https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:40:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1543777 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 16:33:55 +0000 kakimochi 1543777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>no, i thoroughly enjoyed my 20s and early 30s, but I am very grateful that I was able to have 2 kids--my first at 37, and the 2nd at 40, I was worried that my age would make it difficult. I'm going to be 42 this year, and I do wish I had more energy, it's hard keeping up with 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1541427 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 06:08:39 +0000 Pumuckl 1541427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 29 when LO was born and I love the timing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1541195 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 21:18:37 +0000 fancyfunction 1541195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really - I couldn't imagine having kids in my early to mid 20's. Late 20's would probably have been doable, but it didn't work out that way and I'm fine with that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1541055 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 20:02:48 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1541055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lol, no. I had my son at 23. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1541043 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 19:58:52 +0000 MummaColston 1541043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha no way! I'll stick with 22 thank you very much! I suppose I'm considered a fairly young Mum but I'm glad I had my LO when I did. It didn't take much for me to get back in to shape, and he gets to enjoy his grandparents for longer. I've always been a bit upset that I didn't get to meet one set of grandparents and I didn't get much time with my other set.<br /> On the other hand I'm glad I wasn't any younger because at 22 I had a good education, qualifications, and a steady job to support my family as did my 25 year old partner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1490982 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 09:26:56 +0000 ValentineMommy 1490982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely yes. I was 32 when I got pregnant and 33 when I had him. I've been in my established career for 7 years, and wish DH and I had been together sooner to start sooner! But, it is what it is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1412556 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 16:40:38 +0000 BSB 1412556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A big f* yes! I would have started on our wedding night had I known it would take 2 years to get pregnant. Being responsible and having enough money doesn't mean anything now. I would give up anything to be pregnant.</p> <p>I don't curse that often but for this question, I will. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1412492 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 16:17:46 +0000 pui 1412492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. If it were up to me I would have been married by 22 and had kids by 23. Didn't work out that way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1410960 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 00:38:42 +0000 tequiero21 1410960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think my kids came at the perfect time in our lives. But I wish I had more energy and wish there wasn't such an age gap. My hubby and I are 40 and 36 when this baby arrives. That was the diff between my dad and his mom and she had 9 kids. I never wanted such an age gap, but o well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1410948 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 00:13:23 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1410948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I was 23 when I had W. Any younger and I wouldn't have been done with school or had a stable job! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1410898 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 23:08:55 +0000 googly-eyes 1410898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, but I had lo at 22 so as @danizaur said..couldn't be much younger. There have been times throughout the past year or so that I have said to dh that in a way I would have dealt with some of this better as a teenager! But that's just my personality kind of stuff, sleep needs, etc., and overall of course I would NOT have been better off. I also don't regret not waiting though. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1410683 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 20:42:50 +0000 artsyfartsy 1410683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 22 so I can't have picked to be much younger. Lol</p> <p>DH and I are financially stable and have been married for almost 3 years. We both felt ready to start a family. Plus since my family has always had children young, LO has lots of years with his great grandparents ahead of him. My Mamaw only just turned 66. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1410664 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 20:34:26 +0000 sunshineandsushi 1410664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. I was 25 when my boys were born, definitely wasn't ready before then for babies! If anything, if I would have known we would have twins when we got pregnant, I would have held off for another year or so. But only if I knew I was still going to get these exact boys. :) It was quite a shock to go from 0 to 2 at once. 2 was always our number, so if I knew if get them both at once, I'd feel like we have more time before having kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1410634 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 20:08:28 +0000 jedeve 1410634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. I met DH at 22, married at 24, was 26 with my first and will be 27 with my second. I might be done by 30, which would be nice.</p> <p>I kind of wish we had waited. I think we made the best decisions for us at the time. We both went to grad school at the same time because I didn't want to be the wife who put him through school while talking about how one day I would go back myself. I was sick for most of grad school with some chronic health problems, so we decided to try right away in case I was infertile. I wasn't, and was pregnant when I walked. </p> <p>Of course this means we have been poor our whole marriage! I wish we had had a few years of just working and making money. My sisters and friends go on fancy trips, buy new clothes, do things for themselves. I have no idea what that is like! I feel like my twenties have been all work and responsibility. It would have been nice to have a little fun. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1410624 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 19:54:05 +0000 calsmom 1410624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 35, and I have a 21 month old and another on the way this summer. I do wish I was a younger mom at times, BUT I loved my 20's! I look back at those years rather fondly. I had great jobs, got to travel, and had fun 'getting it out of my system'. Now I am married and a stay-at-home mom. Life couldn't be more different now than it was then! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1410588 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 19:29:32 +0000 Mae 1410588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! I'm 29 now having my first in a few months and it feels like exactly the right time for me. My 20s were busy with undergrad and law school, starting a job, getting married, buying and furnishing a home, traveling with my husband, etc. I'm glad we had all those experiences and we are where we are now with our home and our jobs before we started with kids. I'm sure we could've made it work otherwise, but having everything else in our life feel so settled and accomplished makes having a kid seem far less stressful to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1410514 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 18:07:12 +0000 AmandaB8 1410514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I just had my LO at 25. But I've graduated, I have a solid career, dh is a lawyer, we've traveled Europe and many places around the US, and we own our home. We've been together since hs, so we were ready!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1410397 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 16:20:22 +0000 coopsmama 1410397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No way. I had DS at 22 and will have this one at 23. I'm enjoying being a young mom and will be glad to have all of our kids before 30 but I can't imagine being any younger. As it is, giving up our newlywed married freedom this young has been hard -- but my son is worth it! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1410392 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 16:16:58 +0000 anandam 1410392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 30 and expecting our first, due a few months before 31. Met DH at 24 but lived in different states, engaged at 27 and married 28. He's 6 years older. We'd love slews of children.</p> <p>I don't think our timeline could have moved much faster but I do often think if we'd met earlier it might have been nice. Don't think I gained all that much from years of unfulfilling dating and single life, really. And now I feel like I'd like to be a SAHM for a bit but there's all this career pressure because of a graduate degree and student loans that I didn't have in my early 20s. So that's kind of annoying. But maybe with kids I never would have gone back to school or pursued the field I'm in, and would regret that. Or maybe I'd be plenty fulfilled by motherhood and never care. Who knows! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1410385 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 16:06:38 +0000 Ginabean3 1410385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had LO at 31 last year and no way would I have had her earlier..I had too much carefree fun in my 20s. :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1410350 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 15:23:10 +0000 jhd 1410350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 31 and LO is arriving in April. DH will turn 32 before then. We met right after I turned 25 and got married when I was 27. I have no regrets. We have enjoyed our time just the two of us and I think we have established a healthy marriage that will be a great benefit to our little boy and any future LOs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1410344 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 15:17:07 +0000 birdofafeather 1410344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>no. DH and i had a good time dating and then married and i think it was timed well in terms of our age (i was a month shy of 29 when DD was born). we still want to travel and bring LO along for the ride! we have a lot to achieve professionally, but it's not a hindrance, but a reason to keep moving forward for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1410335 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 15:09:59 +0000 cascademom 1410335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes I do wish we were younger when we got pregnant. I was 32 when I had him. Turning 34 next week, so the clock is ticking again. It took 4 months to conceive LO so I don't want to wait too long on his sibling for age spacing and pregnancy health in general. We married when I was 29, so we started married life a little later too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1410324 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 14:59:29 +0000 MsMamaBear 1410324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, I liked being child free in my 20s. Plus I probably would have struggled and not had my house and loans paid off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1410240 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 13:42:44 +0000 looch 1410240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No! Only because that would have meant having a child with someone that is not my husband, as we only got together in my early 30s. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1409931 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 04:58:51 +0000 Purpledaisy 1409931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! I was 24 when I got pregnant and 25 when she was born and it was the perfect age for me. I've always wanted to be a younger mom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1409213 Sat, 08 Feb 2014 14:23:51 +0000 PurplePeony 1409213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really, but it would have been nice to have a younger body to carry the pregnancy, and if we'd had kids a couple years ago we'd have still been on the east coast, closer to our families. But we were lucky and got pregnant pretty quickly once we felt ready. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1409191 Sat, 08 Feb 2014 13:55:48 +0000 travelgirl1 1409191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes and no... yes because now infertility issues are doing a loud tick tock in my head ALL the time and I feel a lot of pressure to get moving. Also yes because I love being a mum more than anything else in the world, I would have absolutely loved to have A in my life for longer. But no because I loved my 20s, I went to uni and had a blast, enjoyed a good few years of my career, travelled a lot including a round-the-world trip and moved abroad. I feel all that experience will contribute to the kind of parent I can be to our kids. I'm 33 so no spring chicken, ha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1409114 Sat, 08 Feb 2014 12:28:31 +0000 mrsjyw 1409114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! I was 29 when I had ds n still felt toobyoung! I got to do a lot of traveling and enjoying time w dh before that I wouldn't ever wish away before having ds! My mom was 29 when she had me too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-had-children-when-you-were-younger-1/page/2#post-1409081 Sat, 08 Feb 2014 11:55:28 +0000 cyndistar3 1409081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha nope! It would be awful if I had children any younger. Though I can't regret it because I love my life and I love that we can enjoy the kids while we still have the energy and we will still be young when the kids are all moved out so we will still be able to do all of the things we wanted to do before having children :) </p>