First baby...how old were you?

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  • cmacohio1975
    cmacohio1975 Posts: 74 Member
    I was married at 21, had my 1st at age 24. Ohio, USA :)
  • Crucker73
    Crucker73 Posts: 53 Member
    From: Fort Lauderdale, FL
    Current Age: 39
    Age with 1st born: 23
    Age with 2nd born: 27

    Baby shop is officially CLOSED!!
  • rileamoyer
    rileamoyer Posts: 2,412 Member
    South Dakota USA

    Age 62

    Birth child - age 32

    Edit: My beautiful step daughters if I would have birthed them - 19, 21 and 24.
  • Janet9906
    Janet9906 Posts: 546 Member
    Got pregnant at 24, gave birth when I was 25. 2nd child was born when I was 34. I'll be 39 at the end of this month. I'm in Ontario.
  • DesireeLovesOrganic
    DesireeLovesOrganic Posts: 456 Member
    My husband and I were both 22 and 25 when our kids were born. He had a vasectomy at 26. We are 32 now with a 10 year old and almost 7 year old, married 14 years. Southern California.
  • Pinkigloopyxie
    Pinkigloopyxie Posts: 231
    This thread makes me feel much better about being 25 and both not having any kids and feeling like I'm still way too young to think about reproducing.

    I'm so terribly awkward at life I'll probably just end up at a sperm bank when I feel old and lonely enough and chuck out some money to get a special test tube kid just to see if it really works. I have brown hair and hazel eyes, I think I could manage to buy a black haired, green eyed genetic slurry son. Always thought it sounded sort of unreal that we can do things like that now

    Unless I meet a human being who can well... go easy on me because I have difficulty being human. Yeah.
  • juliekin
    juliekin Posts: 139 Member
    Place: Sacramento, CA, United States
    Age with 1st: 24
    Age now: 42

    Incredibly lucky I had two of mine young and never foresaw the future pregnancy issues I have had. I also have a 5 year old that we thought we could never have. I was one of the first of my friends to have kids- most of them were in their early to late 30s before they had one. It seems the more educated you are, the longer you wait to have children.
  • MrsMaui27
    MrsMaui27 Posts: 63 Member
    Washinton I'm 53 21 with fist baby
  • danasings
    danasings Posts: 8,218 Member
    From: West Rockhill, PA
    Current location: Southern CA
    Age 1st son was born: 2 days before my 37th birthday
    Age 2nd son was born: 38
    Current age: 40

    I don't think it's generational, per se. I think it's more regional and cultural.

    ETA: I got my divorce out of the way before I had children. 1st marriage at 25, ended at 27. My real marriage happened at age 33...followed by two beautiful baby boys 3 years later. :)
  • Tahrog86
    Tahrog86 Posts: 4
    Well after reading everyone's posts, I feel a little out of place haha but my kids are the best thing that has ever happened to me :)

    First-age 16
    Second-age 19
    Third-age 23

    My oldest is 9 now :)
  • AlbaAngel25
    AlbaAngel25 Posts: 484 Member
    pregnant at 24, gave birth at 25! Im 26 now :) I love it and for me it was perrrfect timing:)
  • DenyseMarieL
    DenyseMarieL Posts: 673 Member
    From Saskatchewan Canada. I am 40 now. Had my first of two when I was 18.
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    From: Colorado
    Age: 32
    First baby: 26
  • alfpalmer
    alfpalmer Posts: 150 Member
    I was 41 when my daughter was born - I"m 54 now. Arkansas
  • Toya2xcel
    Toya2xcel Posts: 107 Member
    From: Richmond Virginia
    Current Age : 27
    First baby age: 25
    Second baby age: 27
  • Ferfey02
    Ferfey02 Posts: 87
    35 with #1
    37 with #2
    I think I'm done now but only God knows for sure. :)
  • keem88
    keem88 Posts: 1,689 Member
    westchester, ny
    i recently lost a baby to an ectopic pregnancy, i am 24. i have noticed that a lot of women seem to be young having babies, i am not sure if that is more accepted now. if you are ready then that is fine, it is a shame to see all the young ladies with unwanted pregnancies. still a blessing though.
  • ktweld
    ktweld Posts: 28 Member
    I'm 50 and I had my one and only at 36
  • ggsmamma
    ggsmamma Posts: 117 Member
    I am from Alaska. I am 42 now and my baby girl was born when I was a 35 (2 months before i was 36). I did a lot of school and work before I thought about getting married and having kids. If I knew what I do now, I might have tried to start a little earlier -- maybe around 28-30.
  • AprilRN10
    AprilRN10 Posts: 548 Member
    Illinois
    Married at 20, first and only child at 21, divorced at 23. Never remarried, no more children. 31 now.
  • kcmo2528
    kcmo2528 Posts: 19 Member
    Age now: 31
    First baby: 31
  • AdrianasMombieED
    AdrianasMombieED Posts: 117 Member
    Quakertown, PA.
    Current age: 19.
    I had my first a month after my 19th birthday.

    Had my daughter 5 months ago (:
    and i LOVE it!!
  • mandy0688
    mandy0688 Posts: 335 Member
    I really am relieved in this thread down here everyone seems to be having kids young and my cousin is a yr younger than me with three. I am one of three out of like 15 grandkids that doesn't have kids. I read these threads and realize everyone else seems to be having them around my age so i don't feel rushed. I am 24
  • slshaw23
    slshaw23 Posts: 126 Member
    I was 20 when I had my first but now a days it varies there is some having kids at 13 and some having them in their 50's so all it depends on if it accidently happened or if it was planned cuz I can honestly say that I didn't plan on having any until I was in my 30's but it didn't happen that way lol
  • RainxPain
    RainxPain Posts: 152
    My mom was 36 when she had me. I think she made a good decision by waiting until she had her own place, car, and a good job to support us.
  • cashew1b
    cashew1b Posts: 59 Member
    1st was born 3 weeks before I turned 20. (in 2000)
    2nd - 22
    3rd - 25

    My grandmother had her kids at about the same age and spacing as I did. I have noticed many times it seems to be a family thing. If a Mom has a daughter early in life the daughter is likely to have a kid early in life. My first was about 4 years earlier or 1 year after many of the girls I knew in school.
  • busymnmom
    busymnmom Posts: 133
    I'm in Minnesota
    I was 21 when I had my first.
    I'm 41 now.
  • JessieWebb23
    JessieWebb23 Posts: 1
    My son was a surprise that I found out about 2 days before my 19th birthday. I had my daughter when I was 22. My husband and I have been married since our son was 8 months old. I'm 24 now. I wouldn't change a thing. I'm in Tennessee
  • SugarBaby71
    SugarBaby71 Posts: 3,630 Member
    24 with the first and 27 with the second and third. (Twins)
    Vancouver BC
  • Sweetsugar0424
    Sweetsugar0424 Posts: 451 Member
    Manitoba Canada

    I'm 32 and had my one and only when I was 18, pregnant at 17.

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