How old were you when you had a child?

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I'm worrying about this. At work, anyone who reaches 30 seems panicked if they're not on their way to having a baby.

I'm nearly 30 and still single so nowhere near having children!

37

19
22
25

reflecting back, I think I was probably too young but now I am older I am glad they are all grown up. I have health problems now and it would be so difficult to manage if I had small children, so luckily I had them when I was young and had the energy

First and only child at 40

Pregnant with first at 28 (DP 43!!) and I'm the youngest in my friendship group by at least two years. Maybe it's a London thing but women seem to be having babies here early to mid 30s for their first x

Ahh dachshund just realised I repeated what you said

21 23 26 34

I am 40 now and I'm delighted to be well done .

24 with my first

30. What do PP mean when they say 'unplanned'? They were using contraception and it failed or they weren't?

Is this reassuring you OP? Lots of women having children in their mid 30s, late 30s and into their 40s.

First DD at 39, conceived literally within days of coming off the pill!!

Second DD due in 12 weeks - I'm now 43. Did take a good while longer to conceive this time around but the pregnancy has been lovely so far, touch wood.

31

26 - although turned 27 2 days later. Around here (outskirts of London, home counties) and compared to my colleagues that's pretty young - I'm the youngest mum I think at my daughter's nursery.
We were expecting fertility issues and I wanted a child by the time I was 30, so decided to give it a go and hey presto BFP straight away. 't was a nice surprise.

We'll be waiting a few years though before having a second - DD is 2.5 now.

34 and 39. Not ideal. Mid to late 20s would be perfect.

22 my dd, 23 my ds. I'm 35 now and broody

42, now 44 and loving my barmy toddler

Fertility problems so it took 14 years for our eldest to come along. I was 36, little brother arrived two years later when I was 38.

I was 29 and 31. DW was 33 and 35.

I had my first baby at 21 sadly DD was stillborn at 30 weeks took me and dh a few years to try again

At 24 I had ds
Im 25 now and am due to have a DD in August

I'm 30 and pregnant with my first, fell pregnant first month of trying, im
planning to have a second, who knows but I don't think I'll panic if that doesn't happen til I'm 34. my
fiances mum had him at 39 in 1983, she was considered geriatric back in those days but I think it's very common now x

34 with my first and 44 with my second.

36 & 39

33 and 36. Very average amongst the people I know.

21, DS was born just before I turned 22.

43 and 9 months.

Everyone's so young! Was 35 when I had DS, I'm 36 now and we are ttc#2 just now (without success) but will stop when I'm 40 if I haven't got pregnant by then.