How old were you... (teens, fertility, single parents, playing)

[nana053]

I was 26 with my first, 29 with my second

Hubby was 29 and 32.

I thought this was a good age for me.

[OwlKaMyst]

Originally Posted by lkb0714

I was 22, married and in my first year of grad school. Which I ended up having to leave.

It was great to be young with a toddler. I wasn't ever too tired to play with her or take her to the park, etc. I do regret having to drop out of school but I went back and finished my masters, instead of doctorate.

I look very young for my age so it sort of sucked being pregnant and getting the "teen mother" comments while being married and 22 yo. But now she is in college, I am 40 and really enjoying the empty nest.

But it is a bit odd to have most of my friends having kids under the age of 10.

I was also 22 with my first and I am now 44 and just the other day someone thought I was a 20 something.
So I got the sideways looks as well. I learned to follow the age if my oldest with stating I was 22 when he was born.

My 'plan' was to wait until 24, but 2 years early was not that bad. Still had another at 24, and my 3rd at 28.

[alwaysflyin]

I was 39 and my husband 38, and I think that was perfect for us. We are very established in our careers and can both work from home, so we can parent our daughter without daycare or a nanny. We are also more mature and patient. Having her with us feels like a joy rather than a drag. I hope to have another next year when I am 42 and he is 41.

[mommy2be1053]

We live in U.S, had our first child at 34 and 40 respectively in 2011. Early early early stage in my 2nd pregnancy now, so this baby will make me 36 by the time it arrives. Sometimes i wished we didn't wait this long, probably at 31/38 would have been good age for us to have the first baby.

[easternerDC]

I had my first when I was 35, and will be having 2&3 in a few weeks, I am 37 now.

I have no regrets, have a great career, and love my daughter with all my heart. I am really active, and have no lack of energy to do things (well aside from the past month). the fun thing about having kids is being able to take them out and do things with them like biking, hiking and skiing, and it will be even more fun as they get older.

I honestly don't get the whole too old to be able to keep up with the kids thing. Maybe if you are just the sit at home type, but it definitely is not the case for me, and I do more with my dd at age 37 then some moms who are in their 20s.

[LuciaMomof6]

I was marrried and 21...looking back it was way too young..then I had more babies at 22,25,27,29,30....

I spent my entire 20's pregnant...

My daughter is about to give birth to my first Grandbaby..she is 20..

I was adopted and my birth mom was 16 when I was born and she gave me up..but she had another baby at 17 and she kept her..we have met and I found out that the daughters that she kept were both teen moms too..

[noid_1985]

I was 23 and my wife was 24. Fresh out of college, I think we were a little young but we learned to adjust.

[CSD610]

I was 18, 23, 25 and I thought 25 was too old to be having a child but it all worked out in the end.

[OhioChic]

I was 20. Us-Ohio. I dont regret the age but I do regret not being married and in a secure relationship. I like that I'm going to be 36 with a 16 year old daughter. If I have any more kids it would have to be within the next 5 years.

[ADVentive]

Originally Posted by maciesmom

28. I had a college degree, a career and a husband. Worked out well.

Same here too.