How old were you when you had kids?

1st kid 20 yrs old
2nd kid 24 yrs old
3rd kid 27 yrs old
4th kid 29 yrs old

Pregant at 21 and gave birth at 22 and loved every minute of it. I will be 40 when my son is 18 Thani can stillplay. I loved having my son at a young age. I wasnt financial stable though but i still would not change it. I love being a mom so for me it just came natural and there was not a struggle

25 when I had my first and 27 for the second. Enjoyed my early 20's and being just a couple before the kids made an appearance. Everyone is different, do what feels right for you.

I was 22 when I had my first child. A month shy of 25 when I had my second. A very dear friend of mine waited to have her first child until she was 30. She is an excellent mother. You can't go by everyone else, you have to make up your own mind on parenthood.

I had my son at 28 and hope to have another in another year (I'm 30 now). At this stage, I figure even if we push for 3, I"ll still be finished having babies by 35 or 36. I am so happy to have waited. My partner and I have the maturity (and the money) to provide a wonderful life for our little man. And I had my whole early 20s to have fun, go to uni, travel, date, etc. I couldn't be happier with my timeline.

I was thirty when I had my first, thirty-three for my second. We had been married for almost six years before we became parents--made everything much easier adjusting to an infant since we had adjusted to eachother first!

Weirdly, I felt my "maternal clock ticking" a LOT more after high school as opposed to (now) after college! Not sure if it was a feeling of not having a purpose or what... but now that I am with my boyfriend of 3ish years, working on purchasing a house, having a full time job... I feel LESS emotionally invested in having a baby. I mean, I still want them SOME day but perhaps I'm just more rational now and know that I'm just plain old too poor to have one, lol. I'm 23, financially stable, and in a stable relationship (though not married) but somehow being 18, working part time in a kitchen, and in a terribly emotionally abusive relationship made me want a baby more?! What?!

I had twins at 22.

31

So this is probably personal but I'm curious as to if I'm the only one who is holding out! I'm twenty one. My boyfriend (future husband) is 22. My mom was 20 when she had me. She's an amazing mother. All of my friends are pregnant and/or having kids. Literally, everyone. I feel like I should NOT have a kid at 21! I feel like I am still a kid...but then there are those moments when my maternal clock starts ticking and I really want a baby.....(that only happens when I'm drunk....haha.)

Seriously, ladies, how old were you when you had a kid, and was it worth it? If you could go back and wait would you? Or if you could go back and do it earlier would you? I have a job that I really love and it's my main focus.....I just feel like I'm kind of old fashioned and want to wait until we own a home, have a nicer car, make good money, settled down somewhere permanent, gone on vacations and partied without a kid....I feel like we just haven't lived enough yet, and having a kid would throw it all away....am I wrong??

(I know it's a matter of personal preference in the long run but I'm just curious

If he's your boyfriend, he's not your future husband. He's your boyfriend. Please tell me you don't call him "hubby" either.

WAIT!

31 - I was married, in a stable relationship, in a stable job, educated, and I got all my partying days out of the way (well, aside from the randome girls night out). I was well travelled, and while I long for adventure still I know it's not because I didn't have the opportunity to have the adventures that I wanted to have but because I decided at the time not to take a chance on those adventures. I'm a pretty firm believer that it's better to spread your wings until 25 so you don't have to question what it's like later on. In many ways I know what the grass is like on the other side of the fence, therefore in every way I prefer to tend the grass over here.

I was 21...I was definitely the only person I knew at the time having a baby. My son was unplanned, and I really hadn't planned on having kids until I was around 30ish, if ever (the whole marriage and kids thing was just never really something I thought much about ). I lost touch with a LOT of friends when I got pregnant. It was like as soon as we graduated college everyone was off to grad school or to these awesome careers, and I was figuring out how I was going to raise a baby. I didn't tell anyone I was pregnant until after graduation...I think lots of people were REALLY surprised too (I know my uber Catholic family was).

Ideally, I'd have preferred to be older and have gotten my career started first, etc. But that's just not the hand I was dealt, and I think I've done pretty well considering! I've always done everything a year or two ahead of time, since I was always the youngest in my class (I was 17 my entire first semester of college), etc. Things were hard financially and I struggled a lot more than I'd wanted to in the beginning, but I think the experience made me a better person all around.

Now at 27, I'm the mom of the coolest 5 1/2 year old I know, and I'm in a happy, and healthy relationship with a man that I love. Marriage and more kids are definitely in my future plans, and I'm glad that this time around I'll be much better prepared.

I got married at 19 and had my daughter at 23.

I wish I had waited a little bit longer to have kids but I wouldn't give her back for anything

I was 24. It was a good age for me. I don't think it's always about how old you are, but just about when you are ready. I def think 21 is too young. Go out and live your life, have fun, then have kids when you're really ready to settle down. I don't think anyone quite realizes just how much everything changes when you have kids until you have them. Make sure you are ready for that. My running is about the only me time I get these days. I'm fine with that, but if I were 21 I probably wouldn't be.