Which is the best age to have the first child?
People are nowdays choosing to have their first children considerably later than one or two decades ago. The reasons may vary from financial issues to the lack of desire of having kids early. For those who know that they will eventually create families time becomes a pressing issue. So when then is the best age for people to have their first children?
Answers:
20 and up
when every you fell ready but not to young and when you feel you have the money to support your child they cost a bit of money
Never! Is never good for you? Never is good for me!
Seriously, don't do it!
Up to the individual.
I think a female is at her peak for child bearing at about 18 - 20, although females can have children up to the age of 50 or even older.
It is up to the individual so dont let anyone talk you around, it is your body and your life
when your ready every one is different. i had my 1st at 17 i wasnt ready then my second at 23 and i was ready
Just get your school done and set in a carreer, i had kids youg (19) and i had one at 30 a couple months ago- i think 30 is the perfect age to have a child. it really depends on where you are at in your life, maturity lvl, and are you ready to focus on someone other than yourself.
whenever u feel it is the right time.i was 20 when i had my first
i had my first at 19 it might have been a year or two too young but it is great now as she is the mother of lively 12 yr old and 10yr old sons and i at 57 have the energy to play tig in the garden.
their father was 10 years older than me
when you feel your ready to have a child. there is no specific age at which is best.depends on the person.
I think from 18 up to about 30 is the best age range to have children
I would have to say after twenty five. You are done with partying and are more goal oriented by that time in your life.
I had my baby at 26, which was definitely the right age, for me anyway. It's not too old but not too young, physically and mentally.
Nobody should have a child until they're at least 25 and in a stable financial position.
thats odd im in utah i guess that is why i think differant every one hear has kids when there 17 every one here has them realy earliy.. i had mine at 17 and 20 i am glad that i did it that young cuz now i can play and relate to them its cool
for people who are financally secure, who have good jobs and can take good care of them
i will never have a child, and i feel sorry for all those people whose 20's are pre-occupied by children. your 20's is when you should be having fun, living life
everyone is different so you have to go by what your body and head tells you i had my 1st when i was 30 and my second when i was 32
Go with the flow on this one..literally!
Its hard to answer really, i had my first child at 23 was not planned dont regret, ive had my second at 28 i found with my second i enjoyed it better i dont know if that was because i was older and wiser but then again i would not of wanted to have kids nearer to 40s not that theres anything wrong with that .
Its just personal choice
When they are married and ready. There is no correct age. Some start at 18, 23, 30, 40. All these ages can work. It depends on where you want to be in life when you begin your family.
I believe it's up to the person who is having the kids. I had my first child when I was 18.6 months ago! I'm having a blast. My husband and I felt we were financially stable and we are. I understand why people would want to have children later.a lot of people have this impression that children cost a lot and that they are a burden. I find it to be the complete opposite.yes, we spend one-hundred dollars more on my son a month but it's not as much as we expected. We expect to spend like three hundred. And as for my son being a burden.I'd trade partying for a night home playing with him any day! Like I said before I don't think it's a set age.it's what the individual is up to.
I think 25 is a good age. You are more settled, more mature and are able to cope with what life throws at you. I think for 18-24 you are learning who you are and becoming a stronger person because of that. So once you have been on 'self descovery' you're ready to have children.
i would say around 20-30 then ull have the best chance of being around longer i didnt mean that offences any age above 20 i feel is ok but i have to say over ( the most ) 40 ! hope i help you
After a wman has made some key decisions about the direction of her life and gotten the necessary education. Ideally, to take advantage of peak fertility, this is sometime in the early twenties. It also depends on how many children you'd like to have. If you want seven, you'll need to start a little sooner than of you only want one!
It depends on when you are ready. Some people do prefer to wait until they are older. I chose to have my children at 23, 24, and 27. I want to be able to enjoy them, so I wanted to get it done with while I'm young enough to be able to see them through everything and get to know grandchildren when that happens. It really is dependant on when YOU are ready, though.
Mid twenties and upwards.
22 up
I am pregnant myself and i am 24 years old. i think its down to the individual and their life circumstances.
if your in the right situation to have a baby then you should go for it. however i think 50 plus women who have IVF are not truly considering the consequences of having a child so late in life.
There is no best age you have your children when you are ready to.
Not everyone is ready when they are young and some don't want to have them when they are older.
I'm having my first at 34 (I'llbe a week off my 35th birthday when he's born). I married at 22 but spent 10 years with a man who didn't want children. Despite trying I never got pregnant with him. I left him and met my BF, and we started trying. It took us over 2 years to get pregnant. We were told it wasn't going to happen and we'd need IVF, but then a miracle occurred and I got pregnant naturally for the first time in my life.
I feel ready now at 34. To some extent I think its taken me this long to get to a stage where I was not constantly thinking about myself and my own ambitions. As for energy, well up tilla few months ago I was working a 40 hour week plus dancing 7-8 hours a week so thats not a problem. I don't feel "old" in anyway.
My boyfriend is younger than me (23) so its not even as though my child will have two "old fogey" parents (and 35 is not an old fogey anyway.
My mum had me at 36 and my brother at 42. And her mother had three children at 36, 38 and 40! No problems with the pregnancies, deliveries and all very healthy babies! I weighed nearly 9 pounds and my brother was 8. We were really fit babies who impressed the doctors caring for us, despite being born to an "older" mum!
In contrast, my BF's mum had him at the "young" age of 19 and he was a really sickly, underweight, premature baby who had everyting wrong with him, needed emergency major surgery and was not expected to survive despite being born to a "young" mother (so by conventional reasoning he should have been healthier than me who was born to an "older" one!)!
BF's mum's kids did not have a very settled life at all and I think she was way too young.
Now at 43 she's disabled and practically wheelchair bound, so she has less mobility and will be less able to play with her grandchild than my 70 year old mother who is as sprightly as anything!!
So this idea that you "have" to have your kids in the your teens or twenties is rubbish. Everyone is different.
Besides which, people live longer and stay active for longer today. 50 years ago 62 might have been considered "old" and "decrepit" but most 62 year olds today are still running around living active lives. And medical care has progressed so much from what it was many years ago. People need to move with the times.
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Answers:
20 and up
when every you fell ready but not to young and when you feel you have the money to support your child they cost a bit of money
Never! Is never good for you? Never is good for me!
Seriously, don't do it!
Up to the individual.
I think a female is at her peak for child bearing at about 18 - 20, although females can have children up to the age of 50 or even older.
It is up to the individual so dont let anyone talk you around, it is your body and your life
when your ready every one is different. i had my 1st at 17 i wasnt ready then my second at 23 and i was ready
Just get your school done and set in a carreer, i had kids youg (19) and i had one at 30 a couple months ago- i think 30 is the perfect age to have a child. it really depends on where you are at in your life, maturity lvl, and are you ready to focus on someone other than yourself.
whenever u feel it is the right time.i was 20 when i had my first
i had my first at 19 it might have been a year or two too young but it is great now as she is the mother of lively 12 yr old and 10yr old sons and i at 57 have the energy to play tig in the garden.
their father was 10 years older than me
when you feel your ready to have a child. there is no specific age at which is best.depends on the person.
I think from 18 up to about 30 is the best age range to have children
I would have to say after twenty five. You are done with partying and are more goal oriented by that time in your life.
I had my baby at 26, which was definitely the right age, for me anyway. It's not too old but not too young, physically and mentally.
Nobody should have a child until they're at least 25 and in a stable financial position.
thats odd im in utah i guess that is why i think differant every one hear has kids when there 17 every one here has them realy earliy.. i had mine at 17 and 20 i am glad that i did it that young cuz now i can play and relate to them its cool
for people who are financally secure, who have good jobs and can take good care of them
i will never have a child, and i feel sorry for all those people whose 20's are pre-occupied by children. your 20's is when you should be having fun, living life
everyone is different so you have to go by what your body and head tells you i had my 1st when i was 30 and my second when i was 32
Go with the flow on this one..literally!
Its hard to answer really, i had my first child at 23 was not planned dont regret, ive had my second at 28 i found with my second i enjoyed it better i dont know if that was because i was older and wiser but then again i would not of wanted to have kids nearer to 40s not that theres anything wrong with that .
Its just personal choice
When they are married and ready. There is no correct age. Some start at 18, 23, 30, 40. All these ages can work. It depends on where you want to be in life when you begin your family.
I believe it's up to the person who is having the kids. I had my first child when I was 18.6 months ago! I'm having a blast. My husband and I felt we were financially stable and we are. I understand why people would want to have children later.a lot of people have this impression that children cost a lot and that they are a burden. I find it to be the complete opposite.yes, we spend one-hundred dollars more on my son a month but it's not as much as we expected. We expect to spend like three hundred. And as for my son being a burden.I'd trade partying for a night home playing with him any day! Like I said before I don't think it's a set age.it's what the individual is up to.
I think 25 is a good age. You are more settled, more mature and are able to cope with what life throws at you. I think for 18-24 you are learning who you are and becoming a stronger person because of that. So once you have been on 'self descovery' you're ready to have children.
i would say around 20-30 then ull have the best chance of being around longer i didnt mean that offences any age above 20 i feel is ok but i have to say over ( the most ) 40 ! hope i help you
After a wman has made some key decisions about the direction of her life and gotten the necessary education. Ideally, to take advantage of peak fertility, this is sometime in the early twenties. It also depends on how many children you'd like to have. If you want seven, you'll need to start a little sooner than of you only want one!
It depends on when you are ready. Some people do prefer to wait until they are older. I chose to have my children at 23, 24, and 27. I want to be able to enjoy them, so I wanted to get it done with while I'm young enough to be able to see them through everything and get to know grandchildren when that happens. It really is dependant on when YOU are ready, though.
Mid twenties and upwards.
22 up
I am pregnant myself and i am 24 years old. i think its down to the individual and their life circumstances.
if your in the right situation to have a baby then you should go for it. however i think 50 plus women who have IVF are not truly considering the consequences of having a child so late in life.
There is no best age you have your children when you are ready to.
Not everyone is ready when they are young and some don't want to have them when they are older.
I'm having my first at 34 (I'llbe a week off my 35th birthday when he's born). I married at 22 but spent 10 years with a man who didn't want children. Despite trying I never got pregnant with him. I left him and met my BF, and we started trying. It took us over 2 years to get pregnant. We were told it wasn't going to happen and we'd need IVF, but then a miracle occurred and I got pregnant naturally for the first time in my life.
I feel ready now at 34. To some extent I think its taken me this long to get to a stage where I was not constantly thinking about myself and my own ambitions. As for energy, well up tilla few months ago I was working a 40 hour week plus dancing 7-8 hours a week so thats not a problem. I don't feel "old" in anyway.
My boyfriend is younger than me (23) so its not even as though my child will have two "old fogey" parents (and 35 is not an old fogey anyway.
My mum had me at 36 and my brother at 42. And her mother had three children at 36, 38 and 40! No problems with the pregnancies, deliveries and all very healthy babies! I weighed nearly 9 pounds and my brother was 8. We were really fit babies who impressed the doctors caring for us, despite being born to an "older" mum!
In contrast, my BF's mum had him at the "young" age of 19 and he was a really sickly, underweight, premature baby who had everyting wrong with him, needed emergency major surgery and was not expected to survive despite being born to a "young" mother (so by conventional reasoning he should have been healthier than me who was born to an "older" one!)!
BF's mum's kids did not have a very settled life at all and I think she was way too young.
Now at 43 she's disabled and practically wheelchair bound, so she has less mobility and will be less able to play with her grandchild than my 70 year old mother who is as sprightly as anything!!
So this idea that you "have" to have your kids in the your teens or twenties is rubbish. Everyone is different.
Besides which, people live longer and stay active for longer today. 50 years ago 62 might have been considered "old" and "decrepit" but most 62 year olds today are still running around living active lives. And medical care has progressed so much from what it was many years ago. People need to move with the times.
27 apparently, dont know why.
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