I was 27 and 31 with my boys. I love them. I wish I waited only in the aspect that I divorced their Dad (my decision) after 11 years of marriage. I was 22 when I met him and 24 when I got married. I don't regret having my kids at that age. I regret settling down right away after college.
18 and still at school, definite case of oops! Had my second 4 and a half years later, although this wasn't what was planned things couldn't have turned out better and I wouldn't change anything for the world, even the shitty things after all you need to have known the bad times to appreciate the good. My partner and I now feel the time is right for own child and if you read my post in the lesbian forums it looks like the turkey baster option. It's a bit of a contradiction in that I always saw the advantage of having kids young like I did was still being young enough to party hard and the rest when they've grown up but here I am at 30 wanting another! I don't care though, I've come this far in life when the odds have been stacked against me, done my degree before the hike in tuition fees kicks in and I'm now in a solid relationship with someone who also has children who treat my two like their own sisters so the family support network is already there
18, and yes I was far too young. If I could go back I'd have done it 10 years later. Not that I'd change my (now not so little) man for the world. I went on to have 4 more! But I do feel I've missed out on so much, and all because I felt I just *should* have kids. Wait it out girls.
I had my kids at 22 and 25. I'm sure glad I wasn't any older because when I was 46 and a half years old my triplet granddaughters were born to my son and his wife. Nine months later my daughter had a son. My husband and I have been taking care of this 4 children for the past 4-5 years so their parents could work. There's no way I could be a minute older than I was and have handled 4 grandbabies all at once, lol!
I was 19. Oops..but now he's 9 ( almost 10 ) and I'm 29. I think this is perfect. I'd have another though...
I don't have kids yet, but certainly hope to start having them before I'm 30. Hopefully I'll have my first by 25-27.
23. While I am a believer in blessing your sweet mistakes, and know the person my son is wuld be radically different in different situations, my advice is to wait until late 20s if you can. I also advocate child free. I was able to be a youngish mama because I had not yet gotten into a career. Heck, I attended college while he was in preschool and elementary! I was not a heavy hitter earner for my first marriage, so staying home made economic sense as I didn't make much more than daycare would cost.
I have no brats But i raised my younger siblings and two cousins when i was 14, and i don't mean baby sit then they go home, i mean they lived with me and my nana. She was old and was sick so i saw to the brats lol Love them to bits, well any child makes me a softy damit lol i can't wait to have my own children, when ever that happens hahahaha