What age do you consider a "young mum"?

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Under 25

21 and under. I had ds2 at 29 and had mature something written on my notes.
At 37 with dd was considered old. In fairness, I was the oldest on the ward by about 20 years.

Under 25.

Under 25 definitely but TBH anyone under 30 in my head.

At 37 with dd was considered old. In fairness, I was the oldest on the ward by about 20 years.

So the next oldest to you was 17ish and the rest younger than her?

Results The investigation reveals two salient findings. First, in the sample of women who had their first birth between the ages of 12 and 35, the risk of poor child health outcome is lowest for women who have their first birth between the ages of 27 and 29. Second, the results indicate that both biological and social mechanisms play a role in explaining why children of young mothers have poorer outcomes.

This study BMJ 2017 reckons neonatal outcomes are best between 27 &29. (Yes I had mine at 28 &30)

www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(14)70007-5/fulltext#back-bib1

I would say under 25 but where I am I was always by far the youngest at nct or baby groups (aged 30!)

I'm 20 and I'm pregnant with my first - I will be just turned 21 when he's here. I'm also at uni so will be taking a year out, I suppose I'm classed as a 'young mom' but I'm engaged, have my own house, fiancé has an amazing job etc.. I think a lot of people think young moms aren't ready!

All the other mothers at school look at least 10 years older than me. I’ve never actually met anyone of my generation who had children before mid twenties so 26/27 is guess.

How times have changed. When I had my first child 32 years ago I was considered an elderly first time mum at 34.

24 not 34! I now have elderly eyes!!

*to be clear I don’t think there’s anything wrong with being old/young so long as both mother and baby are healthy. I was quite young (19) but my closest friends didn’t have kids until late thirties. The only difference has been that they’ve all had c-sections while I didn’t but I had less severe complications anyway and I’m only talking about 4 people so it’s more likely just coincidence and one had a long struggle with fertility but that started at a young h age. Apart from that the quality of our pregnancies/breastfeeding/parenting etc has been identical. Women have a much wider fertility window than most people seem to accept.

Social norms change, so I think it's more about maturity than age. I was a very young 31 when pregnant with DC1, and encountered several pregnant women on their early 20s who were far more responsible and ready than I was.

All the other mothers at school look at least 10 years older than me.

That’s me. I am 39 and people often assume I am 10-15 years younger because brown don’t jowl lol. The truth is unless you are going around asking people’s ages you have no idea how old someone is.

I was 29 when I had my first and was definitely on the younger side in our area and in our social circle. I was the youngest in our NCT group.
I’d probably consider under 25 as a ‘young mum’, personally.
I had my third at 34 and felt pretty much ‘average’ by then!

Under 30.

How things change! My
Mum had me at 29, and she was considered elderly for a first-timer. Literally, she had 'elderly primigravida' on her notes.

13 to 23

Under 25.

I think young mum is a polite way of saying teen mum. So under 20.

Oh dear as I was a very young Mum it's hard for me to say but probably under 20. I was 18 however I'm now 39 and dd is 21 so things are quite different now.

Nowadays a 21-25 year old is the equivalent of a 16-18 year old back in the day— they about as little life experience / money.

I find this particularly hilarious! I had ds at 23 with more stability, financial awareness and security than my siblings, the eldest of which is ten years my senior.
I'm finding all these people saying under 25 is young quite eye opening as I didn't consider myself a young mum really... I feel about 45!

Under 30

I'd say 23 or under. You could have finished university and have got a job by 23, so ........... that would not really be a ''young mum'' in the sense that's understood.