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I think waiting till ur in your mid 20's to late 20's is a good time to start. It seems more and more people are having kids later in life and being 35 and having your first is very common these days. I am 29 and preg with my second. I had my first at 24 and looking back i feel i was to young.

Some people just don't have a choice. I tried for 10 years for a baby (it was my ex-husband all along). I'm 31 now. I have a beautiful daughter that is 10mths and I'm trying for 1 more.(taking a test on Friday) I would have loved to have had a baby in my mid 20's Luckily God must have known when the time was right for me. I will say this .. I'm glad I never stopped trying. When crawling under the crib 2-3xs a day for her favorite pacey I do hear my bones pop a little...lol. I wouldn't trade it for the world.

I'm 30 and am pregnant with my first child. Just recently something clicked inside of me and I decided I was finally ready to have a baby. And we were lucky enough to get pregnant the first time we tried. I feel my maturity will help me be a better mother than if I would have started a family at 20 or 25. I definitely wasn't ready to be a mom five or ten years ago. But now I am ready and so happy!

I have found it interesting to read everyone's posts. It's great to have a place to share with those in the same or similar boats. So, I'm wondering if anyone is in the same boat as I am.... I am 24, husband is 27. We are in no real rush but are both excited to have kids soon. We are not ttc yet as I recently (dec) raduated from college with my teaching degree so am now getting my career under way. Basically, my "boat" is that I want to have kids SOON, but the financial aspect is just trying to catch up to our emotional readiness to have kids. We aren't broke and we could easily make it work, but student loans are a big pain and we want to be at least close to buying a house..... anyway... anyone else feeling similarly?

I'm am 27 and going to start trying at xmas just before my 28th bday. I would have loved to of had children younger however thinking about it, the amount of mistakes i've made and learnt from i probably have only just grown up now so i am glad i didn't make my mistakes with a baby on tow! I know now is the best time for me as i am not interested in pubs and clubs anymore and am stable financially however my bestfriend had her first at 17 and she is an excellent mother of 3 she doesn't have a huge house and nice cars but appreciates the other things in life that don't involve money, everybodies different! x

I am pregnant with my second child... and I'm 38. My daughter was born when I was 36. In my early 20's I had it all figured out- I would get married at 23, first child at 25. Nothing went down as planned. But honestly I'm glad things feel into place like they did. My career is well established. We are financially and emotionally stable. I don't feel old. I'm comfortable, and I feel blessed.

Seems I am the only one who wanted kids exceptionally young. My 1st two were born when I was 18 & 19. I am pregnant with number 3 at 23 and I think I am a bit old... at 25 I wouldn't consider having anymore. Not because there is anything wrong with having kids later in life, but when I am 36 my 1st two children will be 17 & 18 years old. I can't imagine being 40 or fifty and still raising kids. The latter part of our lives we want for ourselves.

I was 21 when I had my first (boy), 23 when I had my 2nd (boy) and 25 when I had my 3rd (dd). with my daughter, after some complications with my triplescreen test, I got the results i had a 1:7500+ cahnce of having a baby with downsyndrome. I had the triple screen done this time around, at 27, and I have a 1:3300 chance. To me this is scary being in my mid 20's and in 2 years I could go from a 1:7500 to a 1:3300 chance of Downsyndrome. I am glad I had children early because I cant imagine trying to have a baby in my 30's when those numbres would more than likely be 1:1000 or less.

To Downbutnotout: Damn, that is pretty scary. Are those numbers normal for most women? If so, I need to get crackin on those babies....not that I don't want to already. How are your kids?

I watched a show on TV today and this woman was 46 having her first child. They said that between the ages of 40-45, the chances of Downs Syndrome is 1:400 !!! I was so shocked but her baby was perfect in every way.

AET - I'm in the same boat. I wanted to be married earlier and have children in my late 20's, but I didn't find my husband until I was 25! I did take the time to establish my career and enjoy my 'youth'. My husband and I both said that it was in His plan for us to do it this way. We are now financially and emotionally mature enough to have a family and that is our goal. Age is only a number and having children in my 30's will only benefit me in the long run - the way I see it, they will keep me young and I will be able to appreciate that a lot more. I have more patience now than when I was in my 20''s. My mother had children from the age of 20-36....she is very resentful that she didn't take time for herself and figure out who she is. Her self worth is very low and only considers herself to be a mother. Don't misread what I have stated, this is NOT the feelings of all women who had children early on...only the experience of my mother. I think the role of a mother is the most noteworthy and rewarding, one that goes without recognition.

Hi, I don't think there is any wrong for any woman to make decision of any age they want to TTC and have the baby.. it will be depending the person's and the partner's preparation in their financial and mentality.

I think that the age does not really matter. What matters is that both parents want the baby and that they are somehow prepared to raise it. Thre is nothing more painful and unjust for the baby to be rejected and not loved by its own parents. Some parents are ready in their 20s...others are not ready until they reach their 30s...and of course there are always parents that ttc but do not get pg righ away and those wo do not ttc and do get pg....

I am 24 and approx. 5 weeks pregnant with baby #3. Our daughter is 7 years old, and our son is 6 months. I am happy that we are having our children young, but at times I am envious of women in their 30's who are jsut starting their families.

I think I was about 20 when I decided that I wanted to get married about 27, get pregnant about 28 (so I my future husband and I could have our first year of marriage to ourselves) and have a second child around 32. I met my husband right after I had mapped all of that out and things just snowballed. We married when I was 22 and 5 days later we found out I was pregnant. Definitely not in the plans! I didn't even have an inkling, heck I didn't believe it til I had my first ultrasound. I was convinced I had some rare tumor or somethingand that why the test was positive! Anyway a year later we seperated and I found myself a single mother at 23. I definitely wasn't ready for a baby and neither was he, which is why my son calls my brother unco dada, which I don't encourage by the way. But my soon-to-be ex hubby nevers comes around so my brother's the closest thing he knows to a "dada". I grew up in a big hurry during my pregnancy and I don't regret having my son but sometimes I do look at things and go man what happened to all my plans? But that's just me, my mom had 2 kids by age 22 and was completely ready. I don't think there is a universal perfect age to get pregnant, it varies from person to person. I also think that having a baby before your own personal "perfect" age is okay too. Sometimes, like in my case, you just get ready real fast :) And there's nothing wrong with that. If I had it to do all over again I wouldn't change it. I love being a mommy! And I love my son, although I'm having serious doubts about whether we'll both survive the terrrible two's!

When I was younger, I always thought the perfect age to have a child would be 25. Well, 25 came and went....and so did that marriage. We certainly can't always choose the timing of events in our lives - but I think more often than not, it all happens as it is meant to. Now I'm with a wonderful man I plan to grow old with and at the age of 30, I finally feel totally prepared (in every sense) to become a mother. I'm not pregnant just yet - but I'm hopeful. :-)