What age were you when you had your first baby?

[Ilovedavidmitchell]

Sorry I know this question has probably already been asked 1000 times on here.

But I'd like to know what age were you, how long did it take, and did you have any health problems?

I know that the answers are different for everyone and it won't give me any insight as to what it will be like for me. But I'm just interested in knowing ☺️

Mine were all planned
1st -17
2nd - 19
3rd - 20
4th - 21
5th -24
6th - 24 ( 10 months after 5th)
No issues . 6 easy healthy pregnancies , longest labour couple of hours shortest 6 mins .
Last one born at 5 in the morning I was back home before the kids got up for breakfast .

I was 36. Took a year or so to conceive. My pregnancy was pretty awful - migraines for most of it, nausea for 20+ weeks, gestational diabetes from 16 weeks, round ligament pain to the extent I struggled to straighten up from about 22 weeks (bad for a few weeks, off and on after that), SPD/PGP from 20 ish weeks with crutches at first and then a wheelchair for the last couple of months. 5 years on my hips have never fully recovered.

DD was perfect though. Born by elective c-section at 39 weeks due to all the above and she was under 7lbs (they were worried about her size because of how early I got GD but I kept my sugars under control and she was fine).

It's all a bit of a lottery. I have several friends who had babies at a similar age to me and no or very few problems, and I know people much younger who did have issues so I don't think you can predict it.

27, 3 weeks, incredibly lucky. No health issues apart from 9 months of sickness.

34

2 years TTC needed clomid.

No other problems

22
I got pregnant after 2 months.
I had no health problems except a post partum haemorrhage, but I have a platelet issue anyway.

I was 35. Not planned but not unwanted. Was aware it could happen but wasn't tracking ovulation properly.

Easy pregnancy except I had low papp-a, which I don't think is age related. Because of this, baby was induced at 37 weeks. Ended up on the drip. If it hadn't have been for that drop, I think I would have found labour OK.

No tears, recovery was fine. If anything, I feel fitter and healthier than I have for years.

36 and conceived straight away 😀

3 months after I turned 22. 2nd baby at almost 25. Both planned. I'd been off the pill 6 weeks the 1st time, and 5 weeks the 2nd time. 1st baby came at 36 weeks. I was healthy throughout both pregnancies and felt very well, apart from swollen ankles and heartburn at about 8 months

So sorry for your losses. Keeping you in my prayers for a beautiful baby my lovely x

27, 2nd cycle and only overweight as a health issue. Did get preeclampsia at the end of my pregnancy though

42.Didn't cross my mind to even consider having a child until I was 40 despite being with DH for nearly 20 years.

Conceived my first age 23 but was 24 when he was born. Had my second age 25.

38

Had my one and only at 32. Took 3-4 months of actively trying. No health complications during pregnancy but ended up with an EMCS after being induced at 40 weeks due to reduced fluid around DD.

28, I would have been 29 but he was 2 months early. We had got married about a year before I got pregnant and I stopped taking the pill but we were using condoms apart from a couple of times when we were a bit lapse at some summer weddings and I got pregnant then. So not very planned but not unexpected! Pregnancy was great and prem labour was just random. My second pregnant I came off the pill when my first was 2 we hoped for a 3 year age gap I got pregnant after 3 months, it took a while for my cycle to come back after being on the pill and the initial bleed. So I very nearly got my 3 year age gap 3 years and 3 days! Again very easy pregnancy and this time a wonderful birth being full term rather than premmature

24 miscarriage.

27 and 28, both at term (well, DC2 was 10 days early but ykiwm!).

All conceived first attempt.

21 with my first, 26 with my 2nd. I'm 38 now. 1st child unplanned and 2nd conceived the first month we decided to try.

No health issues with either myself or the children.

24 and 25 (small age gap!) Neither "planned" but neither avoided

34 (33 when conceived) and had been trying around 7 months. Had number 2 less than a week before turning 37 and that took 2 months. No preexisting health issues except slightly high BMI and irregular periods/long cycles.

You planned to become a mum at 17? Was this a long time ago? I know some women of my mums generation were married with kids as teens, but very few these days, I'd have thought.

Yes it was a while ago, and I did decide to be a mum at 17, my mother passed when I was 13, she was 49, I decided I was not going to let my kids risk being left motherless if I followed suit. No I know that was perhaps not logical but to me it was at the time. I had saved and bought our own house and married so it was all planned.

Pregnancy at 30, had him at 31.

Easy conception - first month of trying.
Easy pregnancy. I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes (genetic, as my mum and sister had it too - no obesity). This was also fine. I controlled it by my diet, no medication.
Easy and quick birth (waters broke suddenly and 4 hours later he was out!). I only had gas and air for pushing the last 20 minutes, and for stitching up after.
He was 8 days early and a neat little 6lb 7oz! Now he's nearly 2 and he's just wonderful❤

I was a fit & healthy but pretty hard drinking, smoking, partying 27 year old who mistakenly thought it would ‘take ages’ to get pregnant but was successful the first month we tried.

I think there were about 3 weeks between deciding we wanted a baby to getting a positive pregnancy test. I didn’t realise at the time how very lucky we were.

Pregnancy was uneventful. Went way overdue though and had a failed induction followed by c-section. It wasn’t a great experience, but not painful at least!

24. Long labour, epidural that only worked down one side of my body. Large 9lb 6oz DD born healthy, no tears for me, home next day.

31. No health issues. Conceived second month of trying, though had been off the pill for a year by then so knew my cycle and likely fertile period well by the time we started TTC.