To ask how old you were when you had 1st Baby?

[Starlive23]

My MIL is firmly of the belief that I'm an 'old' mum (her words, not mine!) As I was 34 when I first became a mother.

I thought I was probably about average, or at least I seem to be for my group of friends.

MIL was 24 so yes I can understand that I'm a full 10 years older, but not quite as decrepit as she has made out. This charming remark was followed by the suggestion that my eggs will soon be dried up so if I want more I need to do it this year (I'm 35). Am I being naïve or is she old fashioned in her views?

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YEs I would say 35 is considered an older mum. I was 22 when I had my first.

I was 17 when I had my first and 32 when I had my last.

32 for number 1, 34 for number 2 and 37 for number 3.

She’s right in some ways; egg quality does diminish as you get older and therefore biologically the sooner the better, but 35 is not the oldest mother you will get by a long shot!

I was 29 and felt fairly old...

I was 36 and 39. Considered older mum as over 35 but I didn't meet my husband until I was 35! Xx

I was 19

32 but one of the youngest I know in my area, most of my ‘mum’ friends are older

23 when I had my one and only

I was 19 yrs old with my first and 41 yrs old with my second! I know I know!!!!

I was 32 for the first, 34 for the second and 42 with my third. I never felt old. We chose to get graduate degrees and buy our home before starting a family.

34 - in my NCT class there were 6 first time mum’s:

32, 34, 34, 38, 38, 39

I had expected to be the oldest so was surprised.

I had second at 39, few weeks before my 40th birthday.

39 and 5 months . 41 and 10 months second . My first took 2 months and the second was the first of tic . Far from dried up .

21. I was one of the older mums at DS's primary!

35 first, 37 second and 38 last.

Never thought twice about my age, just pleased to have a fab family.

What crap to hear people in their twenties feeling like old mums

• first month ttc

Just had my first and im 31

32!

If I had my time again both dh and I say we would have started sooner, we were together aged 24/25. Didn’t feel ready at the time.

Crikey maybe it's me then! Most of my friends were early to mid 30s so I assumed this was the norm for nowadays!

33 and I was an average age in my area in London. There were first time mums in my friendship circle of 27-39

28 first and 31 second.

I am in my second trimester with my first baby and I will be 38 in the summer.

The NHS no longer considers you a "geriatric mother" at 35, they've changed that to 40 now. At my age I'm considered low risk.

23,25 and 27. I consider anything over 35 to be an ‘older mum’ definitely. Personally I wanted to be done by 30 as it was important to me to be a young mum. Everyone is different though, with different circumstances and ideals

I was 19 when I fell pregnant with DC1, 20 when she was born. Then had DC2 17 months later. Now pregnant with DC3 2.5yrs after DC2 - I’m 24.
I am without a doubt the youngest mum at the toddler groups I go to. Average age of the other mums I’d estimate at around 30-32. I don’t consider them older mums because having your first in your early 30’s seems to be quite normal these days!

26 with ds1 and 29 with ds2 when I was considered a mature in maternity.
However, when I had dd at 37 it was considered as the norm.
I think it depends on the average at that time.
Years ago 50's/60's you'd be considered as left on the shelf after 21.