how old were you when you had your first baby?

searching_me

i had DD when i was 17 and this mister bubs is due a couple of weeks after my 24th birthday ... with my first i didnt know i was pregnant til i want 6 months gone :eek: i would never advise someone so young to get pregnant hard thing i ever did ... but wouldnt be without her ... i like theres a big age gap and IF we decide to have another child (thats a big if) this one would have to be about the same age but im not bothered if we dont i have one of each now im happy x

Sami_Bee

I was 21 when I had my first and I'll be 23 and 11mths when this one arrives
first bubba wasn't planned but we weren't exactly being careful - obviously
This one is planned tho :cool:
I don't think I'll get pregnant again but we have discussed fostering or adopting in the future - I love babies!!

Rachie_B

I was just 17 when I had my eldest son ,and 23 when i had my youngest

they are now nearly 13 and nearly 7

I am 30 and although happy as we are for now,we would like another in 2 or so years

I am a Nanny, so get to handle lovely newborns,but give them back

FrankieM

I was 20 with my first, then 21, 23 & 24.
Always said I would have anymore after I turned 25....then as I got close to 30 really wanted another but had a miscarriage so then decided no more after 30....but.....well watch this space.
I'm now 35 and 9 weeks pregnant, though, still at the keeping it quiet stage!

MummyMoo

carrieo83 wrote: »

Well all of you lot have terrified me! I'm going back to uni in september and I'll be 28 when I graduate. I want to get a good few years in the workplace before I have a kiddywink. Figuring I'll be in early thirties, am I taking a gamble?

I admire that you wnat to get your life sorted first and get a good education. I wanted to graduate at 23, work for two years then have one baby then another at say at 28 and thats it. I dont regret having my daughter, but there is a lot of stuff I cant do now that I would have loved to do that wasnt in my orginal plan (like working with ophans in Africa for a few months). Plus everything is such a great big effort with a baby in tow!
Im not advocting young mums here, nor am I saying that older mums are wrong either; I just want to say though.. please remember that having babies older increases risks to baby and mum as the eggs decrease in quality. PLEASE as i say PLEASE dont take this to mean "older mums are thoughtless" or anything like that, im just stating the same as you would find anywhere on the net (including NHS stuff).

Rachie_B

Kelinik wrote: »

I guess I must be crackers then!

I had my first bub when I was 19, second at 21 and got married when I was 23. I'm now 28 and would really like to have one more child (before I turn 30 which I decided yrs ago would be the latest I'd leave it) but OH isn't keen so just the 2 it is for me.

I said that but have now turned 30 ( feb) and now thinking by 33 i would have liked to have had another ! lol

30 is still pretty young, and more and more women are having their first babies after 30 these days

My eldest will be old enough to babysit, by the time i have another :rotfl:

westcountrymaid_2

Had my first when I was 23, second when I was 26. They are now 28 and 25 and I have a 2.5 year old grandaughter. Loved having them young and would do the same again.

Claire3121

I had just turned 21. DS will be 15 this year:eek:

SeptemberBaby_2

34 with my first (I should have been 33 but she was 11 days late!) and 35 with my second. I definately didn't want children earlier even though DH have now been together 10 years and married for 6.

I could never imagine giving up our selfish lifestyle of fancy holidays, weekends away and dining out. But now I'm a Mummy I don't miss any of it. I adore my children but also had a wonderful time before parenthood.

xx

Yorkshirechick

:eek: I was 26 when I had my first, and will be 28 when num 2 arrives. I think I might like to have 1 more after this one, but will see how I feel when I have 2 under 2 to look after

I got married when I was 19, but that didn't work out, and got married again in December. I think in your teens is definitely too young to get married for most people.