First baby...how old were you?

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  • tlv1201
    tlv1201 Posts: 4 Member
    Got a late start with hubby being in the Navy. Our daughter was born one month before my 39th birthday, and our son was born four months after my 43rd birthday.

    We tried for over three years to conceive our daughter, and the boy was a "surprise". He was conceived after a 3,000 mile motorcycle trip to Myrtle Beach for bike week. Yes, 3,000 miles on a motorcycle can definitely throw your cycle off!
  • tootsanderson
    tootsanderson Posts: 1,636 Member
    I was pregnant at 19, and had her after I turned 20. I had my second baby at 23.
    I have to say I'm so very thankful to have my girls while I'm young and energetic. I have some 30-40 something parents who are always talking about how tired they are after work, and feel guilty about not doing as much with their kids.
    I know not every 30-40 something parent is like that, I just think I would be that way in 10 more years. :-/
    Also, I will be in my 40's when my kids graduate and (hopefully) move out on their own. WOW!

    i was definitely considerably more exhausted with my third, at age 35, than i was with my first at 25. and sometimes it's a bit of a stunner to realize she won't be 18 until i'm 53
  • Dub_D
    Dub_D Posts: 1,760 Member
    I was pregnant at 19, and had her after I turned 20.

    Same! High five for not being teen moms, by the slightest margin!
  • TinaBaily
    TinaBaily Posts: 792 Member
    I was born in 1966.
    Married at 19.
    Had 1st child at 20.
    Divorced at 21.
    Married lifetime husband at 22.
    Had 2nd child at 23.
    Had 3rd child at 25.
    Had 4th child at 28.
    Had 5th and last child at 31.

    I have no grandchildren yet, but so far only my 2nd child is married, and they married last December. No hurries.

    ETA: I live in the United States.
  • demirey
    demirey Posts: 2 Member
    I am 33 and we are trying for our first. We wanted to be financially secure before we started a family.

    Los Angeles, California.
  • superkel317
    superkel317 Posts: 78
    From: Michigan
    Age now: 32
    Age when my first child was born: 18
  • cricketannie
    cricketannie Posts: 184 Member
    Hahaha! YES!
  • sma83
    sma83 Posts: 479 Member
    I only have one, but I was 21 when she was born.
  • PearonaPair
    PearonaPair Posts: 80
    27 in 1989 :heart:
  • xmommyof2boysx
    xmommyof2boysx Posts: 114 Member
    California
    28 (in a month) now
    22 with my first
    25 with my second
  • MemphisKitten
    MemphisKitten Posts: 878 Member
    I was 19 when I had my first baby; 24 when I had my second. And I am DONE!! :laugh:
  • Lollyvoddy
    Lollyvoddy Posts: 194 Member
    From : New Zealand
    First baby :19
    Married three days before she was born *bang goes the shotgun* haha.
  • IamOnMywayNow
    IamOnMywayNow Posts: 470 Member
    I was 25 when I had my first:)
  • cricketannie
    cricketannie Posts: 184 Member
    I was pregnant at 19, and had her after I turned 20.

    Same! High five for not being teen moms, by the slightest margin!
    Hahaha! YES!!
  • Denjo060
    Denjo060 Posts: 1,008
    I was born in 1960
    First one at age 25 third one at age 29 I now have 2 grand babies and 2 on the way before the end of the year and Im 52
  • florymonde
    florymonde Posts: 261 Member
    Age 43 now, had first child at age 28 (in Burnaby, BC).
  • Amandajean2591
    Amandajean2591 Posts: 12
    im from Austraia and i had my bub when i was 20, im now 21 :) woudnt change it for the word, he IS my world :love:
  • KittieLea
    KittieLea Posts: 1,156 Member
    I'm 31 and do not have any kids. I feel like I'm getting old :sad:
    My cutoff will be 35, so if I have kids it better be soon!
  • Ifly4free
    Ifly4free Posts: 203 Member
    Going to be 44 in December. I had our first child at the age of 27, second 29 and third 32. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel! I know it's not over but it's easier and I have freedom!!!
  • mandy0688
    mandy0688 Posts: 335 Member
    a lof of ppl in my town have babies before they graduate. I am suprised to see some here in he mid twenties. I been marred and divorced and now i am engagd and have no kids. I want some. But i am wanting to wait till i am married happily and finished with school if it happens it will be a beautiful thing.
  • JenniBaby85
    JenniBaby85 Posts: 855 Member
    First baby was born when I was 24
    Second baby was born at 26
    I'm 27 now, and live in PA
  • joelygirl29
    joelygirl29 Posts: 5
    I'm in California, 32 when I had my first, 36 with my second. No plans for more
  • sweetkeys
    sweetkeys Posts: 81 Member
    Had our daughter 6 days before my 30th b'day and was 37 when we adopted our son at 7 months -
  • bzmom
    bzmom Posts: 1,332 Member
    Pregnant at 16 had him at 17
  • CrisAlex
    CrisAlex Posts: 236 Member
    I only have one child (a daughter) and I had her when I was 28. It seems late for many but I did complete three university degrees before that and had her at the end of my first year teaching. I'm 34 now.
  • Katbody10
    Katbody10 Posts: 369 Member
    From: Winchester, VA
    Currently living: Oceanside, CA
    Current Age: 46
    Age when had my child: 27 .. actually 8 day before I turned 28
  • VelociMama
    VelociMama Posts: 3,119 Member
    Florida
    I'm 28 and pregnant with my first. He'll be here just a few weeks before my 29th birthday.
    Mom mom had me when she was 17, and my grandmother had her when she was 22.
    My dad was born when his mom was 35.
  • melizerd
    melizerd Posts: 870 Member
    Wisconsin
    Currently 30
    Married at 19 (husband was 25)
    our one and only child was born when I was 24, I was pregnant when I turned 24 actually. We're done having kids.
  • Nicolette_Karls
    Nicolette_Karls Posts: 88
    I don't have any, but I want to start younger! I just turned 20 and (if things go according to plan) I want to have my first by age 25. I want 4, and the idea of waiting to start until the 30s just seems late to me. My friend is 20, but her mom is already 65! I don't want to be an old lady when my kids are still young and reliant on me. I want to spend as much time with them as possible!
  • ajsmommy2010
    ajsmommy2010 Posts: 60
    I was 30 when we adopted our first and only son :-) I am 32 now.

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