At what age did you have your First Child??

I had my first when I was 25 and about to have my second and I'm 29. I thought at 25 that I could of waited a bit longer but I had a pretty good idea of what I was doing. I sometimes wonder if at 29 I'm ready to have 2 :) 8 kids? You must be busy lol

i had my first one at 20 my second at 25 and my 3rd (and LAST) at 27

My mom is one. She was brought up under extreme discipline and conservative conditions by her parents. Saying no to your parents is arguing, not wanting to speak about your friends is insulting your parents, wanting not to own up something is lying, slapping a child is the accepted and time-honoured way of parental guidance, and what your parents say is sacrosanct…this was her methods of bringing my ‘up’. A mother’s role is next to God’s in a child’s life and I am grateful for the many things she did for me, I mean I would not be where I am today but for her. However, that was not the way of teaching a child the values of life, its lanes & bylanes. With my son, I always try to strike a balance between being liberal and conservative and till now it has worked. But sometime when I do slap him in from of my mother and she takes her grandson’s side, I remind her of how she had treated me more that often for my insignificant mistakes. I try but I cant wipe out the bitterness from my voice and then she says that yes, at that time, she did not know how to treat a child the proper way. But I understand, in her times parenting was not such a big issue as it is now.

We also have 3 girls and 5 boys! But ours is combined so not all came from me...good thing too since I wasn't quite 11 when s/o's oldest was born! I was still too young when my oldest was born and had my 3rd just a week after my 21st birthday. My 6th and last (8th including s/o's 2) was born when I was 27. It did make a big difference in how I've raised them all. I did things so much different with the younger ones than I did with the older ones.

I was 19 years old when I got pregnant with my son and I was 20 years old when I had him he will be 12 years old in July he has a younger sister who will be 5 in Arpil they sure grow up fast!

I was 33. I wanted earlier but was never with the right person. I have had a fun and good life and happy to be able to stay home with my children and if I had them earlier I would not have been able to afford to.

I had my first child when I was 25. One month later, I turned 26. I never knew what to expect. I read all the books i could find, read all advices from internet to educate myself more on parenting. This coupled with advices from mother and MIL has helped me. Now my son is 22 months. I think I had done all I can to bring up my son. Even I asked God to help me and provide me with wisdom. I feel God is guiding me everyday.

I had my first little one at 22 years of age, and my second when i was 24 years old. I wanted children since i was a teen, and I think I was as ready as I could be. I honestly think that when that little baby is in your arms for the first time, you can't help to be a little overwhelmed, regardless of your age, marital status and financial stability. Thankfully for me, I had and still have all that I wanted in life, and having a child wasn't a massive stressor, and we planned on having one, so that made it much easier.

I had my first and only child when I was seventeen. I was unmarried at the time and had to give her up for adoption. In those days, they made you sign the papers in the hospital and that was before you had a look at the baby. Then they tried to keep you from holding the baby. That was to show people that you really did not care for children and since I had a hard time finding a husband until too late, it worked. We had to adopt, but we did not get the babies until they were three months old, so the only 1 day child I held was my granddaughter. I was so upset when I first got my sons, that I did not know anything about raising children, I was so scared I was going to hurt them. I could hardly sleep, I thought they were going to die in the night.

I had my one and only son at the age of 31 years and even then I didn't know much about parenting other than what my brothers and sister were going through. I have always wanted to have a child of my own and I am thankful that I met my husband and married, then was able to conceive. We have been trying for another for the past three years and no such luck for us. But that is ok, we are very HAPPY!

I had my first child fourteen months after his father and I were wed, I was 23 and a half years old. I have had 6 more pregnancies since then.

I was 17 when I had my daughter and 19 when I had my son. I wanted more kids,but my sperm donor became a jerk and I divorced him. I am now remarried and have a ten year old step-daughter. I'd still like another baby but my husband says no....

I was 21 when I had my first child and 28 when I had my second and last child. I think I had a pretty good idea about things when I had my son. I had been babysitting kids since I was 11 years old, so I had 10 years of child care experience. I by no means knew everything, but I had a good start.

I was 20 when I gave birth to my son. He is now 3 years old. I was actually clueless on how to be a parent that time. I am glad that my mother is very supportive.