How old were you?

[Islander]

25 and happy...ill be 26 this month tho.

 

[camerashy]

I have 3 daughters + 1 son

Dd1.....I was 20
Dd2 .....I just turned 25 2 days b4 she was born
Dd3 .....I was 29
Ds.........I had just turned 31 18 days before he was born

Don't regret any of them xxxx

 

[Kitty1979]

Just turned 33 when Rory was born, right age for me. We had just celebrated our first wedding anniversairy, brought a new house, successful business and the time was right. Though I'm thinking won't be able to have much of a gap between the next baby ( if lucky enough to get pregnant again) don't want to be an old mummy and my OH is 42.

 

[mommie2be]

I got pregnant at 16 & gave birth at 17. I do wish I waited until I was done with college because it is a lot harder to go to school & take care of a baby but he's the best thing that has ever happened to me. But I will be waiting until after I have my degree to try for another... if I do.

 

[little_lady]

I fell pregnant with Isabelle at 23 and gave birth at 24. I'm 25 now and will be nearly 26 when this one's born. I wouldn't change it for the world, I'm married and we own a home and I get to be a part time sahm so I love my life! I always wanted babies in my mid 20s.

 

[EstelSeren]

I was 22 when I fell pregnant and 23 when Tanwen was born and I don't regret it for a minute! I do wish it had happened earlier but that's only because that would have spared me a year of ttc if not the 3 years of wtt! Really I wouldn't change things because if the timing was different we might never have had Tanwen and I wouldn't give being her mum up for the world as she's absolutely incredible! Hopefully I'll be giving birth to #2 next year when I'm 25 but I have to conceive them first!

Beca :wave:

 

[Shezza84uk]

I was 22 when pregnant 23 when I had DD.. She was born 2hrs past midnight so just about missed my birthday DS was born in September I was 27 but 28 few weeks later.

I wouldn't change the age but wish I'd waited until I was married x

 

[candyem]

Both 25 and perfect for us.

We own our our home, saved for our wedding and logically a baby was the next thing on the list.

Best thing we ever did

 

[Shadowy Lady]

I was (and am) 30 when I had Sofia and I wouldn't change a thing. I spent my 20's getting my degree, advancing my career and travelling with my husband (we were 25 when we got married). I also wouldn't want to have any kids past 33 so we will try for the next one in 2 years.

 

[Wishing_well]

Had Quinn when I was 22 and OH was 25. Wouldn't change it at all.

 

[LJM]

16 and 17

Would I go back and change things?

Honestly...yes. As much as I love my girls it obviously wasn't my life long ambition to get pregnant and be a mother when I was still a child myself.

Given the choice- I would of waited until I was about 33 ish.

 

[pompeyvix]

Wow, im surprised by how many young mummy's there are. My circle of friends and family don't start having babies til they are close to thirty generally!

This is exactly what I was thinking! I am 31 and within my circle of friends only about 50% of us have children. I still have a few friends who are waiting for the right time, which looks like mid to late 30's as they want to finish travelling, uni etc or are still waiting to meet The One!

 

[emsie_123]

27 when I had my LO and for us it was just right.

University, parties, travels and so on had been done so when my job went permanent it felt like now was the time. We wanted to create some stability for ourselves before and get things over and done with

 

[hubblybubbly]

27, I trained as a doctor first and got my career under my belt,just finishing up GP training now and I've had a lot of years of partying/drinking...and quite selfishly "me time" so it was perfect for us, I'm mature enough and financially and socially stable. I wouldn't have wanted to wait any longer as I was BROODY big time!
X

 

[beth_terri]

17 with my first, 20 with my second. I sometimes wish I could have the exact same babies but 5 years later, but obviously that couldnt happen!! If I'd have done things differently waited then I wouldn't know what I want with my life. I know that I want to be a midwife and have done courses since having my eldest to get me there. But before having my first I had no clue what I wanted ti do. Just need accepting into uni. If I hadn't had my kids when I did who knows where I'd be but I'm happy being settled. X

 

[beth_terri]

Just turned 33 when Rory was born, right age for me. We had just celebrated our first wedding anniversairy, brought a new house, successful business and the time was right. Though I'm thinking won't be able to have much of a gap between the next baby ( if lucky enough to get pregnant again) don't want to be an old mummy and my OH is 42.

Omg you stole my baby's name lol xx

 

[RedRose19]

i was 21, ill be 22 this jan, my oh turned 22 7 weeks after my lo was born, and i wouldnt change it i like being young while having my kids, i had such a hard pregnancy... i couldnt imagine being older and going through that, tbh i just want to get the pregnancy parts over with and enjoy a family lol, so 1 or 2 more times for me prob one after the other so the pregnancies r over with lol

 

[SabrinaKat]

I was 44 when I got lucky with my LO (previous mc and at least one chemical in my early 40s).

I would have preferred to have children younger, but was told that I had PCOS and it would be difficult to have children, but once an underactive thyroid was discovered and medication given, got pregnant within six months. Also, my previous partner died when I was in my late 20s and didn't meet my now husband until my mid-30s. I guess I would have been trying younger, but am so happy with my now LO that it's okay now, if that makes sense. Also, as mummy did the travel and study stuff before, am just enjoying my LO - LOL!

best wishes

 

[alexspargo]

I was 19 with my first, 23 with my second and 28 with my third. I am glad i started out young because i always wanted 3 kids and ideally to have them all by 30.

I think 19 was pretty young and i was not nearly as prepared as i could have been however, i also think that you are never truly prepared to have kids no matter what age you are. I feel like i was much more patient with my second and third and that my son suffered a bit from being the first born (i didn't breastfeed him because i was too overwhelmed at first, i didn't understand the importance of a schedule so to this day he is not very organized or structured which affects him in school).

On the other hand i am more "real" or i guess more myself with my son than i am with my other two, partly because he is older but also because as a younger mom i treated him differently (i guess more laid back, more of a sense of humor) than i do with second two. It's hard to explain what i mean. I think he sees me as person more than my other two, not just as his mom, because of my parenting style that i had when i was younger that i lost as i got older. For example, he calls me dude, we joke around more like peers in a lot of ways. One time my daughter's homework said "ass Assignment" at the top of the page because the CL from class didn't get xeroxed onto the page. He pointed it out to me and we laughed for long time about it. I don't really have that same kind of relationship with my younger two kids.

 

[Seity]

I was 36 when I had my son. I'll be 39 when this boy arrives. I wouldn't change it. It's the perfect age to have children. I enjoyed my 20's. Traveled. Got a good job and a house. Took my time finding a man worth marrying and then enjoyed a year together, just us, before trying for children.