When Did You Know You Were Ready For A Baby?
Lounge By pinknlee Updated 14 Sep 2006 , 6:15pm by BigFatMamaKat
We have two boys...4 and almost 6. Our first one I just knew I wanted one because it's all I could think about! Our second was a big surprise. We wanmted to wait til our first was around 3 to start trying again, but God had other plans for us, and we are glad they are 2 years apart since they are both boys. Now, I can't decide if I want one more to try for the little girl that I want so badly, but dh knows for sure that he doesn't want another. He told me that I have til his birthday (July) to decide and convince him, and he's making an appt for a snippy snippy that day! 
I have 4 kids ( 5,6,9 & 12 ) and under no circumstances would I ever say I felt 'ready' when they were conceived/born..... we were not very organized. 
Even though the last 2 are only 14-15 months apart and it was like a strange form of he@! when they were babies, it is nice because they are very close. I am glad my kids are spaced the way they were - too far apart and it seems like the kids aren't close and it just never ends... of course, when my youngest is 18 I will, I'm sure, get such severe empty nest syndrome you will have to drag me out of a tree or something...
Very strange how motherhood works.... 
With DD#1 we had a long talk about it, and we had been married for almost 5 years and decided we were ready to give it a go, and 6 months later I was PREGGO!!!! 3 years later, it hit me like a big ol' ton of bricks, and I was on the BC patch. I told DH I was ready to have another one and he was a little apprehensive at first and then he agreed to it. I went off the BC , had an odd menstrual cycle and 2 weeks later I took 2 tests and they were both positive..LOL That is also her demeanor she is so quick to do everything and has to be the one in control..LOL
My husband and I waited 10 years to decide we were ready, LOL. And we were. What a blessing she is too. Then two years later I got a surprise named Michael. I just have to laugh that we planned Caitlin down to the minute almost and then we were blessed again with Mike (what a wonderful surprise) And you know what, I was ready then too. : )
I don't think you KNOW you are ready. You just are though I guess.
Well my first pregnacy was a total suprise. 
I was told by my obgyn that having children would be impossible. So my boyfriend and I had un protected sex. Now result my son. He was my gift from above. But boyfriend didn't think so. So enter my now hubby when my son was 9 months old. So we took precautions even though I was told I wouldn't conceive. We got married when son was 6. I went off pill and we were trying 
really hard 
anyway it took a year to prove the doctor wrong again but we did it and had a DD. I have two miracles. Some days they are pains. Son is 15 DD is almost 8. I thank GOD for them but somedays They are so far apart and different sexes. She annoys him and he wants his space and she wants to show off to him. But he would beat anyone up who would hurt his little sissy. So I can't tell you when to decide. Mine were given to me by above. I really didn't get to choose when. Because I was told 8 years before I conceived my son I would never have kids and all the sudden here he was. Money at both times was very tough. And still is. So if money is your problem, really when is a good time. Age wise I know people with kids closer in age and it is still tough. As far as my age I was 27 with son and 35 with DD. God will let it happen when it is time to happen 
The first one wasn't planned and the second I had been wanting to get pregnant for over a year but DH didn't want another yet. There's a 4 year age difference and I thought that was too far but now I like it. We decided this was it but if we were going to have another I would have a 4-5 year gap again.
My grandma was upset to find out that we aren't having anymore, I'm supposed to have a girl but I haven't figured out how many boys I have to have before she'd let me quit. 
You know what they say..If you wait until you THINK you are ready or wait until you can AFFORD them...it may never happen!!! I say go with your heart.I had my children 22 months apart,almost 2 yrs.I wasn't really ready for another one but I knew if I waited 3 or 4 yrs I might not have another one and I wanted my son to have a sibling..my mom was an only child and said it was very lonely.It was hard for the first year with 2 small kids but you muttle through it.Now they are 5 and 3 and I am soooooo glad I did it that way!! They play nice together and love each other so much.I wouldn't have changed how I did it for the world!!
I have 3 kids and all were conceived while using a different kind of birth control with each of them!!! I knew I was ready when I found out I was pregnant and had no choice but to prepare for what God had given me. You can plan all you want and make everything perfect, but when it comes down to it, it's all instinct. You think you've planned for everything and all of a sudden you have a whole other purpose depending on you for their life!!! It's harder than you think and it's easier than you've been told LOL Everyone has a different experience. When you realize that you love someone more than you love your own life..........you will always do what you feel is best and that's all you can do! Just relax and take the attitude that it will happen when the time is right. Sometimes I wish I could have "planned" a pregnancy........but when it comes down to it, things always fell into place somehow and we were prepared by the "birth" day! Good Luck!!
We waited 5 years before being blessed with my DD #1. Things were just right for a baby at the time. My husband actually was the one to talk me into #2. Our first daughter is such a cutie we hoped that another would be just as much fun. They are so different, but I enjoy both of them a ton. If your heart is telling you to have a baby I would listen to it. Children are blessings and everyone is precious.
Thanks for every response. It really helps hearing waht everyone has to say. If anyone wants to add to this I would like to hear that, too.
With my Son, I just found out I was pregnant and we were not trying. So Iwasn't ready then. It is quite a difference to have the chance to say lets try to have a baby.
I had ALWAYS wanted kids, so we didn't wait a long time to have the first DD. Then my mother was dying of cancer. I told DH that every time the phone rang it was bad news, and I wanted some GOOD news for a change, so we had another DD just before the first one turned 5 years old. We THOUGHT that was it... then SURPRISE! My DS was born when my oldest was 12-1/2 and my second was 7-1/2 (and I was 40!). Even though he was a surprise (not an accident) we have really enjoyed him. God has a sense of humor, and he plans better than we do. My kids are now 22, 17, and 9-1/2, and we have been greatly blessed.
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