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[quote=Anonymous]Good God!  If you want children, get started now.

I was 33 when I got married.  DH (then 34) and I married in May, started house hunting in September, closed on a house and got pregnant in December.  DS was born the following September (I was 34).  DD was born two and half years later.

At no point in that process was I "ready" to have children.  It was time, and I knew I would regret it if I didn't.  Kids are now 17 and 15, and we are all very happy.

I recall that when I was pregnant with my first, I had a conversation with a friend who had an older child.  I said to her that I didn't feel like I was ready to be a parent.  She said something very useful, which basically boils down to "you learn as you go."  A newborn's needs are not very complicated.  You feed it and change its diaper and make sure it gets to sleep.  By the time you are dealing with more complicated issues, you and your kid know each other.  Your skills evolve.  But what you need to do at the outset is not exactly difficult.  It's physically demanding, but not rocket science.[/quote]

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