To think 27 is still young?

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Recently turned 27 and the biological clock seems to have gone into overdrive. We are really not in a position to have DC right now. But I can't help feeling I'm getting older and time is running out. Doesn't help I have a 6 year old DSD who increases the broody feelings as she's absolutely fantastic.

Please tell me I still have lots of time and 27 isn't getting on a bit from a biological perspective?

Plenty of time! Don’t stress.

27 is definitely still young!

27 is still young :)

Young. I had my first dc at this age (she was a surprise!) and I was the youngest by several years in all the baby things I went to!

Still young! I had my first at 36.

27 is still young.
Young and young enough to have a low risk pregnancy are two different things.
27 fits both categories. By 31 I was comsidered old by medical science, but pregnancy problems don’t start to accelerate until about 35 as far as I understand it.

I had my first at 27. It felt right.

Rachel Viess just had a baby at 48 #justsaying

I didn't meet a menorah I considered evening thinking about having kids with till my 28th birthday. You're still young.

27 is nothing! My friend's just had her first at 37. All well.

For childbearing 27 is still young. Unless you have reason to believe that you are predisposed to fertility problems you should just forget about it. 27 is to early to hear ticking clocks.

I turned 34 yesterday diagnosed PCOS expecting our first on December, i came off the pill in February. You're young fertility wise enjoy yourself and the time with your daughter!

Loads of time!!!

I'm feeling similarly, almost 28. I know I'm not ready to have a child but I always had this idea I'd have one before 30 and quite a few friends have given birth recently. Ideally I'd like to have started early but circumstances didn't pan out that way - I will probably wait another 2 years by which time I'll be 30. Not old by today's standards at all, but older than I'd have liked.

Young

27 is young! I felt the ticking at 27 as we go through menopause early in our family around 35-36 for my grandmother, mother and sister so I can empathize with it ticking for you.

27 is young! I didn't meet DH til 28. Got married and pregnant at 31, but unfortunately had a miscarriage. I then got pregnant a few weeks after my 32nd birthday, and am expecting a little girl in 7 and a half weeks time!

I think it's still young! I turned 28 late last year and I keep thinking I should be older than I am. I look very young though- about 21. Having kids and going through a lot of stress has aged me on the inside definitely.

In the grand scheme of a 90 year odl life it's tiny.

However in the scheme of having children and already having a 6 year old I would say time is a ticking. The gap will be big already do you want it to be huge?

The average age for a first baby is about 28(I think). Women have babies in their early 40s al the time. You're just a young 'un, plenty of time yet!

27 is young but (to be the doom and gloomer) in fertility terms you're hovering around your halfway point.

I was about your age when we started 'letting nature take its course' then a lot of heartbreak later I had dd at 35 (naturally in the end). I'm now hitting an age where I don't think a second will be possible given how long dd took and limited finances.

My point is that I think it's something that you should think about seriously in the next couple of years. If everything is fine then great but sometimes it's not and there's a time limit on how long you can play the odds for.

I was fine until I was told formally that my chances were slim the suddenly it was the most important thing in the world because I had never considered the possibility of not having a family.

Some women (including people I know) have their first and subsequent kids in their forties without issue whilst others sadly don't and there's just no more time to do anything about it unless you have a lot of money.

when you are 37,you'll laugh for asking. is there a "right"time.really.

Yes it's still young and there's still time but I wouldn't waot much longer if you want a few children. I had three by 27 and four by 30 x

Yes, it's young.

It's still young for most people but not for everyone, over the next few years it is possible for there to be quite a significant decline in fertility. The trouble is you only know for sure when you try.