one got married in July and one got married in September!
Well we started as soon as we returned from the honeymoon. We wanted to enjoy without worry about conception! I am turning 30 in 2 months and the clock has a very loud ticking sound that just wont stop. Plus at the wedding all of the toasts from family and parents included the line, "where are our grand kids" and "we arent getting any younger." It was hysterical!!
Since my new hubby and I have been together for a decade (even though only married now for 3 months) we are finally ready to expand our family and welcome the new additions. So now I am no longer a Knottie bride but a "bump" girl. I recently found the sister site to the Knot.com called Bump.com. Its very cool.
I thought planning my wedding made me impatient...well apparently having to wait 30 days between ovulation cycles maxes out my patience leve as well!
Good luck to all of those who are trying to conceive and good luck to all of those wanting to wait!
We'll be trying as soon as my bc cycle (3 months) is up after the wedding in Oct. We'll be moving in with the FILs in 2 months and FI starts college in the fall (pre-med) so waiting until we are "stable" doesn't seem logical because that could be a decade or more from now and we definitely don't want to wait until we are 40 (I'm 25 and he's 27 now) to start trying. This year will certainly be an adventure.
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What is the main factor for you trying right away/waiting?
I think we'll try to have kids when I'm 30/Mr. Peng is 33. That's about 3 years from now. I'd like to wait as long as possible because I want to focus on working right now. I wish my late twenties would last for 10 more years! Alas...
Neither Mr Peng nor I really see children in our immediate future, however I feel like it will flip like a switch for me one day. Once I see everyone around me having children I might change. It's sad how im so influenced by those around me, but basically I had no interest in getting married until we started going to all these weddings, so I wont kid myself in thinking it won't be the same case when our friends all start having kids. Lame, I know!