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How old were you when hen you had your first baby and your last baby?

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AWellTroddenPath · 29/10/2026 21:07

Curious to know answers! I feel like I was quite young in my area for my first - 30… then second was 33. Still wondering about a third but I’m so tired I don’t think I’ll have the energy to do it if I’m any older!

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Keepongifting · 30/10/2026 19:56

33
35
37
(Hoping I can squeeze in another at 39)

Mere1 · 30/10/2026 19:56

I was 32. Had twins in 1983. My daughters had their first at 34 and their second at 37 and 38.

Pjsonat5pm · 30/10/2026 19:57

17 and 37

HatKat · 30/10/2026 19:59

29 & 32 (a month off 33) ☺️

Hellothere37 · 30/10/2026 20:00

40 42 45

Rhubarb24 · 30/10/2026 20:01

24th birthday (I was 23 when I went in labour) and 27.

MrsLindaBelcher · 30/10/2026 20:05

19 for my 1st and 43 for my last.

casseroleofnonsense · 30/10/2026 20:05

33

worldshottestmom · 30/10/2026 20:07

24 and 26. Would love to have more a few years down the line but worry about the age gap, so probably won't.

Grammarnut · 30/10/2026 20:10

28 and 32 (aged prima gravida at the time).

Neverstopwondering · 30/10/2026 20:10

19, 21, 31, 36, 45

26 year gap, I could have been the last ones grandmother!

The moment anyone from doctors receptionist to person doing scanned spotted my age they would ask if fertility treatment (no natural fell pregnant by accident)

My friends all had children early like my first two so were adult children by then. This meant friends just cracked up laughing I was doing it all again.

All grandparents were either dead or no longer physically able to help by the time I had last baby. However my three oldest children were substitute for grandparents help we needed a babysitter or something else occasionally.

MummyJ36 · 30/10/2026 20:10

31 and 35! Very happy with two 😊

CortieTat · 30/10/2026 20:12

34,38,47. Wouldn’t mind another one but there’s a limit to what nature can do 😅

Strawberrydelight78 · 30/10/2026 20:12

20 & 22

Bellie710 · 30/10/2026 20:12

30
32
35

PhoebeBuffay1234 · 30/10/2026 20:14

19 & 33 (with one in between at 30).

FloofTrousers · 30/10/2026 20:15

26 and 29. That was on the younger side in my area where early 30's seemed to be when most people started having babies.

Lisajane47 · 30/10/2026 20:16

24, 26, 30, 35: I had really easy pregnancies, and births, i also had a adopted daughter who i took on when i was 45

Dontknowwhyidoit · 30/10/2026 20:16

18 & 37 and 3 more in the middle

Mushypeasandchipstogo · 30/10/2026 20:17

40 and 42 ! 😄 Both pregnancies quite easy .

WiseTealRaven · 30/10/2026 20:20

27 and 30

GinPin2 · 30/10/2026 20:21

26, 28 and 30
My youngest daughter had her three children at 32, 34 and 36 and she is definitely more tired than I ever was or even her sisters who just had 2 each in their 20s

Thefrocklady · 30/10/2026 20:23

Rayqueen84 · 29/10/2026 23:20

25,26,27,29,34,35,40,41 was our twins and last

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9 children? 👌

Pllystyrene · 30/10/2026 20:24

23 and 39, our last and first were both a bit of a surprise but we couldn't be happier.

ColdWaterDipper · 30/10/2026 20:30

Almost 32 with the first and just turned 34 with the last. I would have had 2 more but cancer got in the way of that plan.

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