First baby...how old were you?

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  • Graceious1
    Graceious1 Posts: 716 Member
    I'm 44 now and my son was born when I was 36, well actually the dy before my 37th birthday.
  • jflint86
    jflint86 Posts: 74 Member
    Midwest, USA
    Married at 19
    Was 20 when I had my son (he was planned)

    25 now :)
  • LATeagno
    LATeagno Posts: 620 Member
    Cleveland, OH area. I was 19 when I got pregnant and 19 when I had her. I am 28 now and she's about to turn 9 (whoa).

    :) Not having anymore, though!
  • BelindaDuvessa
    BelindaDuvessa Posts: 1,014 Member
    I have been surprised at the number of women on the board who report having their first child when they were in their teens. That was really common when I was having mine (60's) but I thought first time mothers were older now. (My daughter-in-law was 33 when she had our first grandson.) I have no statistics to support my impression but I was just wondering. Is it generational? Regional? Anyone care to satisfy my curiosity by posting where you are from, your age now and your age when you had your first child? I will start;

    From: Vancouver, Canada
    Age now: 68
    Age when first child was born: 23

    From: Texas
    Age now: almost 28
    Age when first child was born: almost 21. I'm pregnant with our 4th.
  • ShmoozyQ
    ShmoozyQ Posts: 390 Member
    Married at 25
    Lost a baby at 27
    29 now, still working on the first one!
  • ktrauzzi
    ktrauzzi Posts: 71 Member
    I was 25 when my son was born. We had been trying for a year before I finally became pregnant. Now we're waiting for a little bit for baby number 2 :D
  • DesireeBoils
    DesireeBoils Posts: 23
    I got married at 18 had our first child when I was 19 and she passed away (she was planned) then I had my second daughter when I was 21 had a miscarriage at 22, then my son when I was 23, a month before my 24th birthday.
  • nardoiaa
    nardoiaa Posts: 6 Member
    Married at 22
    1st baby at 23
    2nd baby at 25

    Age 26 now


    Upstate New York
  • brokenhonu
    brokenhonu Posts: 21 Member
    27 with my first
    31 with my second
    lived in the SF Bay area at the time
  • delacruz_courtney
    delacruz_courtney Posts: 30
    Texas
    Married at 24
    Age now: 26
    First baby: 26

    :)
  • Kandi150
    Kandi150 Posts: 167 Member
    My first was ten days after my 21 birthday, my second was at 25
  • NZhellkat
    NZhellkat Posts: 355 Member
    Originally from Christchurch New Zealand, live in Oregon for just over 6 years, now in Florida.
    Both babies were born in NZ.
    1st - son, 20 years old just 2 1/2 months before my 21st. Planned
    2nd - daughter, 25 years old, less than a month after my birthday. Planned.
    Remarried now with no plan for more children. Hubby and I are enjoying the child-free years.
    I'm now 44.
  • gimpygramma
    gimpygramma Posts: 383 Member
    First baby: 24
    Sixth baby:46
    God has been extremely good to us!!



    Your age range makes me think of friends we had many years ago. They had the perfect bookend children: a girl and then a boy.
    The only thing that was unusual about it was that there was 21 years between them.
  • mlwatts2
    mlwatts2 Posts: 244 Member
    I think I did things really young but don't regret it.
    Married at 20.
    First child at 21 and had my 3rd by 28. All done and we get to enjoy them while we are nice and young!! Hubbies goal was to be done having kids by the time he turned 30. We had our last the day before he turned 31 :)
  • Minnesota_Nice
    Minnesota_Nice Posts: 414 Member
    Married at 22 , first baby at 22, second at 24, third at 25, fixed at 25 and divorced by 30.
  • hijude57
    hijude57 Posts: 97 Member
    I'm 55. Had my first kid at 21 and 5 kids by the time I was 30! But my kids are now 24 - 32 and I only have 1 grandchild.
  • Mama_Mila
    Mama_Mila Posts: 511 Member
    I was 19 and I wouldn't have it any other way! My little man is almost 2 now and literally the most awesome! I love being a young mom!
  • LAS_1980
    LAS_1980 Posts: 156
    From Harrisburg, AR
    Age now : 32
    Age when my daughter was born: 31
  • fleur_de_lis19
    fleur_de_lis19 Posts: 926 Member
    I was 23 when pregnant and 24 when she was born. (2010-2011).
    Navy Brat ( Had her in Denver,CO)
    She wasn't planned but i don't i would have waited much longer to have a child. My husband and I both agree that all the children we plan to have (2 tops) are to happen before we both turn 30. Just our choice. We would rather have them earlier and get them out on their own when we are young enough to still travel and enjoy one another.
  • mrsfickle
    mrsfickle Posts: 34 Member
    Then 21
    Now 40

    We have a freshman in college! (the other two were born in my early 30s)
  • ChristiMightGetFit
    ChristiMightGetFit Posts: 27 Member
    In our small town in Upstate New York, we seem to get married and have babies in our early 20's....It seems like dozens of girls in my graduating class have done it this way. Most of us all say we'd like to be done by 30! I was married at 23 and had my daughter 12 months later.
  • thoseblueeyes
    thoseblueeyes Posts: 812 Member
    21 when I had my son
  • quietasariot
    quietasariot Posts: 198 Member
    Sure :).
    Age now: 28
    Age when first child was born: 20
    From: (northern) San Diego, CA
    My husband was 20 as well. :)
  • fitacct
    fitacct Posts: 242 Member
    Deep South, USA
    Age When First Child Born: 31
    Age Now: 56
  • sdereski
    sdereski Posts: 3,406 Member
    From Ontario Canada.

    Married at 19
    First baby at 20, second at 22
    Am 52, still married to the same man. 2 grown sons and 1 beautiful granddaughter. :happy:
  • Striving4Fit_MrsOrtiz
    Striving4Fit_MrsOrtiz Posts: 399 Member
    I was pregnant at 17, 18 when he was born
  • Gwen_B
    Gwen_B Posts: 1,018 Member
    1st child - 25 yrs old
    2nd child - 27 yrs old
    3rd child - 30 yrs old
  • bensmom912
    bensmom912 Posts: 12
    Born in 71~Married at 28 in 1999 Went through 5 miscarriages and was told would never have any babies. I lost 110lbs from 2/2010 to 1/2011 Found out 2 weeks later was 5 weeks pregnant. I didn't get excited until I saw the specialist and his heartbeat at 7 weeks. I was scared throughout the whole thing. It seemed surreal up until he was born :) Ben was born 9-12-11 16 days before I turned 40. We are working on one more :)
    Edited to add I live in Illinois but originally from WA state!
  • kingscrown
    kingscrown Posts: 615 Member
    From: Northern California
    Age now: 52
    Age when first child was born: 30
  • vampyr71
    vampyr71 Posts: 11
    Melbourne Victoria Australia

    1 months after my 30th birthday fo the first
    32yrs old with the second

    current age; 41

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