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How old were you with first child?

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Maya1992 · 29/01/2023 15:12

I’m just curious to know how old everyone was when they got pregnant with their first child? My friend is 30, single and in an absolute panic that she’s not there yet so just looking to give her some reassurance.

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Itgoesalittlesomethinglikethis · 29/01/2023 17:24

Pregnant at 23 but lost the baby.
Pregnant at 26 gave birth at 27.

wednesdayjones · 29/01/2023 17:25

35
Glad it wasn't any younger.

Neolara · 29/01/2023 17:26

35

Unforgettablefire · 29/01/2023 17:26

BreviloquentBastard · 29/01/2023 15:51

16, had her at 17. I'm that cautionary tale that everyone tells, but I'm actually super happy with how life turned out. First few years were rough but I'm now only 32 and still feel young, kiddo is a happy healthy ambitious teen who I get on so well with, and I feel like I've got so much life left to live once she spreads her wings and goes to live hers. Also ended up marrying her dad, but years after once we'd both done a bit of growing up. Funny old world.

What a lovely story.

Mumof3girlsandaboy · 29/01/2023 17:27

23

SkyBlue20 · 29/01/2023 17:29

Cuppasoupmonster · 29/01/2023 15:49

I don’t think it’s ‘shit I’m 30, will I conceive ok at this age?’ it’s more ‘shit I’m 30 and single and want kids, feel like the clock is ticking down to meet someone then get to know them for an adequate amount of time before having kids’

Nobody I know who is 30 in a LTR/engaged is panicking, just the single ones

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Oh yeah, that’s absolutely not what I meant. I meant it more in the sense that in my parents’ generation and earlier, it was ‘expected’/the norm that you would have children a bit earlier and you were likely the rarity if you had them in your 30s+, whereas now I don’t think people think twice if you’re in your 30s and even 40s and beyond.

SirVixofVixHall · 29/01/2023 17:30

40

Hingey · 29/01/2023 17:32
  1. No regrets. I knew I wanted a career and it sorta worked out perfectly as worked / studied while tax credits helped with childcare and qualified as she was starting school. Hard work obviously but now I can enjoy my 30s. That said, every single one of my friends are just starting to think about it now (one got pregnant last year) so it's definitely normal this generation to wait.
TheFormidableMrsC · 29/01/2023 17:33

29 with first baby, had second at 42.

Hadalifeonce · 29/01/2023 17:34

41

MajorCarolDanvers · 29/01/2023 17:34

34

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 29/01/2023 17:35
  1. I'd been married for two years.
Turtles4543 · 29/01/2023 17:35

28

IheardYouButDontWantToAnswer · 29/01/2023 17:35

22 with my 1st. He's now 41

Blueisthecolor · 29/01/2023 17:38

I'd have been the exact same in her position. Mainly because I wouldn't rush things and would have liked to live together for a few years with someone before marrying and having kids.

Anyway I was 30 when I got pregnant and 31 when my first was born. Second baby pregnant at 33 baby born just after I turned 34.

Lovelycupofcoffee · 29/01/2023 17:41

38

olderthanyouthink · 29/01/2023 17:42

23, lots of my school peers had them around that ages but where I live now I am YOUNG

Ponderingwindow · 29/01/2023 17:42

34

Tiddlywinkly · 29/01/2023 17:43
  1. Born when 30
  2. Born when 32
Tiddlywinkly · 29/01/2023 17:44

Ah. 31. Born at 32

Mawface · 29/01/2023 17:44

20 gave birth at 21.
24 gave birth at 25.
29 gave birth at 30.

AllThingsServeTheBeam · 29/01/2023 17:46

Pregnant at 20, gave birth at 21.

Pregnant at 22, gave birth at 23.

They were the perfect ages for me. So glad we did it when we did. Almost 33 now

Idratherbepaddleboarding · 29/01/2023 17:46

22 when I got pregnant and 23 when I gave birth to my only child.

soupmaker · 29/01/2023 17:50

Met now DH at 34.

Pregnant with DD1 at 36, gave birth at 37

Two MC when DD1 aged 2 and aged 3.

Got married as decided we needed a celebration and gave up on having a DC2.

Pregnant with DD2 at 42, gave birth the week before I was 43, almost exactly a year after getting married.

Backhometothenorth · 29/01/2023 17:58

39 then second at 43. Met DH age 36 through work

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