How old were you when you had DC?

[Felicityfi16]

How old were you when you had your DC and if you had more than one how far apart in age are they?

31 and 34

3 years nearly to the day between them

No more for me (I think)

Pregnant with #1 at 26

Ds1 16
Dd1 18
Dd2 25
Dd3 29

25 for DS1 after a miscarriage the year before.
Was pregnant when he was 3 but it ended in a TFMR.
Pregnant again and 30 now. There will be 5y 1month between them.

DS1 18
DS2 35
17 years between them, the midwife was shocked when she realised they were with the same dad, still together after all these years!
My husband has 2 other sons from a previous relationship, so the age gap between his eldest & our youngest will be 22 years!

Had my DS at 20 and my DD at 22 - there is 20mth with them. Currently nearly 18weeks pregnant and will be 37yrs 6mth when hopefully it will be born.

22 and 25
By the time I was in my forties both were away at university, my career really took off and we could enjoy a lot of travel.

Interesting thread! Anyone else surprised either way? Most people who posted have more DC than I expected and the average age for first is a little younger than I'd thought (given my impressions of the typical Mumsnet user ).

I'm 32, pregnant with 1st and probably only - emotional impact of TTC with fertility issues was too big for me to consider repeating, at the moment.

33 and 38

35, 37 and 38

@kkr168 there's 16 years between my eldest and youngest.
I got asked a lot of they had the same dad.They do,but it's such a rude thing to ask.

I once had to take ds 20 and ds newborn to hospital - Dr assumed ds was the df!! He wasn't amused!!

I remember when my son was born and I was shopping with me mum and ds a few people would think my mum was his mum not granny lol..

I was 22

Do you think having DC closer in age is easier or further apart (4/5 years ish)?

@Felicityfi16

Do you think having DC closer in age is easier or further apart (4/5 years ish)?

pros and cons. closer together, they are more likely to enjoy the same sort of activities and get along/play together.

But with a bigger age gap you avoid the drama of having two little ones in nappies/not sleeping/having tantrums together/costing a lot in nursery fees. You also get a bit of time with the baby when the bigger one is in school.

Mine are quite close together and it has worked out as I had hoped, but I have friends with bigger age gaps who have enjoyed their gap too.

31
35 - 4yrs 10 months gap
36 - 1yr 2 month gap

I'll be 26 when baby comes in January x

Before having DC1 I wanted a smallish age gap (about 2 years) but as it is, the gap will be 3.5 years and I'm quite happy about it. The reason being that you get some funded childcare after they turn 3, so you get 15/30 hours which means DC1 will have a couple of days a week in nursery while I'm with baby, which will probably do us all good! Of course you can still pay for that before they're 3 but on maternity pay it helps to have lower childcare costs.

28 with DC1

Would love to have a 3 year age gap and have DC2 when I'm 31 if all goes to plan, with time for a DC3 if we still want one, before I hit 35 and am classed as a 'geriatric pregnancy'!

DC1 at 21
A few miscarriages
DC2 at 30
DC3 at 34

DD1 29
DD2 31
DD3 36

25 when I had DS
41 when I had DD

I was 21 with the first and 31 with the second

15 when I had Dd1
38 when I had Dd2