we are looking forward to it, and welcoming the challenge! Q&A: Are we ready to have a baby? My DH and I have been together for 4 years, married for 3. He has 18 months left of school and we already own a house with a spare bedroom. I know that I am ready to start a family as soon as he gets done with school and I keep praying that when he's ready, he'll let me know. Because I have to work this weekend, he surprised me with my valentine's day present early. He set a date that we can stop BC and start TTC. I am so excited and I am glad that he finally feels like he is ready. It was so hard to wait for him and not push, but I feel a lot better knowing that we are on the same page. Q&A: Are we ready to have a baby? A friend of mine recently lost her baby. She gave birth to a stillborn at 8 months. It broke my heart, but it also got my husband and I thinking. We had all these plans to start TTC in summer 2011, we wanted to go to Europe and he wanted to finish his MBA. But my friend's loss has taught me that no matter how much planning you do and how careful you are, things don't always work out as perfectly as you planned them. We decided to start TTC this summer. We booked our