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Topic: How old were you when...
Posted By: ellen
Subject: How old were you when...
Date Posted: 15 June 2008 at 9:18pm
| You had your first child? It looks to me like it's more common to have a baby at 19-24. I was 23 and 19 years ago that seemed quite young. None of my friends were having babies and all of the other first time mums in my Parents Centre group were older - i'd say closer to 30. Do you think women are having children younger or is that just my perception? |
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Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 15 June 2008 at 9:28pm
26  I thought the trend was older now?------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 15 June 2008 at 9:28pm
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I was a few weeks shy of 28. I'm the first of my friends to have kids.
I was also the first to get married at 24. I'm speaking from experience of Ireland though where it's still a more common case of marriage first , babies second. |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 15 June 2008 at 9:34pm
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I was 19 pregnant 20 when had him.
Looking back it was pretty young and I have told the kids I never regreted Josh just wished I had waited (not that he was planned anyhow) ------------- Ann 
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 15 June 2008 at 9:35pm
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I was 22, nearly 23 when my boy was born. Got married at 21.
I think the general trend is older (i'm the youngest by far in my coffee group, most are in their 30s) but I have noticed that on ohbaby I think there's more younger mums (percentage wise) than there is in the general population if you know what I mean. ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 15 June 2008 at 9:35pm
| i was 26 |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 15 June 2008 at 9:37pm
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I was 22 when Conor was born. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 15 June 2008 at 9:40pm
| 19 |
Posted By: Redbedrock
Date Posted: 15 June 2008 at 9:41pm
36 ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 15 June 2008 at 9:53pm
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30 (almost 31) - I'm one of the youngest in my coffee group too.
We've been married since I was 2 days shy of my 22nd B'day so it was a long time coming  -------------  
 
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Posted By: Henna79
Date Posted: 15 June 2008 at 10:00pm
| I'll be 28 or 29 depending on if bubs is on time or a few weeks late |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 15 June 2008 at 10:11pm
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i was 19 when i fell pregnant (that sounds funny , "oopsy daisy i tripped over and now im pregnant , oh dear!" )
I turned 20 when i was 3 months pregnantful |
Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 15 June 2008 at 10:15pm
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I was 19 ------------- Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :) |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 15 June 2008 at 10:17pm
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30 ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 15 June 2008 at 10:17pm
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And yes I think the trend does seem to be that women are having children at a younger age. The majority of my friends I went to school with now have children or are TTC ...most of my friends are in or around the same age bracket and I have no real 'friends' without kiddies. ------------- Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :) |
Posted By: Ariana
Date Posted: 15 June 2008 at 10:17pm
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I was 22 (only by 10 days ) ------------- Ariana Mum to Minardi, Victoria, Alecia and William. |
Posted By: Mama2two
Date Posted: 15 June 2008 at 10:21pm
31 But I only act 15 ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: blondie
Date Posted: 15 June 2008 at 10:41pm
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Um I was nearly 26 when I had my first.:) ------------- 
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 15 June 2008 at 11:05pm
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I was 2 weeks away from my 29th birthday. I was the oldest at my antenatal class (not by much though). Most of my friends had kids about the same age or younger ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: NovemberMum
Date Posted: 15 June 2008 at 11:27pm
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I was 31...ironically when I was about 20 I said I didn't want children for at least another 10 years :P
my self fulfilling prophecy. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 15 June 2008 at 11:35pm
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23- I was the same though, all the women in my parents centre group were mid 30's. Almost every single class or coffee group I went to I was youngest by at least 10 years. I still find the same now though- at Charlottes school all the other Mums are way older than me, most are in their late 30s early 40s. I'm almost 27 now and I am still the youngest at all of Kates classes by a fair bit. Could be the areas we choose to live though? ------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3 
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Posted By: Joelle
Date Posted: 15 June 2008 at 11:36pm
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I'll be 37 when he's born. I'm the first in my family and we've been together 10yrs - the trend, so I've heard, is older rather than earlier as women want to build their careers 1st. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: bookwyrm
Date Posted: 15 June 2008 at 11:41pm
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I was 22 (one month shy of being 23) when Phoenix was born.
I was the youngest by at least 3 years in my antenatal class. Found it very hard to socialise with the other mums as they all had so much more in common with each other  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 15 June 2008 at 11:51pm
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I was 21 when I had Jackson (planned). The trend is definitely older, I was the youngest one in my coffee group (with WRXandJosh being the next youngest!) most of whom are in their late 20's/early 30's.
I have one friend that has a 2 year old and only cos he was a woopsy. Most of my friends won't be considering it for another few years. I do think it depends where you live, socio-economic factors etc (that sounds snobby but its true). |
Posted By: bookwyrm
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 12:02am
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Awww Emz, I didn't know you were just a baby like me :) ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: AliaDawn
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 6:14am
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Oh dear I'm the youngest I was 17, turned 18 when he was 6 months.
Most of my friends are older, so I can't judge on the "having kids younger" then... I tend to not hang out with people my own age anymore, we just don't share the same interests (probably because the 1 that does have a kid, who was born on the same day as Seb and is a little younger than me is a right crappy mum so I avoid her) -------------  
 
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Posted By: susieq
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 7:29am
| 23 when I had Kelly(caitlyns Mum) |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 7:43am
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 7:52am
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I was 21, i was 5 months pregnant on my 21st. ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 8:06am
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23 ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 8:14am
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17 here and I know there are a few other who were also 17 or younger on the boards. Dont worry Alia your not the youngest lol ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: NeoshasMummy
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 8:16am
Well im close Alia, Pregnant at 17 baby at 18 ------------- https://secure.fertilityfriend.com/home/30c4ec/" rel="nofollow">  Mrs Te Kani ❤️ Neosha 26/5/2007 |
AliaDawn wrote:Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 8:20am
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Ummm, can't remember how old I am!
I was 27 when I had him but had only been 27 for 5 days. Married at 24....lot's of out friends have children but none have got married yet...I want a wedding to go to! Am the youngest in my AN (well, the ones that are still meeting) and plunket group! -------------  
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Posted By: LeahandJoel
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 8:25am
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So I was 35 when I had Leah and will be 37 when the next one arrives. Our antenatal coffee group is split fairly evenly with half about my age and half about 30, we all get on well though and see each other every couple of weeks. There was one 18 yr old in the class but she didn't finish the class and never kept in contact with us oldies!!!! -------------  
 
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 8:26am
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I hated being the youngest everywhere I went when I was pregnant. Even the teachers at school were rude. I wish they could see me now, I would laugh in their faces not to mention that I have a nearly 13yr old averaging levels of a 15yr old, who is well spoken and very polite. Huh and to think they all expected I would abort piff ------------- http://lilypie.com">
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 8:27am
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28 :D
Youngest at antenatal class too! ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 8:27am
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I always had a vision to get married and have my first child all around the age of 30. I turned 30 two months before Lauren was born!
The average age in our coffee group is around 30 aswell! The youngest is 26, the oldest is 36! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 8:31am
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I was 26. The youngest in my antenatal group too.
Married at 23 (hubby was 26), I remember people being surprised over here because they thought we were so young but in Germany noone batted and eyelid... I guess it depends on the culture ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Snickerdoodle
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 8:36am
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I'd just turned 26 when I got pregnant.
Married at 24. ------------- 
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Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 8:37am
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With my first who died shortly after birth I was 22.. I was scared to try again after everything I went through hence the reason I was 27 when Keziah came along -------------  
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Posted By: 2bmumof3
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 8:58am
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My husband and I were both 20 when we got married and 23 when we had our first child. Our antelnatel class was mainly mid to late 30's ------------- Sara Corban (22/11/04) Connor (18/04/06) Chelsea (21/05/08) 
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Posted By: sally belly
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 8:59am
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I had just turned 31 when Liam was born. Hardly any of my friends have kids yet.
I think it really does depend on where you live. In my coffee group we have 2 or 3 ladies in their early 40's & the youngest Mum is 29. So around where I live, "older" definitely seems to be the trend. -------------    
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Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 9:24am
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27 when I had Ella. I was also one of the youngest in my antenatel group. ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: Bel
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 9:29am
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I was 25 when I got pregnant with Luke - one of the first of my friends... ------------- Mum to two beautiful kids 
Luke (09.11.2007) Amy (01.04.2009) |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 9:32am
| Man I feel old!!!! I was 34 when I had Tom and will be 36 for this one. I am in the middle to top of my antenatal group. (ages from 26-37) |
Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 9:33am
That, my dear is because you are a fabulous Mum, have worked very hard ... and fully grasped the concept that the very best revenge is success! 
I'm 29, and will be just shy of 30 when this one is born. Having said that though, had things gone according to plan, I would have been more like 26 with number 1. ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 9:33am
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I was 21, had my 21st when i was 5 months preggers like kylahs mum ,lol
Had Ayja at 23, miscarried Sage at 25, and will be getting married finally at 26. YAY! I found i didn't quite fit in when i had Paris, as there were either lots of teen teen mums, like 16/17 or lots of older mums in the late 30's/early 40's. I felt in between. I was, and still am, the first of my friends to have babies. Which is quite funny really, cos they were all the ones going out to parties and getting up to dodgy behaviours all through highschool, and i was the goody good. lol ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 9:37am
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I was 31 when Joshua was born.
Was the youngest in my antenatal group by 5 years. I think the trend is definitely to have your babies older. Well, in the circles I mix in anyway. All my friends are either pregnant now, or looking to start trying very soon. And we're all in our early to mid 30's. |
Posted By: KABJ99
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 9:38am
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Will be 34 and will be the first of my friends to have a child. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kasbee
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 9:41am
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I was 18 when i had Blair. ------------- Kelly, mother to 4 wonderful children. http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 9:43am
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I was 26 (nearly 27) when I had Charlotte and you know what? I *still* feel too young to have kids. I would have liked to have been a little bit older. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mum2emj
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 9:44am
i had just celebrated my 21st when i had my first it would of been a lot sooner if me and my hubby had our way!! we tried for 18 months to get pregnant 
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 10:20am
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I was 24. We were the first of our friends to have babies too, they're all starting now! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: MumsyMoo
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 10:26am
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I was five days shy of being 20 when Eden was born.
I always knew I wanted to start my family whilst I was young, but wasn't intending on being this young. I have no regrets though, I thoroughly enjoy my job and you know what they say: Age is but a number and a state of mind... And I'm telling you now, I've never felt my age. I'm sure I must be about 35 ------------- My wee girl is the love and light of my life!
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Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 10:34am
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again...
You young mums totally freak me out! You all seem to me to be SO mature and incredibly capable for your young ages! Man, when I was 18,20,24 or however young you all are I was shockingly immature, and was far too interested in partying and travelling the world to have even considered having a child. And here you all are, PLANNING babies. |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 10:38am
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I was preggers at 21, had him at 22. DH was 28 though.
I was at the younger end of our AN class, DH was in the middle age wise but we had a very strange group. None of us have kept in contact. I always wanted to get baby making 'out of the way'. Never really had the urge for huge partying or big OE's etc. |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 10:48am
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Yeah I think cos I got my OE outta the way when I was 17/18, got my degree etc I felt I'd done what I wanted to. I totally don't feel too young, it just feels that this is the way it's mean to be.
And same as Stacey, my DH is a bit older... 7 years in fact... he turned 30 shortly after Harry was born. Not that you'd know it, he's just a big kid ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: kiwigal
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 10:48am
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I was 24 when I got pregnant and after my 25th I had a still-born baby. This time I was 31 when I got pregnant and my son was born one month after I turned 32. This time I got pregnant one month before I turned 37 and will still be 37 when I have her. |
Posted By: linda
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 10:56am
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35 for my first one (two weeks off turning 36). Now will be 41 and TTC #3 ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 11:05am
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I was 27 when Michaela was born. I'd joked with DH several years earlier when I was going through a particularly clucky stage (long before we started TTC) that if I wasn't pregnant to him by 26 I'd find another way -------------  
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 11:14am
| 19 when Han was born... turned 20 a month later. |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 11:16am
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I just scraped in to 22 when I had Maya, my birthday was Dec and she was born in Feb.
And now here I am at 27 pregnant with number 4 And still unmarried!
I always wanted to be a youngish Mum, ideally around 25-26 coz I wanted to finish uni first and work for a while but Maya had other plans and once I'd had her I figured I might as well get it all over and done with, I didn't want to spend my 20's with a little baby, then do it all again in my 30's, I always said I would stop at 30 (only now I'm stopping at 27!). ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 11:35am
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I was 27 I think, yep that's right.
Omg I had to work out how old I am Stupid baby brain.
There are 2 people younger than me in my coffee group and 3 older. I think women are starting to have children earlier again, I know that with all the fertility problems that women have had from waiting till their 30s it was very much on my mind to get on with it before then and I think alot of other people my age and younger are thinking that way as well. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: MelanieAndBree
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 11:37am
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Was 20 when i got pregnant, had my 21st while i was pregnant
I didnt want to be too old when i had my first child. Under 30 anyways..and at least i was an adult (well... ------------- Melanie. Mum to Briahna Robyn, 3yrs |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 11:44am
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Had just turned 20 the day before I gave birth!
This time I'll be 24. All the ppl that keep telling me - oh you have it easy being so young, pregnancy must be a breeze. Think again!  If my body feels like this being pregnant at my age, I am really glad I'm not 10 or 20 years older!
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 11:49am
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I was 26 and so was DH. I always wanted to have had all my kids by the time Im 30,...we'll see!
We had 18 people at out ante-natal classes, 15 and 17 yr old sisters were the youngest,...up to 37year old. |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 11:56am
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I was 27...
I will turn 31 a month after this bub is born.....YAY! I aimed to have my second at 30.  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 11:57am
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i was 28 when i had jack and 30 when i had charli. i wanted to be younger than that but DH and i didn't get out sh*t sorted til later ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: Kelpa
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 12:03pm
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Hmmm.....I was 23/24 when had Paige..she is turning 9 this month..for some reason cant work that out in my head!
And am 33 in few days and thats it..my child rearing years will be done! -------------  
 
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Posted By: NeoshasMummy
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 12:16pm
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Quite interesting. although im only 19 now (20 in a few months) with a 13month old DP is 30 in a couple of months so HE wants to have another baby like now because he said he doesnt want to be old when his kiddies are growing up Fair enough I'll be all done nice and early! ------------- https://secure.fertilityfriend.com/home/30c4ec/" rel="nofollow"> Mrs Te Kani ❤️ Neosha 26/5/2007 |
Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 12:18pm
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I was 19 with my first. Was the oldest in my anti-natal class by far (Even though it was a teen class) Where we live there seems to be a lot of really young mums.
DD2 I had just before my 22nd Birthday and hopefully thats the last. By the time they are at school I will still be young enough to start something else. I think there are a lot more really young people having babies theese days. And those that manage to survive past their teens without getting pregnant tend to wait a bit longer. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: WRXnKids
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 12:26pm
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i was 24 - 2 months before my 25th he arrived -------------   
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Posted By: MumsyMoo
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 12:28pm
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Lol, I so know what you mean!
Paraparaumu is teen-mum central! DF gave me so much crap for living there. In Tawa, P'ram is known as "SOLO CITY" because of all the single teen mums there... I suppose that's why it's also reffered to as 'Pram'. ------------- My wee girl is the love and light of my life!
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Posted By: My3Sons
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 12:31pm
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23 when I had my first baby. And 30 with my last ------------- Mum to Mr 10, Mr 6 and Mr 4
 
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Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 12:31pm
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Lol, love the way you put it Serenity. I'm almost considered old... and am one of the few that was Married before I had any babies (I did that really young too ) -------------
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Posted By: shaz
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 12:56pm
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I had Natasha at 26 so was almost young way back then. There were two younger girls in my anti-natal classes.
We married 13 months before that when I was 25. Then I had Alex at 28 and Alyssa at 37!! so now I'm an "older Mum" ------------- Mum to Natasha Aroha 9/12/1995, Alexandra Makareta Waimarie 22/4/1998 and....Alyssa Frances Hopaea 18/03/2007 
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Posted By: Millie1976
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 1:09pm
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I was 30 when I had my first and 32 with my second due next month. ------------- Sebastien 2 years old Olivier 3 3/4 years old |
Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 1:19pm
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23 when I got pregnant. 24 when I had her. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Leahsmummy
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 1:20pm
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I will be 23 and dh 26 when we have this bubba, and i was 22 when we got married. -------------   
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Posted By: maysie
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 1:34pm
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I will be 27 or 28 depending if she comes early or late. Have been with DH since I was 21 though so it has been a long time waiting for him (he's 39). I'd planned on having children (if ever) in my 30s and I am the first of my close friends to get pregnant. They won't be popping them out for about 5 or so years. I'm probably one of the younger ones in my antenatal class but can't really tell.
I think the national average right now is 30.5 years for first child, so while it might seem that there are a lot of young Mums, there must be more older ones ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MumsyMoo
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 2:23pm
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And that's cos the focus is always put on the younger mums, because it's not considered 'right' to have children at a young age. ------------- My wee girl is the love and light of my life!
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 2:34pm
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I was 22 when I had Andrew. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Febgirl
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 2:52pm
| 30. We did antenatal classes through the parents centre and we were one of the youngest couples there - average would be around mid 30s I'd say. I think it depends on where you live too, urban areas have older mums I think? |
Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 3:15pm
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Jack was born a few months after my 27th birthday. I had ealways thought that I would have had kids in my early 20's but now realise that I wouldn't had had time to go to Uni, overseas or at least have a few years of a career first. For me it was the right time.
DH was just shy of 29 when Jack was born, we were married a few months after my 24th. I am sure that it was said a while ago that the average age of first time mums was around 28 last year, or it could have been 26. I just remember that I was a year off! ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 3:36pm
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30 - 4 days after my b'day in fact ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 7:12pm
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I just turned 28 with Bella and I'll be 29 for this baby. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 8:02pm
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I was 17 and DH was 15 when i first got pregnant ( we have been together 8 years, married 2 years) but i had a MC at 14 weeks.
I was 20 when i had Bailey, 22 when i got pregnant and had MC at 6 weeks and 23 when i has Astin. I had always planned to be a young mother as long as i had degrees/qualification which i do and so does DH so having kids young hasnt held us back. I had planned to wait 10 years before having 3rd/4th as i would only be in my early 30s but its not going to work out that way. |
Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 8:04pm
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Someone mentioned the fertility factors - that was our reason. Seeing as I was due to start clomid we kind of figured we might have a few months up our sleeves - nup!
I was like you Arohanui - had got the degree and living so to speak out of the way, got married so was ready to go. And I would much rather get the 'baby thing' (lol) out of the way so I can then start working as I don't think I'd like to start teaching then leave for the amount of time I'll be taking off (3ish years) |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 8:07pm
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21 ------------- |
Posted By: floss
Date Posted: 17 June 2008 at 8:27pm
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3 weeks off 21 when I had Sienna and 22 when I had Noah & Lola.
A few of my friends had already had kiddies and a few more have had them since I have had the twins ------------- My beautiful big girl Sienna 15.04.06 Double the trouble double the fun Noah & Lola 10/11/07 |
Posted By: Bubbaloo
Date Posted: 17 June 2008 at 9:23pm
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Got Pregnant at 22 had him at 23 hopefully to be all done by the time I'm 30. Jesse was 29 ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  Was danni-chick Mum to James My Angel 28/07/08 |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 17 June 2008 at 9:31pm
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I have had children early due to fertility factors. i haven't have any problems getting pregnant I just knew that my endo was going to take over and I would need a hystrectomy early and now at 26 I have been told I will have it done just after I turn 30 - I am fine with that as I know I have had all the children I want to have. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 18 June 2008 at 5:42am
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I was 30 when I had Miss M. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lucky3rdtime
Date Posted: 18 June 2008 at 4:10pm
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I was 36 when Gabs was born, but we had been trying for 3 years by the time she was born. I wanted to have my first by 35.
I didnt' want kids when I was younger I was too busy enjoying life without that responsibility and then studying to get a good job going before having kids, plus I wasn't going to have them before i got married and although DH and i have been together for 12 years we have only been married for almost 4. There's pros and cons either way though. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 18 June 2008 at 4:50pm
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Met DH when I was 20, married at 26, Ollie was born at 27 and Lilia at 29. I had planned on having all my babies by the time I was 30, and immediately after having Lilia, everything was as planned. However recently I've started getting clucky again! ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: KiwiL
Date Posted: 18 June 2008 at 5:57pm
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I'll be 29 when this one arrives.
I had wanted two by the time I was 30, but nature wasn't on our side. DH will be just shy of 30 when we have our boy. We got married when I was 24. |
Posted By: Tiff
Date Posted: 18 June 2008 at 6:38pm
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27 (have just turned 28 and Rohann is basically 3.5 months). I didn't want to leave it too late as have had a lot of prolems to do with my girly bits, and figured if I had a problem conceiving I would need the time to deal with it. And apart from a mc I didn't have any probs.
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Posted By: LJsmum
Date Posted: 19 June 2008 at 12:25pm
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27 , had been trying for nearly 5 years so could have been younger just thankful it happened naturally at all Have been married fro nealry 7 years together for 10! -------------  
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Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 19 June 2008 at 12:46pm
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I'm 26 and just pregnant with #1. I always wanted to have kids relatively young but wanted to be married to DH first (we'd been together 6 years when we got married). Got married the day before my 26th b'day and was pregnant 2 months later - the first month of TTC
It's really interesting to see what people consider to be "young" or "old" to have kids back home in NZ. Over here (in Singapore) I'm considered young - I have 3 friends here who are also pregnant and they're all in their mid 30s. ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: aussiegirl
Date Posted: 19 June 2008 at 3:40pm
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I will be 32. Married at 31, been with Dh for 6 years. we are probably average age-wise in our antenatal group ------------- Mum to Hayley **30.6.08
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