age and having kids

United States
February 13, 2008 11:39am CST
How old were you when you had your kids? Were they planned? Do you wish you waited, or started earlier?
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@cherriemae (3370)
• Philippines
14 Feb 08
i was 25 then when i had my first child..no, it was not planned, but i realy wanted to have a child at that age..and the sad part is my bf left when i'm still 3mos pregnant, i'm a single mom with my 3yr old daughter, but i'm happy that she's healthy, very active..i already moved on, and know i wanted to become a wife at the age of 30, hope that it will come true..lol how i wish..
• United States
13 Feb 08
My kids were born when I was 23, 24, 25 and 29. None of them were planned. I wanted to start early so 23 was a good age. I will be 41 when my oldest is 18 and 47 when my youngest is 18. Sounds good to me.
• United States
13 Feb 08
I got pregnant at 21, and my son was born at 22 (I'm turning 23 in march). It was a big surprise, we definitely weren't ready, but we've been married for 3 years now so it was more surprising that we went so long before it happened! :) But I do not regret having him at all, he is the best thing to EVER happen to me and I find sometimes wishing we had him sooner but I think the timing was ok.
@miller1978 (1101)
• United States
13 Feb 08
With my first one I was barely 18. She was not planned at all because I was to young to be having a child. In some ways I wish I would have waited but just looking at her still to this day I'm glad I had her. I will still be pretty young once she turns 18, however I will be almost 47 by the time my youngest will turn 18. I had planned on originally having 6 children, which I did accomplish along the way, however I did lose one to SIDS in 1999. So I still have my 5 wonderful children, 3 girls 2 boys who keep me busy. After my first one the others were planned.