how old were you when you gave birth...

[Dancing Fire]

to your first child?

 

[that_someone_special]

I'm 28 and still don't have one.

Maybe before 30.

I can tell you this, when I was 16 I said I wanted my kids early (22, 23) so that I wasn't an old mom, like MY MOM. Well, my mom had me when she was 27 So I guess I'm going to be ancient when I have kids. haha

 

[Laila619]

29 for my first. I'll be 31 for the second.

 

[Dandi]

Our first baby is due in December and I'll be 30.

 

[nomissjane]

37 for my first (I turned 38 two months later) and I'm going to be 40 when this new little one is born in October.

 

[amc80]

I'll be 32. DH will be either 31 or 32 depending on when the little guy decides to come. DH's bday is 8/10 and the baby is due 8/14...DH is really hoping baby comes on his bday.

 

[armywife13]

I was 22 and DH was 30.

 

[aussiemel]

I had my first child just before I turned 23. We started fairly young because we moved from Australia to Germany for my husbands work and only he was allowed to work, we knew we wanted a family so we decided to start then. I had my second child at 26 and my third (and last) at 33.

 

[vc10um]

I'll be 28 on Wednesday and, much to my mother's dismay, my DH of just under 1 year and I haven't started working on babies yet. I will probably be 30 or 31 when we finally welcome our first child, DH will be about the same.

 

[stephbolt]

I'm 29 and will be welcoming my first sometime in the next few weeks.

 

[Logan Sapphire]

Well...I didn't give birth to my first child, but she was born when I was 32 and adopted when I had just turned 33. I gave birth to my second child and had just turned 34.

 

[Maisie]

18

 

[Monnyjay]

Our first baby is due in December and I'll be 30.

Congratulations Dandi, your first baby is a very exiting time.


I had my first at 28 and second at 31 -

 

[soocool]

I turned 36 the month before I gave birth.

 

[Cozystitches]

I was 23 (almost 24) when I had my first, 26 for the second, and 28 for the third (and last).

 

[Meezermom]

I was 27, and it's now 29 years later.

 

[MissStepcut]

I am due about 3 weeks before my 28th birthday. DH is 28. My parents were both 24 when I was born, and I thought they were young parents growing up.

 

[Skippy123]

35 and I wouldn't change it. In some thread someone called us mid 30'ers old moms! ha!

 

[Sha]

33

 

[MustangGal]

29

 

[ericad]

I'm 35 now (almost 36). Had our first (and only) at 28. I was another one who always said I'd have my kids young - I was going to have my 2 kids by age 30, lol. Now I'm nearly 36, chomping at the bit to have #2 (just the small matter of getting DH on board with the idea)

 

[Mayk]

35....

 

[bright ice]

22 for the first and 27 for the second.

 

[monarch64]

Just had my first 2 weeks ago and I turned 35 in May, 9 days before my water broke. Best 35th birthday present ever! also she's a May baby so she can have all my emerald rings when she's old enough. I was all worried she would be a June baby and we'd have to scour the planet for alexandrites...(yes pearls but they aren't really a "stone"). My husband also has some emeralds, some set, some loose, so we are ahead of the game on that front. I hope she turns into a jewelry lover!

I never planned to have babies before a certain age, and my mom didn't have my brother and me until she was in her thirties so I have no qualms about being an older parent. I still feel 25 and I think she'll keep me young, well until the teenage years anyway.

 

[vintagelover229]

I will be 24 (almost 25) when our first is born. We have a lot of married friends who are my age currently and they already have at least one-if not 2. My DH is 30 but we've already discussed that we want to wait a few years and have a decent age gap between the children. My gf who is 25 has a 3yr old and a 1yr and her DH (30 in Sept) wants to start trying for a 3rd but she's not quite ready yet. I couldn't imagine having that many at that age-but she does it well. I think we'll try for #2 when our first is around 3yrs old-giving close to a 4yr age gap making me 28-29 for our 2nd and then IF we have another one I think those would be closer together.

I do see a lot of young mom's but I also spend a lot of time on PS and so it makes me feel like a young mother. My mom was my age when she had her first and my grandma was married at 17 and had her first at 18/19 but that was a different generation. She also had 14 siblings and I have no Dugger plans in my future lol!

 

[partgypsy]

35. 2nd one same month I turned 39. I was always one of those people who felt more youthful than my chronological age even after having my first, but after my second feel I've aged to catch up to my peers and then some!

 

[NewEnglandLady]

30! And am champing at the bit to have another.

 

[lliang_chi]

I was 31 when our first was born this past Feb. We'd like another one, but haven't talked about the timing yet.

 

[monarch64]

30! And am champing at the bit to have another.

Ha, I'm like you NEL, except mine is only two weeks! My poor husband wads a bit bewildered looking last night when I asked him what he thought about trying for another ASAP. Maybe my feelings will change but every day that goes by I feel like she is already growing so fast and I just love every precious minute right now. I kind of hate having visitors who just hog the baby, I try to take advantage of that time by pumping or doing chores but all I want to be doing is holding her myself! Dh and I "fight" over who gets to hold her sometimes! I would have six more if there was time but then again I would have to deal with a bunch of crazies running around in a few years. Maybe just one more will satisfy me. Never would have thought I would be this nuts about a baby, and definitely never thought I would be anything but a "one and done!". I have surprised myself! Have you always wanted more than one?

 

[sba771]

26 when I had mine 5 weeks ago. I would like to be done by 30 and maybe 3 kids total, so lots of work ahead for us!