How old are you and how many kids do you have?

[worldshottestmom]

How old is everyone on here, with how many children? Just to be a nosey cow.

Im 28 with 2 kids. I was chatting to a mum I know from nursery today and found out she's 32 with 4 kids. I had always hoped to have 4 kids because I always wanted a big family. Now that ive separated from my ex I cant really see that happening with anyone else.

If it did happen again, it would take a long time for me to be comfortable enough to have kids with someone else, and im just thinking I really don't know if I could be bothered to do it all again in my mid-30s or later. Not to mention the scaremongering against having kids beyond this age. If i did end up with only my 2, I would still remain overjoyed, as they do keep me very busy and are the light of my life. Equally, if I could have more, I most definitely would. I just love being a mum/motherhood.

Did anyone here have kids at a later age, and did it go smoothly (i.e. pregnancy and birth)? Or does anyone on here have kids with a large age gap, and if so, how has it played out I.e. sibling relationships?
There are 10 years between me and my older brother, and our relationship was always very poor (though for a number of other reasons, too). This also puts me off having more later in life.

I’m 26 and have 4 children. 8, 5 (almost 6), 4 and 3.
ETA OH is 33 this year. We will probably have 1 more. (Maybe 2 if I get my way!)

I am almost 66. I have a DD aged 39 and a DS aged 29. 9 years between them as I was divorced then remarried. So one from each marriage. I would have preferred to have them closer together but my 1st husband didn't want a second child. We split when DD was 6.
It was like having 2 only children really. My second husband died when DS was 11.o

I'm 47, have 2 dds who are 22 and 19 and a DSD who is 33. And 2 DGDs (technically step, but I'm just nanny, not step-nanny) who are 3 and 3 months.

I’m 53 in a couple of weeks and have a 17 and 15 year old . Had tried for years before and was told I was infertile , got pregnant within a week with new partner , oops , having them at 35 and 37 was definitely tiring and my 15 yr old is disabled so it’s still like having a young child ( nappies etc ) and being a single mum now I’m shattered .
her disability is genetic but not parental age related as there are only 100 people in the world with it and parents of all ages .

43. 4 DC.

11 year age gap between me and my sister. We're very close and I've always been like a 'second mum' to her, rather than a sister. It's changed a bit, now that she's an adult and is working and living independently.

It's a lot of pressure to put on the older child IMO.

42 with a 6 and 7 year old. Would’ve loved more (I’m one of five) but my God, mumming is a tough gig and I was well and truly done after my youngest.

I'm 46 with dcs aged 27, 8 and 4. Dc1 was with exDP and DC2 and DC3 are with DH. Everyone is happy and things have worked out great. We have some non-standard family circumstances in that DC1 has additional needs and still lives at home, likely always will. So he has a stronger relationship with the younger 2 because most adults his age would have moved out and have more of their own life by now. He's more like an uncle, but there's never any conflict or jealousy as the age gap is so wide, and he loves to read to them and help with crafts etc.
And also that we're financially very secure, so no financial sacrifices needed and no compromises made as a result of having more dcs. Biologically I didn't have any issues, all dcs were conceived without intervention and I've always found pg, childbirth, recovery and bfing easy so that's never been an issue at any age. I haven't found it too tiring and I think that's partly because I have low sleep needs, and partly because I don't work so not having to juggle long days at work with looking after dcs.
Of course statistically many women do find it harder at an older age and you won't know whether you're one of those unless you do it! We did have NIPT tests which were reassuring for risk of abnormalities.

61 with only one who’s at uni

I’m 38 with 2 dc, ds18 and dd13, 5 year age gap and it’s a bit questionable at times but they get on better now than they did previously. Theres a 16 year age gap between me and my sister, we get on very well, I was her carer for a while as my mum worked and j hadn’t got a job yet outta high school. Of course we argue but mostly it’s all banter and love. My dad went on to have 3 more kids, 19, 16 & 12, we are not particularly close mostly because they live 300 miles away and I don’t get to see them all that often.