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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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OkimADHD · 31/10/2026 07:21

36, via ivf and 2nd with another partner at 38.
Age was not a factor /issue

Washingupdone · 31/10/2026 07:22

23
32
39

You can decide when or not to have your babies but whether that will happen is another thing.

TubeScreamer · 31/10/2026 07:51

34, 36

fataroundthemiddle · 31/10/2026 08:08

3WildOnes · 29/10/2026 21:11

22 &32 with another in the middle

Me too!!!

mamamamamamamamamamachameleon · 31/10/2026 08:36

37 and 41. Does one's ego no end of good to be classed as a "geriatric" pregnancy both times 🙃

ShhhYouDontKnowMe · 31/10/2026 08:51

26 and 30. I started and stopped before most of my friend group - feel like we’re out of the trenches (mine both in high school) while they all have little ones in primary!

embolass · 31/10/2026 08:56

33 35

Judetiff · 31/10/2026 08:59

21 and 41

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 31/10/2026 09:00

28 and 31, so long ago now that I was down in my 1st baby notes as an ‘elderly’ primigravida! All the other mothers on the postnatal ward were 19-23 ish. (In the days when they kept you in for a week…).

Dd by contrast was 38, 39, and nearly 43.

Tahlbias · 31/10/2026 09:07

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!

27 and 29.

blondeseaside · 31/10/2026 09:08

27 & 28

My SIL had her last at 48.

Buzzlightyeartowel · 31/10/2026 09:13

20, 31,33 and 39

Daftypants · 31/10/2026 09:13

My first was age 25 , then 30 and 33 years of age for the other 2

DannyOD · 31/10/2026 09:14

First at 28, second at 30, third at 34. I was considered a ‘geriatric’ Mum by the last baby.

BiddyPopthe2nd · 31/10/2026 09:20

31 and 31…much loved but one was enough for both DH and I

Warmhandscoldheart · 31/10/2026 09:21

26 and 27

bittertwisted · 31/10/2026 09:22

29, 34, 37

whyohwhyohwhyohwhyohwhyohwhy · 31/10/2026 09:22

35 and 40

AllieJayP · 31/10/2026 09:22

Just 19 years old
just 21 years old
Technically 24 years old. 25 years old, 3 days later.
30 years old, 3 months before my 31st birthday, my only daughter.

The last child from a second marriage which turned toxic. I was sterilised after I had my last child.

Married a good man at 36 years old and had my sterilisation reversed. It didn’t work.🥲

My third marriage has lasted 46 years !!

moose17 · 31/10/2026 09:23

35 one and done

ilikemethewayiam · 31/10/2026 09:24

MudandMoet · 29/10/2026 21:58

First at 21 and second at 44.

@MudandMoet Sorry if you’ve already been asked this question, I haven’t RTFT. How would you describe your motherhood experience at both ages?

laesosalt · 31/10/2026 09:26

Will be 22, 24, 26 and 29

wannabeCali · 31/10/2026 09:27

30, 32 and 34

Illbethereinaminute · 31/10/2026 09:33

#1 at 28, a couple of months out from 29.

#2 at 30, a week away from turning 31.

It was the right time for us at our stage of life, met at 20, moved in together a few years later, married at 25/26, bought a house a year later then a year after then had #1.

Kids were always on the agenda from the age of 23 when I went from being unsure if I wanted them to definitely but we never actually thought about trying until we were settled in our house.

In a way I do wish we had started younger but it's much better logically, practically, financially to do it the way we did.

fatimashortbread · 31/10/2026 09:42

35 & 46 - two kids only