First baby...how old were you?
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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!!!!!!0
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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.0 -
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!0
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: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!0 -
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.0
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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
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 7.0 -
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)0 -
39 for first and 41 for second. It's been a blast!0
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I was pregnant when I was 21, 22 when she was born. 23 for second, 25 for the third and 27 for the fourth.0
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I'm 44 now
Had my first child when I was 19
Had my last child when I was 300 -
From Minnesota, USA
Age now: 48
Age when first was born: 28 (31 for second)0 -
From: Albany, NY
Age Now: 41 yrs. young
Age at time of First Baby: 19 yrs. old
Age at time of Second Baby: 28 yrs. old
My daughter is 22 now and has never been pregnant!0 -
20 for 1st and 23 for 2nd0
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From: Minnesota
Age Now: 37
Age at time of First Baby: 31
Age at time of Second Baby: 35
I probably would have had babies when I we younger (mid twenties maybe) but I was with a man who didn't want children for 13 years. I met my husband when I was 30 and we started our family shortly after that. My sister was 16 when she had her first baby, and 19 with her second. I'm not sure what the difference was since we were raised in the same house with the same parents in the same town *shrug*0 -
From:England
Age Now 27
Age when i had first baby: 17
Age when i had my second:220 -
Born in 1964.
1st child - 34 yrs old
2nd child - 38 yrs old (I HATE the term "Geriatric Mother")0 -
I was 26.0
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Hi, I'm from western NY State, near Rochester. I had my first baby at age 23.0
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I am from Indiana... married at 19. I am 31 now. First two are 17 months apart. Then 3 years, and second two are 15 months apart.
Child 1: 21
Child 2: 23
Child 3: 26
Child 4: 270
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