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moonsovermiami · 2026-01-19T15:50:48+00:00

What's the average age of a first time mum in your area?

NoYourNameChanged · 19/01/2026 16:33

I felt very average at 27! With that being said, we must’ve had the widest age range possible in a swim group, the youngest was 18 or so and the oldest was 53, albeit not a first time mum!

LoungingontheSopha · 19/01/2026 16:32

Firetreev · 19/01/2026 16:04

What a snooty and stereotyping response!

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Look it up. There's a correlation between maternal educational level, income and maternal age. Don't blame me if you don't like facts.

BudgetBuster · 19/01/2026 16:32

Firetreev · 19/01/2026 16:04

What a snooty and stereotyping response!

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It's literally factual 😂
It directly answers the question asked in a factual, real life manner

boulevardofbrokendreamss · 19/01/2026 16:30

@Firetreevits pretty much bang on

DrinkFeckArseBrick · 19/01/2026 16:07

Firetreev · 19/01/2026 16:04

What a snooty and stereotyping response!

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It's a factual response, lots of studies link age of first baby to geographic area, income demographic and level of education

Firetreev · 19/01/2026 16:04

LoungingontheSopha · 19/01/2026 15:58

It's going to depend entirely on the prosperity and social class structure of your area. I saw my midwife at two different GP clinics about a mile apart.

At one, as a first time mother-to-be aged 39, I was roughly a generation older than most of the other women in the waiting room, most of whose mothers were my age or slightly older -- poor area, lots of immigrants from cultures where women weren't typically much educated and married and had children young.

At the other, I was bang on average age. Much more prosperous area, the women in the waiting room were dressed for professional jobs and had presumably postponed having a child for the same reasons I had.

DS attended two primary schools. At one, a small village school, I was probably the oldest mother in his class of 27 and all but one other woman were SAHMs. At the other, there was a much wider age range, and everyone worked. Lots of parents at the local hospitals or university.

What a snooty and stereotyping response!

LoungingontheSopha · 19/01/2026 15:58

It's going to depend entirely on the prosperity and social class structure of your area. I saw my midwife at two different GP clinics about a mile apart.

At one, as a first time mother-to-be aged 39, I was roughly a generation older than most of the other women in the waiting room, most of whose mothers were my age or slightly older -- poor area, lots of immigrants from cultures where women weren't typically much educated and married and had children young.

At the other, I was bang on average age. Much more prosperous area, the women in the waiting room were dressed for professional jobs and had presumably postponed having a child for the same reasons I had.

DS attended two primary schools. At one, a small village school, I was probably the oldest mother in his class of 27 and all but one other woman were SAHMs. At the other, there was a much wider age range, and everyone worked. Lots of parents at the local hospitals or university.