How old were your parents when you were born?

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I know....I keep thinking "doing a PhD is a bad idea....by the time I have the financial stability to have kids I ll be 29-30 and 20 years from now my kids will say I was "old" when I had them" :s

If 30 is too old to have a child, doesn't that say more about society than you?

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Reply 81

Ocarinaoftime

Mum was 21, dad was 23. I'm an only child. :biggrin:

(they'd been together since 15 and 17 though) and are still together!

Reply 82

*Corinna*

Original post by crc290

If 30 is too old to have a child, doesn't that say more about society than you?

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Not really...pregnancies over the age of 30 have many more chances of developing problems, such as diabetes, and also have a higher percentage of children with genetic problems (such as down syndrome). Medically speaking women are at their best to give birth at their early twenties.
If anything, this scares me even more.

Reply 83

Marsha2112

23 and 24, which isn't that "young" but to me it seems absolutely mental to have a kid at that age! Even if I did one day want one, it wouldn't be before 30. Your life as a truly independent adult with a job, flat and degree has just begun - having a kid seems like a perfect way to throw away all that freedom, which is what my mum tells me now.

Reply 84

crc290

Original post by *Corinna*

That may be so but I hardly think women in their early 30s should be considered too old to have a child. Judging from this poll they're about average.

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Reply 85

*Corinna*

Original post by crc290

Yeah, well, I didn't say I ll be too old, but people here seem to consider after 25 being "old" so I just said I imagine my children doing the same...I still would like to have my first one before I'm 29 though, so I can have 2 before I'm 31-2. I just want to be a relatively young mother, without being too young (and sacrificing my life and my dreams)
And also, as a woman, I do find it very stressful that my most reproductive years are my current ones...it's not cool...I feel like my eggs will soon be stale and B category...like tescos value eggs! :frown:

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Reply 86

crc290

Original post by *Corinna*

As a man, I'm not sure how I should feel...

Don't knock Tesco value! Surely that's all you can afford as a poor student :P

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Reply 87

*Corinna*

Original post by crc290

As a man, I'm not sure how I should feel...

Don't knock Tesco value! Surely that's all you can afford as a poor student :P

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Haha sure tescos value is great but who wouldn't rather have organic free range eggs?

For men there is absolutely no difference really...if anything, I think the ideal age to be a father is 30-35 as men generally mature later than women.

Reply 88

crc290

Original post by *Corinna*

That just makes me think of a weird M&S advert with little children roaming about on grassy hillsides... I've been awake too long :P

Woo, go me!

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Reply 89

exlunu

Dad 26 mom 21

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Mom: 35
Dad: 30

Mum was 23 and Dad was 28. I was the first.

32 and 27. :yy:

32(Mom) and 40(Dad)

Have a Half sister 12 years older than me from my Moms side. Big Gap!

Reply 94

username714290

Both were 27 and I'm their second child, they were 24 when they had my brother

Reply 95

StacFace

My mum was 25 and my dad was 26. I was the second/first non-stillborn and I think that was when they were 23 and 24. They then had one of my sisters when they were 27 and 28 and my youngest sister who was unplanned at 29 and 30.

Reply 96

EhsanA

Mum was 26, Dad was 25. If I was born a month later they would both be 26.

Reply 97

girlikemoixx

Mum was 19, dad was 27

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Reply 98

MissD

My Mummy was 27 and My Daddy was 30 :dancing2:

I am the first-born :ahee:

Reply 99

TheBigGeek

Original post by *Corinna*

Although of course, the risk increase infinitesimally every year that a woman gets older, fertility only starts to really decrease after the age of 35. The same goes for the likelihood of various foetal abnormalities. Women who get pregnant at 30 are at no serious disadvantage biologically compared to women who are pregnant in their early 20s.