First baby...how old were you?

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  • ChristaFall
    ChristaFall Posts: 62 Member
    22 (first)
    29 (second)
  • TamaraGraceS
    TamaraGraceS Posts: 273 Member
    Vancouver Island

    first 24
    second 29
    third 39
  • Jchamrin
    Jchamrin Posts: 1
    I was 22 for the first...35 for the 2nd...ugh!
  • AlayshaJ
    AlayshaJ Posts: 703 Member
    16, I was very different than most teen girls. Hard life makes you grow up fast. I was tired and wanted it all to stop! It did, and I have zero regrets. Second at 18. I am 20 now. 15 days until our 5 year anniversary!
  • shaleasymphony
    shaleasymphony Posts: 172 Member
    ohio
    age: 21
    age when i had my daughter: 18
    age when pregnant: 18

    got married 4 days after i turned 18 (december 15th 2008)
    got pregnant january 2009 and had my daughter september 24th 2009

    so yes, i WAS married first
  • BetterFasterStronger
    BetterFasterStronger Posts: 33
    age now= 25
    1st baby =had him dec 30 2005 i was 19( 9 days after my 19th birthday)
    2nd baby = had her dec 5th 2006 i was 19 ( 16 days before my 20th birthday)
    3rd baby= had him dec. 18th 2007 i was 20 ( 3 days from turning 21)

    Wow! Get em over and done with! You'll def reap the benefits when they're older... Hats off to you chick ;)
    lol trust me having them that close together was not planned

    I'm detecting a pattern here... April must be cold where you live ;)
  • PlunderBunneh
    PlunderBunneh Posts: 1,705 Member
    21, USA, married for 1.5 years (military)
  • Mainebikerchick
    Mainebikerchick Posts: 1,573 Member
    I'm from Maine, I live in the Midcoast area.
    34 now.
    23 when I had my son, he turns 11 this month! :smile:
  • feather314
    feather314 Posts: 97
    I am 34 now.
    Pregnant at 20 (turned 21 two months before she was born).
    Second child at 30.

    The kids have the same father and we are still together (married 8 years, together for a total of almost 15 years).

    No more kids for me us though. We're done.
  • nalia08
    nalia08 Posts: 252
    From Detroit, Living in Nashville,
    32
    No children, just got married last year in July.
    It depends on the person and their situation
  • bzmom
    bzmom Posts: 1,332 Member
    Okay I only had originally mentioned my first here it goes with more deets...

    With my first I got preggers at 16 had him at 17 not planned but would not have it any other way - He is now 15 and in high school and a great kid already making his plans for college. I graduated high school on time and went on to college and got my associates in computer networking and bachelors in network security

    Second one not planned had him at 20 he is now 12 (Love my boys

    Third one was planned and I also covered all the bases I guess LOL!! at age 29 I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl she is now 3!

    Same father for all 3 we got married about 4months and a half after my first was born and we still together!
  • MelodyBronson
    MelodyBronson Posts: 67 Member
    Married at 19...first child born I was 20
    2nd child I was 27
    3rd child I was 28
    I'm from Texas
    I am 53 now, and a grandmother
  • BunniPage
    BunniPage Posts: 49 Member
    From: Tasmania, Australia
    Age now: 32
    Age when first child was born: 31
  • parys1
    parys1 Posts: 2,072 Member
    I'm from Alberta, Canada
    Currently 42
    Had my first child shortly after I turned 30
    Second when I was 32.
    I was 23 when my husband and I were married.
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  • Farburnfred
    Farburnfred Posts: 333 Member
    From UK, Scotland but am English, if that matters
    Age when first child born..28
    Age now 37
  • campi_mama
    campi_mama Posts: 350 Member
    Central California
    1st child at 23, 2nd at 26, 3rd at 28
    30 yrs old now :happy:
  • texnurse
    texnurse Posts: 33 Member
    From: Dallas, TX
    Age now: 31
    1st baby: 19 Planned lived in South Carolina (military wife)
    2nd baby: 23 Planned lived in Virginia

    God obviously had a plan because I was diagnosed with cancer when I was pregnant with my 2nd child...I can no longer have kids as a result. My babies are my blessing and my reason for living.
  • FinallyFindingLisa
    FinallyFindingLisa Posts: 222 Member
    From Wisconsin, I'm currently - 46
    1st born - I was 24
    2nd - I was 26 (18 months apart)

    Neither was planned :blushing:
  • pepsami
    pepsami Posts: 9 Member
    I am from Illinois and was 20 when i got pregnant with my gorgeous daughter and 22 with my handsome son i am 25 now and married into a family of three already so at 25 i have 5 of the worlds best kids ever!!!!!!
  • california_peach
    california_peach Posts: 1,809 Member
    Like your daughter in law, I was 33 when my first was born.
  • gimpygramma
    gimpygramma Posts: 383 Member
    I am from Illinois and was 20 when i got pregnant with my gorgeous daughter and 22 with my handsome son i am 25 now and married into a family of three already so at 25 i have 5 of the worlds best kids ever!!!!!!
    Wow that's a lot of children for a 25 year old. Wondering how old the three that you acquired through marriage are.
  • gimpygramma
    gimpygramma Posts: 383 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)

    So old Chicks were *kitten* too back in the day? Nice

    Not at all. Back in the 50's and 60's well payed jobs in forestry or fishing were readily available in British Columbia. Many boys left school to go to work when they were 15 or 16. Several of the larger employers of office workers would take girls who had completed grade ten on a business program. It was almost unheard of for young people to live together before marriage.So kids got married young. Birth control was iffy and many people knew almost nothing about the limited choices that were available so they had their children young too. A lot of my friends were married before they were 18. I think as many of those marriages lasted as those of people I knew who waited till they were more mature.
  • kimcalica
    kimcalica Posts: 525 Member
    i was 30.. planned... glad i waited... not having any more.. My son has special needs and it's best if we kept all the energy, time, and money for him and any challenges we may face with him in the future.. bringing in another child may cause pain for that child and i don't really think it's fair to drag another child into it. It was a difficult decision but we are sure!
  • algebravoodoo
    algebravoodoo Posts: 776 Member
    :sad: :sad:
    From: Georgia
    Age now: 38
    Age at 1st child: 16 (and 2nd child at 19)

    I was married and divorced before I could even drink.

    Note: It's not a redneck thing (ew), it was the 80's and I was in a relationship with a non-relative. haha

    Mississippi here... I think we are #1 in the nation and I teach in the county that is #3 in the state :sad: it does get rather interesting...

    Anyway, I married at 17 and had first daugter at 18. Please note that I had already at least finished high school. In retrospect, I should have waited until after college, although it was awesome graduating from the university with our eldest daughter! We were the best study buddies you could imagine!
  • onewhodiets
    onewhodiets Posts: 67 Member
    I was 34 for my first and had my second son at 37. Most of my friends were about the same, but then again, i met most of them in law school.
  • gimpygramma
    gimpygramma Posts: 383 Member
    From: Pittsburgh PA
    Age now: 32
    Age when first child was born: 32

    i had him Oct 3 via c-section. unfortunately, he was stillborn. i always invisioned myself having children before i got to this age. unfortunately, fate had different ideas. perhaps i'll actually get to experience parenthood one of these days

    :cry: That is so sad but don't lose hope. As a teen I worked for a woman who had married at 23 and tried immediately to have a family. By the time she was 30 she had had 6 miscarriages. Finally she carried a baby to term. A year or so later she had her 7th miscarriage. When I worked for her as a mother's helper she was 37 and had five little boys under the age of 7.
  • gimpygramma
    gimpygramma Posts: 383 Member
    age now= 25
    1st baby =had him dec 30 2005 i was 19( 9 days after my 19th birthday)
    2nd baby = had her dec 5th 2006 i was 19 ( 16 days before my 20th birthday)
    3rd baby= had him dec. 18th 2007 i was 20 ( 3 days from turning 21)
    Boy you must have been one very busy mama when they were all little! Were you glad to see them start heading off to school?
  • spippin73
    spippin73 Posts: 60
    39 for first and 41 for second. It's been a blast!
  • crysmac85
    crysmac85 Posts: 4
    I was pregnant when I was 21, 22 when she was born. 23 for second, 25 for the third and 27 for the fourth.

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