To be a bit shocked by this?......

[becaroo]

......just heard that someone I went to school with has just become a grandmother.

I turned 38 last October.

'Shocked' would be appropriate if you were 28. 'Surprised' maybe for 38 :) 19 year average?

I am 36 , my friend has 3 DC's her mum is only 4 years older than me. It's not uncommon.

Blimey

I sometimes feel young around here for having my first child at 30

jeez i am 38 this month, but then a girl in my year had a child at 15 which would make her - 23 now!!!

crikey...

I worked with someone who was a grandma at the age of 28. Goodness knows what level of great she's at now. It was about 14 years ago.

Average age of 19 per generation. Not shocking at all.

I think you get to be shocked if they are becoming a great grandmother!

It does seem a bit young to become a granndma but not 'shocking'...if this shocks you, you have lead a v sheltered life

My mum was a grandmother at 40, only 2 years out.
She was 20 with me and I was 20 with DD1.

Really????

Perhaps IABU then!

There was a girl who lived near me who had her first child at 13, and quite a few who had them at 16-18 and more who had them at 20-22.

I am positively ancient in having mine at 30 and 35!

Actually, I think she was a bit more upset to be a grandmother of 5 when she was only 48!! (Sorry mum!)

My mum was a grandmother at 41 (keep thinking itwas 40 but thats wrong lol) She had me at 19, I had my first at 22.

So someone who is a grandmother at 38 could've had their child at 18 and they had their first child at 20. Not that bad really is it.

durham sheltered life? Maybe!

I guess I am thinking of myself in that my 2 are still so small...I cant imagine being in that position at my age.

Sounds like there's a general trend to have babies at around about the age your mum had you. Wonder if this is true?

One of my closest pals is 34 and became a Gran last year.

She was 17 when she had her DD, her DD was 17 when she had her baby. I was 20 when I had my DD and my mum was 20 when she had me! Odd isnt it?

JLC I was wondering that tbh...does having a child when you are young mean that child will do the same???

I wonder..........?

JamieLee I think someone we should have a thread on it!

(not me though, I'm going in the shower!)

My mother was a grandmother at 34! . She had me when she was 18yo, and I had DD when I was 16yo. She is currently 47, I am 29, and she is about to become a grandmother for the fourth time!! Bet that's the youngest on MN.

At DD's old school, a woman the same age as me was picking up her grandchild.

She (and I) were 30.

I was shocked. She was a GM to 3, and had been 26 when the first one arrived.

Colour me judgy.

JLC - I think there has been some kind of study done on exactly that, and it does seem to follow a pattern. Although not always - my mum had me at 23 and I had my first at 40 .

I went to school with a girl who was a grandmother at 32 for the first time, she's now a grandmother of 4 at 41.

Come to think of it, my friend's mum had her at 15, and then she had her DS at 17, so that makes her a grandma at...... 32!!

I had my first dd at 22 and second at 27. My mum had me at 21. My eldest who is now 17 says she isn't going to have a baby until she is 40...which will completely buck our trend (v relieved that she doesn't intend to have a baby any time soon what with her still being at college!)

I was shocked to find out the other day that DH's eldest sister is a great grandma! So that makes me a great great Aunt! I am 42.