How old are you????

[Zola78]

I know a lady should never be asked or reveal her age but I am interested to find out what age people on this forum started having children and when they stopped. The reason being today I went to the doctors. My eldest has had a terrible cough for over 6 weeks now so I just wanted to make sure he was alright. I had to take all 3 children (ds1 3, ds2 2 1/2 & DS£ 9 months). The way she (the doctor) spoke to me felt a little patronising. I just felt like a child who had done something without thinking i.e having more than 2.4 children. They boys were well behaved but she just kept referring to how many and how young they all are etc.

I had my first child at 26 and my last at 29. I was married (I still am), I own my own home; I'm educated so why then do people presume to have children in your twenties as oppose to your 30s is a juevenille mistake?????

Dd1 @ 24
Dts @ 32
Dd4 @ 35
I am now 38 and no5 is due one week before Christmas .

Zola - I had a few disapproving looks when mine were all little too as they are very close together in age like your.

Ds1 when I was 28 (now age 7.5)
Ds2 when I was just 30 (now almost 6)
Ds3 when I was 31 (age 4)

All same father, was married when I had them all.

Stopped because I always wanted 3 children so once I had them all it was just natural to stop.

Im 23 and my boys are 2,3 and I have a 30 week baby bump.

I get alot of looks,

I had my first at 20.

I just ignore them because I know Im a great mum, my age is irrelevant,

I know 40 year olds with less kids who are cringe-worthy parents

ds1 just 22
ds2 23
dd 25
Am now 27 and pregnant (still fingers crossed) with number four will be 28 when its born.

I also get the patronised feel sometimes yet when I first got pregnant I was married (21) and we owned our own home (20). Still am/do both those in fact. SO even if they wanted to take the moral high ground on what basis are they doing it?

ds1, 27 ds2, 28, dd1, 32, ds3 34

You can't win can you? If you're in your twenties you get told you're too young and if you're in your thirties or forties you get told you're too old.

When are you 'supposed' to have them, I wonder (I had mine at 39 and 40. Way too old, obviously ).

Im 26 now and due in 8 days with dd4.
DD1 was born when i was 19
dd2 i was 23
dd3 i was 25
I was a single mum when i had dd1 but the others all have the same dad and we are still together, not married yet though...his wife wont let him

wow geepers!!

liaghen i am impressed!

ds1 24
dd 26
ds2 29
ds3 35
ds4 38
ds5 40

who knows what tomorrow may bring

i get asked a LOT if they are different dads

Random I had DS in 1978, and was unmarried (married the prick of a father after he was born, divorced him two years later) and I was put in a separate room as I was unmarried!

I had dd at 25, dts at 28. Am done now, at the grand old age of 29

I had dd1 @ 27 now 8 years
ds1 @ 31 now 4 years
ds2 @ 32 now 2 years & finally
ds3 @ 35 who is 4 months

wow Shoshe - seems bizarre now

little voice in my head wondering how many kids I'll end up having

28 for 3 under 5 at the moment, and BROOOODY

(but on a more relevant point to this thread - I was really surprised recently to find that it was widely believed that Dd was an accident. married 24 year old in pregnancy shocker )

I had...
dd1 (12) at 20
ds1 (9) at 23
ds2 (6) at 26
dd2 (3) at 30

People used to say I looked too young to have them. Nobody has said it for a while now

Zola - how old is your doctor? Perhaps she is TTC and a bit worried that she's left it too late. Wouldn't take it personally.

ds at 22, ds2 at24,ds3at26 and dd at29 people said the dad thing with the boys as 2 of them are ginger and the other blond and the doctor said i shud keep my legs crossed , other comments r oh r u going to keep going 4 a grl grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

dd1 at 21, dd2 at 23, dd3 at 25, dd4 at 27. I have the opposite Missy, 'are you going to try for a boy!' we are ttc again but for a healthy baby, no preferences!! Sorry winds me up!

DS1 @ 21, he's now 14

DD @ 23, she's now 12 3/4

DS2 @ 26, he's now 9

I will be 36 on Sunday 7th December.
Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday dear Goober. Happy birthday to me!!

Had my DS1 at 20, he's now 13
DD1 at 21, she's now 12
DD2 at 22, she's almost 11
DS2 at 26, he's now 7

should add, I'm now 33!

I had my twins at 38 and I have yet to meet two people more ignorant about babies, children and how to be a parent than DH and I were.

Being old does not necessarily equate to being a good parent. I wish I had a younger person's energy to be honest.

I had DS1 at 19, but sadly he was stillborn. DS2 at 20, DS3 at 29 and DS4 at 31. I'm now 35 and people ask if they all have the same father.....er yes. They also constantly say 'ooh you look far too young to have a 14 yr old'...er thank you very much ...but I assure you I am old enough to have a 14 yr old.

I also noticed a big difference when having our first sons to having the little ones, but that could well have been that I was older, wiser and less likely to stand for any patronising by then.

ds1 at 26
ds2 27
ds3 30
ds4 34

am now 35

hi, I'm new in talk. I'm from Italy...
married at 26
DD1 27
DS2 31
DD3 33
thinking about going for another one??
Here in Italy there are so few large family!!!

Dd1 27
Ds1 29
Ds2 32
Dd2 34 (31 weeks atm)

We actually said we wouldn't have kids in our 30's

I went to the GP's a fortnight ago with them all in tow and he raised his eyebrows when he saw my bump.
He asked me if I would like to consider something more permanent after this birth! Cheeky little sod!!

Good job I've been with him since I was 2yo.