The Right Time to Start

My husband and I finally decided that it was the right time to start our family.  And no it wasn't some magical moment where everything perfectly aligned and we both felt ready to be parents.  The conversation last week went something like this:

Me:  "Your birthday's in a few months.  You're going to be 29, we're getting so old."
Hubby:  "We are, we're almost 30."
Me:  "Wow.  Wasn't our plan to have our first kid before then? That's crazy."
Hubby:  "Yeah, we should probably get started on that."

And that was how it all began.  Like I said, no magical moment where we both felt ready because really I think if we waited for that to happen we'd never have kids.

So, ready to get started, I wanted to do my research and get the facts.  I purchased the following books to get me started:

The Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant by Jean M. Twenge

Bumpology:  The Myth-Busting Pregnancy Book for Curious Parents-To-Be by Linda Geddes
A science journalist attempting to make sense of conflicting advice about pregnancy.

Expecting Better:  Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong - and What You Really Need to Know by Emily Oster
A professor of economics gathers and presents all of the data out there to give you everything you need to make informed decisions regarding your pregnancy.