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I had LO at 30. I wish I had been a little younger. I'm 31 right now and even though I know that's still young, I definitely don't feel as energetic as I did at 25. I'm also afraid I'll be too tired to be really active with her as she gets older. Good reason to get into shape!!

I had LO 2 weeks shy of my 29th bday. I guess I'm cool with it, but since we are hoping to go for 4 kids, starting a little earlier would've been nice, too!

I'm nearly 23 and have a 6 month old, I wish I was older.

I had DD 1 at 28 and DD 2 at 31. I'm pretty happy about the timing... Not too young or too old.

I wonder if my body would have bounced back better if I had been younger. I theorize that I would have had less stretch marks if I had better skin elasticity.

Otherwise, perfectly happy.

I'm still pregnant, so I'll probably be able to answer this a little better once the baby is here. But, I'm glad to be a young-ish first time mom and think 25 is a good year for me to get started. However, even though I'd say we are financially stable and live comfortably, I wish we had more money overall (in savings, in investments, coming from our jobs, etc.) which I expect will be the case when we are a bit older.

I was just shy of 32 when DS was born (he's almost 4 months ol now). I also had a miscarriage and would have had a baby 6 month earlier but I don't think it would have made a difference in terms of our stability, etc, had that pregnancy survived. I am happy that I waited til my 30s to have kids since we are financially secure and had plenty of time to enjoy responsibility free life! but sometimes wish I was younger and had more
energy! Also there's more pressure to get going on kid 2 since we don't have that long until I'm advanced maternal age.

I had LO at 30 and sometimes I wish I had been younger. That said, I definitely wasn't ready in my 20s, when I was having a (very) good time in London and then Manhattan.

But... I think younger could be a very good things in terms of energy, getting the body back and not feeling the pressure to have children in quick succession due to the difficulty of getting pregnant at an older age.

I had Lo 2 months after I turned 31 and will have baby boy a month shy of my 33rd birthday!
I think I had my kids at a good age.

Nope, 30 was the perfect age for me. We are more financially stable and our careers are in a better place for me to not work full time. I also appreciate having him more than I would have if all has gone as planned, since TTC took longer than we originally planned.

My son was born at 28( was pregnant at 27) and I think we were in the right place to start trying. That said, I kind of wish the economy would have been in our favor to start earlier. In just those couple of years, I feel so much older and I feel like I'll be less likely to want another at this point. We didn't marry until 25, though, so that would have needed to get pushed earlier, too. I guess it just worked out the way it should have.

I'm 34 and just starting to TTC. In some ways I feel like I'm on the edge of being old to TTC, we've all heard about the dreaded drop in fertility at 35. But I wasn't in the position to start any earlier than now.

In my 20s I struggled a ton financially and had no serious relationships. At 29 I changed my life by going to grad school and moving to another state for a job. I fell into a really complicated relationship and met and became best friends with my now husband. 2 years ago the bad relationship ended, I bought a house, and DH and I got together.

So yeah, I wish I had more time, fertility-wise. But everything happened the way it was supposed to to bring me to where I am now :-).

I'm in my early 30's and just starting to TTC. I always wanted to be a young mom, but even now, I feel like I could wait longer cause life as it is now is so perfect. So I'm torn but satisfied with the way things have worked itself out. Even though I'd always wanted kids young (by mid 20's) I've had a great childfree 20's traveling and just enjoying carefree life.

I was 24 when my LO was born, and most of the time I wish I was older. I finished college, bought a house, and just got married. Within 2 months I was pregnant. I didn't have a great job or a career. I wish I had more time to figure it all out.

My son was born when I was 35. I often think I would have had an easier time recovering if I was younger.

I had a great time in my 20's but there was no way I was ready to introduce a child into the mix before I turned 30.