To wait or not to wait? TTC

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Hey, I was hoping for some advice from anyone who may have experience. Myself and my husband know we both want children and we’re looking at TTC at the end of the year. Due to my husbands job he works away a lot from Feb-Sept! We were going to try and hold off so if things did go to plan, baby may come around the time when he’s not away but I know it can take time and I was unsure whether we’re silly to wait? Especially as if it does take a while, he may not always be here on FW! My worry is we don’t have family around so if we were lucky enough to conceive for a due date of when he’s away, I would be on my own. Does anyone have any advice? Should we control what we can control or are we silly to sit on something we know we want?

This is a tricky one! Depends a bit on how old you are? And whether he'll be back more permanently after Sep? Or would he still be away a lot after that?

Knowing none of the details I'd probably be tempted to start TTC in Dec but perhaps come off birth control now and track with bbt until then so you know your cycle very well and know exactly when to DTD when it comes to it.

I agree with PP, without knowing enough information about age/health etc, I'd suggest coming off hormonal contraception, start tracking your cycles, start taking folic acid, and improve diet/get to a healthy weight or any other health changes you would want to make before pregnancy.

Ultimately, it depends on how much of an issue it would be to get pregnant and due when he's away. Even with a perfectly timed conception, doesn't mean your baby wouldn't arrive early, there's only so much you can control. DH and I avoided TTC until it was a good time to have a baby. We've been trying for a long time now but it's still been better than having a baby before we were really ready.