First baby...how old were you?

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  • famlyluv
    famlyluv Posts: 206 Member
    21 and so happy i had my first young. I am now 28 and have two beautiful kids!
  • _Tara_R
    _Tara_R Posts: 688 Member
    From: Illinois
    Age now: 26
    Age when first child was born: 21
    Age when second child was born: 25
  • downinaggieland98
    downinaggieland98 Posts: 224 Member
    I was almost 35 when I had my 1st (probably my only!)
  • SlimmingSarah2012
    SlimmingSarah2012 Posts: 53
    I had just turned 21 when I had my first son (not planned pregnancy), had my second son at 27 (planned) with one miscarriage at 26.

    Now 29, but I'm surprised at all the people I meet my age that don't have any kids yet. I mean, I know the stars aren't always aligned just right but in the back of my mind I'm thinking tik-tok, after 35 its risky and there's no guarantee that you'll get pregnant right away.

    I live in San Antonio, TX but I'm a military brat and have lived all over the world.
  • Crazy4Healthy
    Crazy4Healthy Posts: 626 Member
    I was 16 with my first (definitely an ooops), 19 with my second (not an oops), and 30 with my third (also not an oops). I'm currently 43 and have two grandchildren. I can say that there are definite differences between having them younger versus older (some good, some not so good). :smile:
  • zombilishious
    zombilishious Posts: 1,250 Member
    Age now: 42
    Age when I first got pregnant: 28
    Age when I gave birth: 29
    Age when I gave birth to 3rd (and last) child: 35

    But here in Kentucky (where I've relocated), the median age to have your first baby seems to be 12.
  • Faye_Anderson
    Faye_Anderson Posts: 1,495 Member
    On the other hand, if you live in a deprived area and have no ambition, you end up with a lot of teenage pregnancies. In the UK you get pretty good benefits if you're on a low income and bringing up a child.

    Seriously? Way to tar everyone with the same brush, I was brought up in what would be described as a deprived area, I had my son at 21, my sister was 16 when she had her 1st (she is now 27 with 4 children) We have both worked our entire adult lives to provide for our children and do not rely on the benefits system, yet I would say we are in quite low incomes.
    Not everyone wants to milk the system, and it definitely has nothing to do with the area you live, only yesterday I read the story of a journalist and broadcaster who is receiving a very generous income complaining about losing her £20 a week child benefit!
  • jonnyman41
    jonnyman41 Posts: 1,032 Member
    From: York, England
    Age now: 35
    Age when I had my 1st baby: 31. 2nd baby: 33

    The average age is around 30 in the UK, but there are certain areas where you get a lot of teenage mums. The year I had my daughter there were 2 15 year old girls pregnant at the school I teach in. When I had my son, my 1st, there was a 16 year old having a baby.

    I went to university and worked for a few years before having children, and a lot of women are doing that now. On the other hand, if you live in a deprived area and have no ambition, you end up with a lot of teenage pregnancies. In the UK you get pretty good benefits if you're on a low income and bringing up a child.

    I think that is a bit of a negative view of what is quite a complex issue. yes there are higher rates of teenage pregnancy in deprived areas and for some it is not about not having ambition as such, as wanting to become a mum is an ambition in its own right. It is more about not having the doors open to further and higher educations due to lack of parent support, poorer schooling in many (though not all) schools in deprived areas, lack of income which impacts not only on education but in realising that there is a world outside that estate that they live on and so much more. Having a baby becomes the one thing that they may be able to achieve in life and their hopes for something better go into that child though often they repeat the cycle their parents started with them.

    there are always exceptions of course, those youngsters that do well despite poor beginning and those that have children young but come from educated backgrounds. Personally I had my first son at 19 and he was an accident but I already had 4 A level passes and had always intended to go to uni, which I did when I was 25 and I now work in Adult Education (PGCE qualified) with adults hoping to gain English and Maths qualifications second time around
  • vidald
    vidald Posts: 75 Member
    I was 19 and I am now 35! I am still trying to get the baby fat off!
  • va_va_voom
    va_va_voom Posts: 467 Member
    38 now, live in Florida.

    First was at 27
    Last was 3 days after my 38th birthday.
    There are two in between. :)
  • msrootitooti
    msrootitooti Posts: 253 Member
    I had my first when I was 31, second when I was 35.
  • MelissR75
    MelissR75 Posts: 735 Member
    27 with first child, 29 with second and 31 with my third. Im 37 now.
  • jobiheps
    jobiheps Posts: 5
    I'm 19 had my baby in August (I was 18) .... Trying to lose the weight I gained in pregnancy.... Grrrrr
  • Molly_Maguire
    Molly_Maguire Posts: 1,103 Member
    Married at 25, pregnant 7 months later, baby at 26. Not an "oopsie", he was fully planned. :)

    ETA: From Phoenix
  • Mhaney
    Mhaney Posts: 467 Member
    from louisiana.
    first baby I was 23.
    am 32 now.
  • HiKaren
    HiKaren Posts: 1,306 Member
    To make a long story short....

    So in my case I was 5 years old when I had puffy, the kitty... Labor was not difficult.
  • LucyT4dieting
    LucyT4dieting Posts: 284 Member
    I was born in 1952
    Graduated in 1970 at 17
    Married at 18 (1971)
    Had my first at 19 (1972)
    Miscarriage at 20 (1973)
    had second child at 21 (1974)

    I think that generation had children younger

    I am now 60 & a young grandma of 5
  • 12skipafew99100
    12skipafew99100 Posts: 1,669 Member
    From: Indiana USA
    Age now: 48
    Age when first child was born: 29

    (second when 31,
    third when 34,
    fouth when 36)
  • CTCMom2009
    CTCMom2009 Posts: 263 Member
    Age now: 41
    Had my son at 38 1/2. I'm a late bloomer! Ha ha!
  • sarahharmintx
    sarahharmintx Posts: 868 Member
    From: Houston, Texas
    Age now: 26
    Age when first child was born: 18
  • jcstanton
    jcstanton Posts: 1,849 Member
    Nearly 36 and still haven't had one. Still hoping, though. Just gotta find the right daddy first. :wink:
  • fit4lifeUcan2
    fit4lifeUcan2 Posts: 1,458 Member
    Had my first at 24 then 28 and age 30 for our last. I'm 46 now.
  • RunnerBlonde808
    RunnerBlonde808 Posts: 257 Member
    I don't agree with the whole lumping the 'deprived' into more teen pregnancies. That's just ****!

    I was not in a deprived area but made a mistake. I was born in 1971 and am currently 41.

    First child: 17
    Second child: 23
    Third child: 29
    Fourth Child: 35

    My 2nd and 4th children were the only ones that I really "planned" the other two were oops. Not that I would send them back, but I would have liked to waited until 23 for my first and had my last at 28.
  • BluenoserChick
    BluenoserChick Posts: 106 Member
    Married at 23

    First baby on my 25th birthday

    Second at 29

    No more came after that -- I'm 42 now.
  • jcstanton
    jcstanton Posts: 1,849 Member
    On the other hand, if you live in a deprived area and have no ambition, you end up with a lot of teenage pregnancies. In the UK you get pretty good benefits if you're on a low income and bringing up a child.

    Seriously? Way to tar everyone with the same brush, I was brought up in what would be described as a deprived area, I had my son at 21, my sister was 16 when she had her 1st (she is now 27 with 4 children) We have both worked our entire adult lives to provide for our children and do not rely on the benefits system, yet I would say we are in quite low incomes.
    Not everyone wants to milk the system, and it definitely has nothing to do with the area you live, only yesterday I read the story of a journalist and broadcaster who is receiving a very generous income complaining about losing her £20 a week child benefit!


    :drinker: To you and your sister for taking responsibility instead of milking the system. Seriously, I wish more people were like that.
  • Cylinda30
    Cylinda30 Posts: 174 Member
    I am 31 and still haven't had one yet. :embarassed:
  • TXtstorm
    TXtstorm Posts: 163 Member
    Fort Worth, TX
    Now 45
    Married @ 22
    1st Child @ 32, 2nd Child @ 37
  • crabbyab90
    crabbyab90 Posts: 111 Member
    I got married at 19 had baby number 1 at 20. I'm 22 now. While she wasn't planned, she wasn't an ut-oh either. We live in Connecticut soon moving to Seattle.
  • OfficiallySexyVal
    OfficiallySexyVal Posts: 492 Member
    I was 25 when I had my son, I am 27 now and do want more children but not sure when right now. Working on a healthier me first!
  • LucyT4dieting
    LucyT4dieting Posts: 284 Member
    I was born in 1952
    Graduated in 1970 at 17
    Married at 18 (1971)
    Had my first at 19 (1972)
    Miscarriage at 20 (1973)
    had second child at 21 (1974)

    I think that generation had children younger

    I am now 60 & a young grandma of 5
    Almost sounds like my story:

    Born: 1952
    Graduated: 1970 (5 months pregnant)
    First child born in September of 1970
    Second child born in July of 1974

    Regrets? Not really. I am now 59 years old and happily married for the second time for three years. I have 9 grandchildren and two great grandchildren whom I love dearly.
    Probably wasn't the ideal way to do things, but it worked out OK for me.

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