To ask when you had your first child..

[over30sclub]

Disclaimer - not a real AIBU I couldn’t find another topic where you can vote

I’ve recently turned 30 and been TTC for a while (not happened yet :D) and it seems like every single person I know from school or in my age range had children ages ago (friends with children 10+ for example). All of my close friends have children - albeit younger - but I’m starting to think that I’m in the minority and I’ll be an older mum at the school gates, if and when it happens.

So.. I wanted to get a gauge outside of the small world that is my friends and Facebook, how many of you had your first child before 30??

YABU - I had my first child at 30+
YANBU - I had my first child younger than 30

Ps no judgment or one ups - neither is better or worse, I’m just curious to see the %
Pps I’m a semi regular poster - name changed as I picked a rubbish one before and was sick of it 😂

29 and 31. Didn't think I was young to have kids but we moved to a very 'naice' place in the SE when kids were 6 months and 2 and at the school gates for my eldest in reception I was definitely one of the younger mums, sometimes by over a decade

35, 36 and 38

30

Secretly pregnant now with my second at 38.

Only secretly because I'm about 11 weeks and we're waiting to tell dd first after the scan.

Then we'll tell and maybe it'll sink in for me! 🤔😅

I had my first at 27, expecting second in the next couple of weeks and I’m 32.

Most of the Mums who have children in DD’s year are actually 30+ (which is nice), and there are about 3 other Mums who have had their second at 35+. I think there’s actually only 2 Mums who are under the age of 30, and even they are closer to their 30’s than they are their 20’s.

Basically, you have nothing to worry about age-wise!

And good luck x

I was among the younger mums at 30 and 32. DH was definitely the youngest Dad. It does vary by area I think.

DH is the same age as me.

35