Your Age vs. Being Ready?

I'm new here, and I'm here because I AM ready to start trying. I'm 34, turning 35 in the fall. Realistically, I could be 35, 36, or beyond when we conceive our first child. In my case, I waited because I wanted to find the right partner. We met when I was 33, got engaged less than a year later, married 6 months after that, and now we've been married for 5 months and I'm well aware that it's only going to get harder to conceive from this point forward. It would've been wonderful if I'd met him 10 years ago, or 5 years ago even, but this is the time we have together now, so we're going to try to make the most of it.

I'd always thought that I'd want more time in my marriage before conceiving a child, but now that I'm actually in the situation, I don't think it's needed. First off, we were already in our 30s when we met, so we had that time to establish our lives and careers beforehand. Secondly, we're both at the phase in our lives where we're ready to be parents. Thirdly, most of our friends are married with kids, so it's not like we'll be sitting at home while everyone else is out late living it up. In other words, we won't be "missing out" on anything (not that we're big partiers to begin with!)

My hope is that we'll conceive relatively smoothly and have our kids within a few years of one another, and that our parents will be young and healthy enough to have that grandparent experience. I grew up having my grandmother living right downstairs and I am looking forward to my mother and father being there for my kids too. That was one of my biggest fears about waiting so long to get married and pregnant, that my parents wouldn't live to see it happen. Knock on wood, hopefully things will work out!