At what age do you want to have your children?

I'm 17, and just had a miscarriage...

I want to wait for at least 5 more years to get pregnant again (planned next time, this last pregnancy was not planned but the baby was very much wanted).

I'm fortunate enough that I've lived a lot, a lot more than most people in their mid 20's and early 30's, in some ways that is good and bad - I've grown up very quickly, probably too quickly. I get ahead of myself and try and do too much in too little time. I want to be able to slow it down and just enjoy the moment for what it is for at least 5 more years.

Also, the thing about the older parents having a higher chance of pregnancies resulting in birth defects is not a myth. It is fact that each year you have a smaller chance of concieving as you're not as fertile as you once were, and the older you get (past 35, up into the 40's) you run a much greater risk of having miscarriages, or children with defects. That's fact.

I'm seventeen and wouldn't mind having kids at 25. This is my reason if you have a kid at 25 in 20 years that kid will have a 45 year old dad. A reasonable age for a parent the older you get the greater chance of mortality before your kids reach adult age and I want to be there for my grand kids. I'd think that though I make for a kinda weird 17 year old I'd make an awesome grandpa. People complain that once you have a kid your life is finished. I know otherwise to be true. I don't need a big fancy house or car or tons of money and I'll be sure to find a wife who doesn't need those things either my God is enough for me and a family is better than all the money in the world. To pass the torch to your kids I feel is one of the greatest accomplishments in life. I don't rag on anyone who wants some awesome career or high end business job but I have my God and a world of mysteries to explore and problems to consider and hopefully solve and elect to reach with the gospel I think its best to have a family along for the ride because (ARSFUGITENSVITABREVIS) Art is fleeing and Life is short. I'll stick with my family and my God.

I think I'm the opposite to you. I want to have kids and then travel later. I had my first at 20 and am currently 12 weeks along with my second, so I will be 22 whn he/she is born. I still want a few more but by the time I'm 50 they will be old enough to look after themselves and I want to travel then.

I don't think it's a myth that having them late CAN cause health issues, I think it depends on the person. My mum had me at 38 and my brother at 45, we are both very healthy people, but she has always lived a healthy lifestyle, I think there are people out there that wouldn't be able to have a healthy baby at that age.

I know that this might sound silly to some people, but I want to have my first baby, when I'm 22 :-) I'm 16 now and I know what I want to do with my life. I want to be a nurse and that's generally two to three years worth of study. I don't have a boyfriend right now, but I definitely want to be married first before having children, because I think babies need to be brought up in families with two parents and with jobs and good relationships. I also want to be a nurse first and have my own house too.

I definitely want three or four children and I know giving birth hurts, but I don't really care, because after awhile the pain goes and once you first hold your baby in your arms, then you forget all the pain :-)

I love children so much and nothing seems better for me, than being called 'mummy' and caring and loving my babies. I think having children is one of the most beautiful things in the world.

My husband and I have been married for just over a year, and we're thinking we'd like to wait a few more years before we have our first child. He's 24, I'm 22. I'd like to be between 25 and 28 when we decide to have our first baby. I don't want to wait too much later than that because it increases my likelihood of having twins and also because that gives us less time to work with in the event that either of us need fertility treatments. Plus we want to have time to enjoy our first before working on another baby--we don't want to feel rushed into baby #2 by my biological clock.

I'm eightteen and am step mother to two children at the moment, and will possibly become mother to my partner's other son. I'm happy to pretty much settle down and have the children I do now.

I travel with them (my partner's career takes him all over) and I'm currently in my first year of university studying teaching. I'm happy with how my life is, even though when I was younger I wanted to be out of university before having my first kid.

In terms of having biological, planned children, I'm TTC my first now because I have PCOS and that could mean it might take years to fall pregnant. I want another child after this, probably four years late.

I'm 23 and I have 3 kids (ages 5,2, & 1 years old). My husband and I do not plan on having anymore children. I'm glad that I had mine all together while I am still young. This is just what works best for me and my husband though and I know that everyone is different so what's best for us may not be as great for someone else. Always good to have a plan though and you certainly sound like you have one! Best wishes to you!

I had my daughter when I was 31, and I thought that was SO YOUNG compared to my peers, hyper-professional, high-achieving. My peers for the most part waited until they were 35+.

Of course, in the end, I turned out completely average - in her elementary school I couldn't be more "in the middle" agewise.

But delaying children is something a lot of adventurous, high achieving types do. But it's hard to explain to everyone else, not that you have to explain.

well I am 21 and I have been with my husband for 6 years and been married 2 we now ahve a 1 year old daughter and TTC for baby number 2. I knew for a long time i wanted to get married and have children at a early age! everyone knows whats right for them,

Probably between 23-33 after collage and I have a career going.