Does anyone regret waiting?

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My husband and I are 29 - we have recently both become very broody, though there is something holding us back. We both have full-on careers which we enjoy and we are in a good financial position. However it seems babies is something we could keep putting off for whatever reason - to develop careers further/travel more/save more etc.

I actually don't feel like I want to wait, and I think that it's almost societal pressure that women are having babies older these days that makes me think I should too.

Does anyone actually regret waiting until around mid-30's to have a baby, thinking your circumstances would really change and there would be a better time?

Thanks!

My two didn't go to nursery until they were two and a half, when they really enjoyed it. I'm not sure how they would have been before then, dd might not have taken to it very well I think. School age it's more the complexity of logistics, the events, holidays and homework that cause the issues, and then later on the stress issues, friendships etc that really need parental input.

Wow nooka, you make it sound such a chore! Don't do babies, and now all this parental input.
All those things that need parental input! Kinda comes with the territory don't ya think?

Each to their own I guess, I love all the 'parental input'!

I think people are going off track of the original posters question.

If you think your ready OP, then go for it, and happy trying

Yes yes yes!

Too many Mr Wrongs, so didn't start trying until I was 34. DD arrived over 5 years and many ££££s of fertility treatment later. I still sometimes struggle to believe she's real, I feel so lucky to have her, but I'm sad that she's not likely to have a sibling. I couldn't face the IVF again and I'm 41 now.

If you're in a committed relationship and you know you want children together, I say go for it!