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How do you know when you’re ready to start having kids?

My husband and I (both 29) have been married a little over a year and a half. We both want kids eventually. My husband is an attorney and is constantly swamped with work. I work in the schools so I have more flexibility. I recently went off birth control after 13 years to try to regulate my cycle. I really would like to start trying for kids around our 2 year anniversary in September, but my husband said he doesn’t feel ready. We said we would revisit the conversation in June. My question is…does anyone ever FEEL ready? We both make good money, have a dog, have a lot in savings…but my husband says his work is too much. I just feel like if we wait for that to change, it’ll never happen. He also can’t definitively tell me when he will feel ready.

How do you know when you’re ready to start having kids?

How do you know when you’re ready to start having kids?

My husband and I (both 29) have been married a little over a year and a half. We both want kids eventually. My husband is an attorney and is constantly swamped with work. I work in the schools so I have more flexibility. I recently went off birth control after 13 years to try to regulate my cycle. I really would like to start trying for kids around our 2 year anniversary in September, but my husband said he doesn’t feel ready. We said we would revisit the conversation in June. My question is…does anyone ever FEEL ready? We both make good money, have a dog, have a lot in savings…but my husband says his work is too much. I just feel like if we wait for that to change, it’ll never happen. He also can’t definitively tell me when he will feel ready.

How do you know when you’re ready to start having kids?

My husband and I (both 29) have been married a little over a year and a half. We both want kids eventually. My husband is an attorney and is constantly swamped with work. I work in the schools so I have more flexibility. I recently went off birth control after 13 years to try to regulate my cycle. I really would like to start trying for kids around our 2 year anniversary in September, but my husband said he doesn’t feel ready. We said we would revisit the conversation in June. My question is…does anyone ever FEEL ready? We both make good money, have a dog, have a lot in savings…but my husband says his work is too much. I just feel like if we wait for that to change, it’ll never happen. He also can’t definitively tell me when he will feel ready.

So I finished the 8 week program a few weeks ago and have still been running 5k. I’ve run 5k 4 times now (but this includes the 5 min power walk warm up). There’s a 5k I’ve been eyeing for this Saturday and I’m still undecided if I should do it. Anxious about psyching myself out and also my husband is away and won’t be able to be there at the finish line but part of me wants to do something just to challenge myself