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 don’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 I’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. I’ll be 36 with number 2. I’d of loved to have them in my twenties but circumstances didn’t allow it, I met my beautiful husband at 31. Thank goodness I didn’t have children in my 20’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 we’d started earlier, we could have had more children. But it’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. I’m 29 now, turning 30 in [name_f]February[/name_f] 2020, and we’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 we’re as stable as we can possibly be. We don’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 …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 didn’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 I’m rambling when I shouldn’t because you didn’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 I’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 didn’t meet my partner until we were both 30 anyway! It feels strange to see that I’m so old really, I still feel about 22 inside.

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I was 26 with my first. Didn’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 we’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]. I’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 I’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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