Age at first kid?

I was 23 when my son was born. I was 25 when my second child was born, and 27 when my last was born.

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30 and then 33

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We donā€™t have a plan set in stone but we both want to have kids fairly young. No baby yet but we sort of took a not trying but not not trying month and are seeing what happens, then proceeding forward from there. If it does happen Iā€™ll be not quite 23

I will be 21 when baby is born, and my fiancƩ will be turning 23.

I was 34 when I had number 1. Iā€™ll be 36 with number 2. Iā€™d of loved to have them in my twenties but circumstances didnā€™t allow it, I met my beautiful husband at 31. Thank goodness I didnā€™t have children in my 20ā€™s though it was a terribly abusive relationship.

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I was 30 when I had my first. I felt a little older than others but it worked for me and my husband. We wanted to be secure financially before even thinking about children.

We really want a third but have struggled with TTC and had multiple miscarriages. I do sometimes think that could be down to my age (38) and that if weā€™d started earlier, we could have had more children. But itā€™s likely just not meant to be, as sad as that makes me.

My husband and I have been together since I was 23 and he was 26, and I told him no babies until I was 30. Iā€™m 29 now, turning 30 in [name_f]February[/name_f] 2020, and weā€™re beginning to have TTC talks. He will be 33 in [name_u]March[/name_u] 2020. I feel ready to go for it now, but I know he wants to wait a little longer and make sure weā€™re as stable as we can possibly be. We donā€™t know if we want multiples, but we have reliable work and own our home, so we should probably get started soon if we decide for two or more.

#1 at 26 (month before 27)
#2 at 29
#3 at 31 ā€¦and done!

I actually think we were the perfect ages (my spouse is a year older than me). We both were done all our schooling and had worked in our career fields for a few years, got some travel in and bought our house before starting to try.
I think we were old enough to have done lots pre-kids but young enough that we are still considered ā€œyoungishā€ parents and will have some more freedom again in our 40s!

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First child at 24, second at 25.

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#1 - 21
#2 - 23
#3 - 25

I was 21 when I had my first. The doctor told me it would take years to have a baby but it didnā€™t actually take very long for our girls. It took me by surprise the first time, but fortunately I had always been (somewhat) prepared to have a baby so everything went well. We still tried a little early for our second but I got pregnant within a few months of trying. Our third, we tried right away (as soon as we could so obviously not right after I gave birth haha) and I got pregnant 2 years later. (I know Iā€™m rambling when I shouldnā€™t because you didnā€™t ask for all of this but I just took a pregnancy test and I think I can see a faint second line. Exciting!!! If it is actually positive, I will have #4 at 28 or 29 (since my birthday is in november))

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I was 26 with my first and 27 with my second but I turned 28 a week later

26 for my first and 29 for my second

I am 23 and he is coming next month. :slight_smile:

I was a couple months into 30 when my daughter was born.

We are starting IVF next month, so if all goes well Iā€™ll be 35 when babe is born. I was in no place to be having babies in my 20s (mainly roving around [name_f]Asia[/name_f]) and I didnā€™t meet my partner until we were both 30 anyway! It feels strange to see that Iā€™m so old really, I still feel about 22 inside.

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I was 26 with my first. Didnā€™t even have my first boyfriend until I was 24! So in a way, it felt really soon for me. Our daughter is 2 now and weā€™re married and expecting our second.

I was 27 when I had [name_m]Autry[/name_m], my oldest, 29 when I had [name_f]Ivy[/name_f]. Iā€™ll be 32 when we have baby 3. :slight_smile:

30 with my first!

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I was 20 with my first, 22 for my second and thinking about possibly starting ttc number three soon, so Iā€™ll be 27 if/when the next one arrives hopefully.

i am 19 years old and my baby is due on my 20th birthday! my boyfriend is 19 too. i was also pregnant at 16 but terminated it.

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