A friend of mine just told me she is finally pregnant again...she is 43! she is worried and I told her that is *the norm* lately! my sister had her daughter at 41 and is still hoping to have another ~ I think as long as you have the energy....why not! [lol][lol]

I had my son when I was 22 ... two months shy of my 23 birthday. These last 10 years have gone by QUICK!

Call me the WILD CHILD I had my daughter at the ripe age of 16, bless her soul now she passed at age 7, and I had my son at the age of 23, who is now attending Univ. of Wash. on football scholarship, woo hoo, go Huskies!!! He's 20 now.

Had my first one at barely 18 and the second at 20. I loved having them young and close. That made for a young (sometimes) grama. I say if you feel you can handle it have those precious babies. Women are very strong people![smile]

mmm..... Yes, I can answer this one:
I had my first son at 30, my next at 32. I became a "Single Parent" when my oldest was Six...... If I had not had the maturity of Age, I Really dont think I could have done that.
With Age comes Wisdom, If it comes at all. [wink]

Hi Deb!

Yep! I am one of those women who had their last child late in life. I was 39 when I had Jennifer. My three children are 27, 25, and 10 respectively.

Adiana[lol]

I was 20 when I had Kyle, now 12, and I was 27 when I had Cosette, now 5. It was hard being young with Kyle. I was in college and scared I would do something wrong but it is nice now because in some ways we grew up together and it worked out very well. By the time I had cosette I felt like an old pro.

I have been blessed with 5 kids. My 1st at 25 and my last at 39. My energy has dwindled a bit! My 1st 3 are 24,20,18 but then I started again. The younger 2 are about to be 12 and 10 yrs. I may not have the energy I had in my 20's but I feel I have the patience,love and wisdom to help them succeed in whatever they want to do in their lives. It has truly been an adventure [nonsense]

I was 32 when I gave birth to my one and only child. He is now 33 years old. [smile]

I love this topic...my children are ages (and some soon-to=be): 27, 25, 23, and 8. My 8 y.o. was conceived and born during my 38th year. The next one up was 15 at the time. At 46, you can say I'm a tad worn out! I have a wonderful husband whom I married three years ago (on the blue moon then) and at 53 he would love to adopt my son who he considers his own. My son and I couldn't be more blessed. I have two grandbabies, one that's 3 by my oldest and one that's almost 6 by the son who's 23. It was extremely difficult having my last child as he was early and there were serious birth complications. So it is his will and by blessings that he survived the delivery c-section and is my absolute JOY today. I ask him occassionally, "why did you pick such an old mom?", and he just laughs lovingly as if my question doesn't even merit an answer.