It really is fun to have someone that likes names as much as I do! I love our name discussions 
I’m continually surprised by how many people thinking talking about names is weird… or when people are about to pop and haven’t even thought about names at all. I can’t imagine that!
Perhaps it would be time for me to join these ranks as husband and I have decided to begin trying for our 5th and last baby as soon as I feel apt, [name_m]Bruno[/name_m]'s no longer nursing and my cycle normalizes. I’m thinking about trying again in about [name_u]July[/name_u] when [name_m]Bruno[/name_m] will be almost a year old, that way he and the baby will still have a comfortable (for me) age gap, but one that also isn’t too big. [name_m]Will[/name_m] heavily depend on my cycle though and how we’ll be ultimately progressing at home in '18. If things are too crazy and I feel too crazy then we’ll probably postpone it or sadly give up on the idea of a 5th altogether. We’ll see. Perhaps this baby fever feeling is so strong because things are actually going really well and [name_f]Dottie[/name_f] and [name_m]Bruno[/name_m] sleep well during the night and daytime, allowing me some precious me time. We’ll see if that continues to be the case along next year, fingers crossed because he’s such a good and easy baby!
@thomasina Ahh lucky you! I haven’t got a sleeper unfortunately; my daughter was the same. [name_m]How[/name_m]’s [name_m]Bruno[/name_m] doing?
[name_f]Welcome[/name_f] to all the other newcomers! Sorry, I’m not keeping up with this thread very well because our rough timeline for TTC is quite a long way off still, but I’m wishing you all luck! Those with [name_u]January[/name_u] in mind must be feeling pretty excited now 
I’m definitely the biggest name obsessive in my family (though my two-year-old also constantly wants to know people’s names and their family’s names!) but DH is much more interested than most, I think. It’s a good balance because he’s interested and open enough to discussing slightly out-of-the-ordinary names and mostly likes the same kind of thing that I like, but he also recognises that names matter more to me so ultimately I get the final say, as long as he’s on board too.
[name_m]Hi[/name_m] again everyone! Sorry, I’m not really keeping up with the thread either, but wanted to weigh in on the name discussions. DH and I have known each other since high school and I was obsessed with names then and constantly talking about them. He was pretty good natured about it and has become more interested in names since then. I keep throwing names at him now since we can’t decide on anything for #2, and he’ll say things like, “[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] and ___ as a sibset? Really?” It’s hilarious. I’ve definitely converted him.
I think we’ll be pushing our timeline back a bit (at the moment we’re in a very rough sleep patch so it’s hard to even think about being sick in the first trimester AND not sleeping!). Possibly [name_f]May[/name_f]-[name_u]June[/name_u]. I’ll probably change my mind about when we’ll start a dozen times before then though.
[name_m]Just[/name_m] curious…since all of us are in this group and clearly excited to have a (or another) little one. What’s your or your partner’s biggest reasons for waiting until 2018 to TTC? We still both have student loans, so that seems to be my husband’s biggest concern, secondary is the “lifestyle” change in adding a kid to the mix
@hml - We’re set in pretty much every way to TTC another – except that we already have one! My daughter does not sleep well at night (usually up every 2-3 hours still, and has never slept through). During the day she’s quite needy; she’s not the sort who will go off and play independently, she needs me there to sit on/interact with constantly. I can barely take a shower without her screaming at me (because hanging out with daddy is Not Okay if mummy is still in the house but out of sight). We’re trying to take little steps to sort of wean her off me by having DH take her to the park by himself occasionally, I’ve just gotten her to like her pram again so that I’m not carrying her everywhere (but “mummy push” the pram when we’re out, daddy’s not allowed), and we’ve been getting DH to do bathtime as well which sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t. She has a lot of opinions about who does what. Usually it’s mummy who has to do everything.
Basically, I think bringing a new sibling into the mix 10 months from right now would probably be a disaster and we need some more time to work on making [name_f]Ro[/name_f] a little more independent.
@hml, we are TTC our second kid in 2018 because that now seems more practical than sticking with our planned ~four-year age gap. Neither of us wants to take as much time away from our careers as that larger age gap would ask, and frankly, we can’t afford a decade of income limited by part-time hours. We don’t feel entirely ready right now but hope that with conscience preparation over the fall and winter, we will be ready by the spring. We want to have [name_m]Reuben[/name_m] weaned and sleeping in his own room before TTC, which is a pretty tall order, because he’s bedsharing and nursing every few hours day and night still. Those milestones more than anything else will dictate when TTC starts.
Hello everyone, hope I’m not too late to join the party here lol.
Two was always the number DH and I agreed on but recently he’s brought up the idea of just one more. He really thinks three is the number and I’m starting to feel the same way. I had b/g twins this year and they’ll be one in [name_f]April[/name_f] so we’d probably wait until [name_f]October[/name_f]-[name_u]November[/name_u] 2018 to TTC, which would make J & A two years old at the time of birth so we’d have time to start potty training and all that (not too far off but seems like it is right now, haha). Nothing is totally set in stone right now since our little ones are so young right now but this is our plan so far 
Wishing all of you the best of luck 
@hml, I’d go for it (either adoption or TTC) right this moment if DH were ready. I’m pushing my luck to want to do this in the first place, though, and we have more work to do on our daughter’s new bedroom (converted from the den) before we’d really have room for another kiddo.
The majority of the preparation is psychological and on DH’s end. I’m just waiting patiently.
Our top ones are finishing study, settling on a house (we currently rent, and want to buy - and if necessary reno - before adding a baby to the mix), we are also planning to go overseas at least once child-free (currently planning a US trip, but dates aren’t set).
They’re not all things that “need” to be done pre-baby… but it would be nice if they were. Also, I finally feel content in my baby free state after struggling with it for a while. So I feel I might as well use it to tick a few thing off before baby hormones begin raging again!
We aren’t trying yet and every time we talk about it it’s been a vague “soon” or “in a year or so” because we don’t want a big age gap between the kids. But yesterday AF showed and I was actually a little disappointed. My partner realized this and said we should start trying in [name_u]January[/name_u]. So there is finally something of a TTC plan and I am still trying to get my head around it, a little overwhelmed at the thought of another pregnancy with two little ones to look after this time, and then three children more or less under three–but I’m starting to feel excited too. The anticipation during pregnancy is just the best and I’m looking forward to having that feeling again.
[name_f]Hope[/name_f] all of you ladies are well. I don’t post much but I love stopping by to see what you have to say!
We’re waiting until [name_u]March[/name_u] to TTC. We are going on a vacation with my husband’s parents. They are renewing their vows for their 30th anniversary. My husband and and I decided we both want to be able to drink and have fun doing things that I might not be up to doing when we’re pregnant. Plus this gives us a few months after holidays to save up/ get taxes back and have availability to buy whatever I want or need for our first baby.
We’re starting in [name_u]January[/name_u]. We’ve been married for less than a year and had originally planned to wait the full year but since you never really know how long it’s gonna take, we bumped it up a few months. [name_u]Baby[/name_u] hormones are in FULL swing!
Our biggest reason for waiting is that we moved to the US in [name_u]March[/name_u] and wanted to have time to settle in before starting TTC.
I am a long time NB lurker, but now that we are gearing up to TTC, I feel like I can come out of the shadows. We got married in [name_u]June[/name_u] 2017, and will be starting our TTC journey in [name_u]March[/name_u] 2018 (I’ll be 29 and he’s 31). The reason we are waiting is because we have several trips and two weddings between now and [name_u]March[/name_u]. Plus, we want to enjoy our marriage with just us for a little while. I just scheduled the date to have my BC removed (Feb 20th!). That gives us time to mentally prepare, and to continue to enjoy newlywed status for a few months.
[name_u]Baby[/name_u] fever is hitting hard now, though. I am trying desperately not to overwhelm myself and my DH with all things baby. I really want to save the excitement over names, nurseries, etc., to when we are actually expecting. Like, I don’t want everything to be decided about our baby before we are in that stage. I want to be in the moment. Does that make sense?
@hml
My biggest hold up is that I still haven’t lost my baby weight from my first… I gained wayyy too much, and I’d really like to gain less the second time around, so I feel like I need to be at least below my pre-pregnancy weight, if not lower, before I am ready to try again. Also, my first is still breastfeeding, and I’d like to be done and think I will probably have to be done before my cycle comes back. Actually, that is our biggest hold up haha. I am 14 months pp and my cycle still hasn’t started up again, so even if I wanted to try now, it’s not going to do any good.
I’m glad so many people are on this thread! I’m not doing a very good job of participating. I just started a new job and have been a little swamped with adjusting to my new schedule. Oh. Another reason to wait a little, daycare is EXPENSIVE for babies. So waiting until my first is 2 will save us a little a month.
I’m glad so many people are on this thread too! The expense of daycare is something I need to keep in mind (and put into my budget!).
Thanks to everyone for playing along with my question. 
Everyone is in a little different boat on waiting until 2018, it was interesting to hear everyone’s thoughts…especially those that already have 1 or 2 little ones!
What’s everyone’s method for TTC? Besides the obvious of course, will any of you use ovulation kits, fertility app, check CM etc.? Or will just get to baby making and see what happens?
With my first I got pregnant first try, right off the pill, and didn’t do anything special. With my second, I used an ovulation prediction kit: there’s this theory out there that if you have sex before you ovulate (and not during), that you’re more likely to have a girl (which was our plan since we already had a boy). But I was more concerned with a big age gap so when it didn’t happen right away, we threw that plan out the window and that baby was a miscarriage. Then I managed to get pregnant by accident a few days AFTER the miscarriage–another boy!
So this time we’re going to use ovulation prediction kits to find out when I’m ovulating to have sex BEFORE then. Girl sperm live longer than boy sperm apparently but are slower so the boy sperm can reach the egg faster. By not having sex during ovulation we’re hoping to give the girls time to reach the egg while the boy sperm die off.
Of course it may take longer though because we’re actively avoiding sex during ovulation.
It’s worth a try. We really want a girl this time around. But maybe I just make boys
@bedhead
I super highly recommend learning to track all your fertility signs. Taking Charge of Your Fertility is a really good book for it. I was able to tell exactly when I ovulated when I got pregnant, which was like 3-4 weeks later than it “normally” is because my body was figuring things out after coming off birth control. I only charted basal body temperature and cervical fluid, but it talks about opks and a few other things. I chart with kindara. Anyway, I think it’s something EVERYONE should know about their bodies, I feel so sad when I see posts from ladies trying to ttc who have no idea what is going on!