what age do you think is the perfect age to have your first child

personally i don't care how old someone is, i care about maturity and mental status
stability for the child, whenever a person has that then they can have kids if they feel like it
if i had a relationship and a job and i could support a child i would still want to wait, make sure my child has the best possible up bringing

 

I just see children as a main priority.... and there is too much I want to currently experience to revolve my life around a kid.

I'm still selfish. I think my mindset will change with age.

 

Well, I was mostly speaking from a biological perspective. People can have children whenever they want. It's just that the older a woman gets, the more prone the child is to birth defects and the mother having problems giving birth.

 

i am a bit torn with this because i think there are pros and cons for both young and older mothers. if you're young you are still with it and energetic and your body handles it better and recovers better. but if you are older you may be more financially stable and everything. my own mother was mid 30s when she had me and i would prefer to be younger than that with my kids.

I have always picked 27 as the age I was going to have kids (not sure why). I thought I would be grown up by then and ready for it... but now I'm 24 and I don't think i'll feel that much different at 27! my problem now is that i don't really want to have them yet, but the next 6 years of my career are already planned so i have no idea how im going to fit having children in there.

that is also true for the father, recent studies have shown that men having kids when they are older also increases the risk of chromosomal abnormalities, learning disabilities, and malformations like cleft palette etc.

it is actually statistically equally men and women to blame for problems with fertility although women seemed to get blamed a lot more.

 

Individual maturity not withstanding, I'd say late 20's/early 30's.

 

I had my daughter at 19. I think it was a good age to have a child just because I was in shape. She wasn't more prone to birth defects, I don't smoke, I eat healthfully, and I was younger so my eggs were still in their prime.
No, she wasn't planned and she'd have a different daddy if I had the ability to change who he is. Haha.

 

I'm going to try in about 6 years. I think the best time is between 27-29

 

Yes, fresh eggs are important.

 

28 , 29 to 30. not earlier.

 

Yeah, having bad parents builds character.

 

This si exactly what I think. My partnet doesn't want kids, but I always have a subconcious thing that says "ohh that'll be nice if/when I have kids" blahblah..

But it would be awesome to have my life totally revolving around my partner. I think kids would get in the way, and like prissbaby said, I have alot in my life that I want to experience and I think kids would get in the way.

But that isn't the question xD

I think if I were to have kids, in my mind 27 is too early and 30 is too late!! So 29? I'm not sure lols

 

30

 

I was 25. I would not change it.