How did you know that you are ready to start a family after marriage? Did you have any doubts? Did they affect your decision on how long you waited or did you choose to go through with it and try anyway, assuming things will eventually fall together?
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i’m not married but i think when the contraceptives fail or couples run out of them! 
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Same not married yet but I would want to start a family after a couple years of it just being me and my hubby. Really get to know each other and work in the process so by the time we have a baby we’ll know each other reallyyyy well and be financially stable. Well thats the plan but maybe Allah will have others plans?
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we waited three years to have our kid. it was a mix of feeling emotionally and financially ready. in the end, as flaky as it sounds, it was just a feeling. i knew the time was right. i also did an istikhara so i like to think that very strong feeling of this is the right time had something to do with the praying and leaving things up to Allah. it took a full year plus three months past that point for us to conceive and he was born around the same time in june when i had that very strong feeling, now that i think of it.
huh.
so i would say give yourself some time to conceive the kid- it rarely happens overnight. and don’t make it a mechanical, measured, scientific process if you can help it, although i know how easy it is to go there when you’re trying to conceive.
Jub hubby Saif Ali Khan kee jagah Rajni Kaanth jaisa lugne lagay, tou samajh lo ke honey moon phase is over and it’s time to start the family.
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you mean jab banda paijaame se luNgii meN aa jaaye? 
Hahah.. well do you think its important to take in issues such as finances ? Or would you have a firm enough belief in rizq and whats meant to be ? Just wondering how others feel about this when theres the question of bringing a third person into it..
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I was definitely stressed about the financial aspect because everyone kept telling us babies are expensive (and they can be!). But in the end, my mum reminded me about the rizq bit and told me to have faith, and that went a long way in convincing me we should just go for it.
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i didn’t really think about money when i wanted a baby. and for some odd reason i don’t think our baby has been expensive for us. intact our rizq has mashallah increased since he was born. good things have happened mashallah and me and my husband have matured incredibly since our baby came.
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There’s never a time that’s “perfect.” The key for me was knowing I was ready to make someone else’s daily needs a priority over my own and to let go a bit of control. There will still be tough days, but it helps to be mentally and emotionally prepared.
Hmm thanks for all the responses..
“I have read in ninety places in the Qur’an that Allah has preordained sustenance and guaranteed it for His creation, and I’ve only read in one place: ‘Satan threatens you with poverty’ [Surat al-Baqarah: 2:268].” – Al-Hasan Al-Basri (rahimahullah)
I read this today and it brought me so much peace. Thought I should share this in case anyone reading is in a similar position
The idea of doing an istikhara also inspired me to give it a try..
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We waited 9 years to have a baby. We got married young and we wanted to make sure that we were emotionally and financially stable before bringing a new life into our world. As far as knowing when we were ready, it was very strange, we both kind of knew at the same time. We used to both be all anti baby, we were all like “Who needs babies, we’re enjoying life, traveling the world, eating out every day, pssshhhh”.
Then one day, I still remember, I was driving to work and I called my wife and said “What do you think about having a kid?” and she gasped and said “OH MY GOD, I’ve been thinking about it too!!” and the idea just CLICKED, and we both just knew we were ready.
Hang in there, you’ll know when it’s time. My only advice is not to have a baby early in the marriage. Give yourselves time to get to know each other and enjoy some alone time before a baby. The people I’ve come across who had a baby very early in their marriage ended up being disgruntled and resentful because they felt that they were cheated out of some along romantic new love type of time with their spouse.