Our marriage is entering the 3rd year, we really

Indonesia
January 31, 2009 7:58am CST
Expect to have a child. How old is your marriage/relasionship when your first child is born?
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@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
31 Jan 09
My marriage is in its 7th yr and my first child was born 15 yrs ago...
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@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
31 Jan 09
I should clarify though....My relationship with my husband is in total almost 11 yrs...My two older kids are from a previous long term relationship..i did have a child with my husband 10 yrs ago but he passed away that same yr.
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@jwiz512 (78)
• United States
31 Jan 09
Hi I am sorry you have not had children yet. I never had that problem but I will tell you about my son. My son is one of 5 sons. His wife is one of 7 daughters. All her sisters have children. I never had any grandchildren. I wanted them really bad but I never thought I would ever have one. My son was married for 10 years and then finally that day happened. They actually gave up on trying and any thoughts of having children. My daughter in law has a female problem that causes most women not to be able to have children. She had surgery but still didn't have children. Then several years after the surgery, she got pregnant. You can't imagine the shock and worry we had for 9 months. I do know this much, if you keep thinking about it and trying so hard, it won't happen. You need to focus on other things and try not to think about it at all. I don't know if your a male or female but the female here should go to a GYN Dr. and see if she may have a disorder called Endometriosis. I don't think I spelled that right but either way I am sure you can at least say the word. I had problems all along saying it...LOL. Please get checked for that. If you catch it in time, you stand a chance of being able to have a child or children. If you wait too long, too much damage will be done and you will never have any children. As I already know many women who have had it and they could not have children as a result of waiting. You both should be checked to see if there are any problems in conceiving. Most times Doctors don't do these tests and why I don't understand. Ask for it, demand it, you have the right to get this done. Don't ask the primary Dr. to do it ask to see a specialist like a GYN and they have to give you that. Sometimes Primary Dr's don't like to refer you to other Dr's because they get paid a lump sum for your care each year. If they don't refer you then they keep all the money. But if you state you want to be checked by your OWN GYN DR. they have to allow you this. Just state you want to have a yearly check up by a GYN specialist. Good luck to you both
@donsky14 (5947)
• Philippines
31 Jan 09
I'm not yet married, but if I do get married...I plan to have my child probably in our 2nd or 3rd year as well. I want to savor the experience of being with my husband for a while before we have kids of our own.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
31 Jan 09
My son was born in the third year too. That was a long long time ago but it was the right time for us, although I'm not sure if there is a 'right' time for everyone. I think it depends on the individual couple. I wish you good luck and hope that things will go as you hope!
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@SwtJenlove (1090)
• United States
31 Jan 09
I have been with my man for 11 years now. we got together in september of 1997 and had our first son in september of 2000 so thats about 3 years 11 years later we now have 3 kids. we had our second son in 2006 and we had our last child which was our daughter in 2008. good luck
@MissAmie (717)
• United States
31 Jan 09
I had been married for 6 years when my first child was born. My husband never really tried for a baby, nor did we try to prevent it. I guess we just got one when the stork thought we were ready for it. It really bonded my husband and I and I love my kids so much. They're such a blessing. If your marriage isn't strong then having kids could hurt it, but if you're solid there will be an ven greater bond between the two of you. Parenthood is a wonderful thing!
• United States
31 Jan 09
I got married in May 2005 and we just had our first baby (boy) on May 2008, almost exactly 3 years later! I would love to have 2 boys and 1 girl.....but I would be happy with whatever I have. You shouldn't worry about when you are going to have a baby. Just get married do just about everything you want to do before having kids then when you are both ready start planning for your baby. You should never just have a baby just because everyone else is doing it. Just because you are married doesn't mean you should have a child either. I hope I have helped!! Happy mylotting!!