Age of those TTC..

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I'm 28, hanging on by the skin of my teeth, 29 next month. Will be 29 when ttc my first.
 
Thanks to all you lovely ladies - I think it's really interesting to see the age range - as some of you have said I couldn't have imagined being ready at 18 but everyone is different. I too went for the house, marriage and now hopefully baby. DH is 36 so we want to have one as soon as possible so he's still a "young" dad (ish!) x
 
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Louise B, you're a charmer aren't you!
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I do like a giggle ;) My husband being 35 has made me adapt at making old people jokes :)

I once heard a saying, from a celebrity unfortunately, and it went something like "You're born as old as you'll ever be" and it made a lot of sense to me.

Some people even as children are very responsible and serious and other people are always as irresponsible as ever regardless of how old they get.

My pet hate is people still being dependant on their own parents wanting to be parents, but age is just a number afterall.
 
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I'm 22 and Hubby is 38 ( yes, yes 16 years is a big gap) trying for out 1st baby, hoping hubbys age hasn't decreased things :|
 
My sister was... hmmm... about 21 or 22 when she got with her current partner who was 42 at the time and she caught no problem at all. She has a 4 year old now and he's perfect :love:

He had already had children so she knew he was ok in that department - does your husband already have kids?
 
I'm 25 and my partner is 28 on friday. We've been together almost 4 years and a whole bunch of our friends got engaged last year, so we have no plans for that just yet, seems like a fashion trend over here! But we got our own pllace @ Christmas and decided to try in January. I always wanted to be financially secure, but that's gonna take me into my late 30's and I've always wanted to be a mum in my 20's!!

Lots of people just "fall" pregnant with no planning and manage, and I want children before I have myself a big wedding gown. Plus.....I couldn't even be hassled to plan a wedding! Ha ;) xxx
 
Oooh great thread!

I am 27, been married to my gorge hubby for 7 years next month, We were the same as some of your girlies, we wanted to have our wedding, buy our own house, and make sure were in control of our fincances before trying. I couldnt cope with worrying about how i was going to afford the next batch of nappies or milk etc, have seen some of my friends go through that, and its precisely that which made us wait.

I am sure that you younger girlies will all make fabulous mums, age is just a number, wow to think that you will hopefully all have 12 year olds when you are 30!!! but gosh, when i was 18, there is no way i wanted to have kiddies, and we bought our house at 19 and got married at 20, so it wasnt like i was immature!!! i just wanted to enjoy my freedom and independence, have loads of holidays etc that i can tell the grandkids about ha ha! i feel old now...doh. good luck this month everyone xxx
 
Right here goes..... I have always been really young for my age but very emotional and deep, and I have only been with my partner for 4 years, so its now that I found my "The One" that I wanted to have kids and I waited till then. So whatever your age is I say you do what you want (so long as it doesnt hurt other people) and be happy and enjoy life. Age is relative. For relationships with large age gaps........ so what you love each other and thats all that counts, you love who you love no matter age gender or race. HURRAH LETS CELEBRATE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE BABIES (ok Ill calm down now am getting a bit excited ha ha) xxx
 
im 23, turning 24 in september and this is my second, had my first when i was 17, shes nearly six now
 
Hi lousieb. Thanks for that. No he doesn't have any kids, I no I'm not ovulating so that's obviously what's stopping it at the moment but when I do ovulate I just hope he's ok. Were both fit and active, not overweight/underweight. Just need to get this ov thing sorted.
 
Oh sorry i didn't know you had any issues :oooo:

Is it in the process of being treated?
 
Chazabell said:
I'm 25 and my partner is 28 on friday. We've been together almost 4 years and a whole bunch of our friends got engaged last year, so we have no plans for that just yet, seems like a fashion trend over here! But we got our own pllace @ Christmas and decided to try in January. I always wanted to be financially secure, but that's gonna take me into my late 30's and I've always wanted to be a mum in my 20's!!

Lots of people just "fall" pregnant with no planning and manage, and I want children before I have myself a big wedding gown. Plus.....I couldn't even be hassled to plan a wedding! Ha ;) xxx
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I reckon you might find it even harder to motivate yourself and/or fund a wedding after you've had children!! I agree, I always wanted to get pregnant in my 20s but I'm a bit of a traditionalist and so for me it had to be marriage then babies :wave:
 
loobilu said:
Oooh great thread!

I am 27, been married to my gorge hubby for 7 years next month, We were the same as some of your girlies, we wanted to have our wedding, buy our own house, and make sure were in control of our fincances before trying. I couldnt cope with worrying about how i was going to afford the next batch of nappies or milk etc, have seen some of my friends go through that, and its precisely that which made us wait.

I am sure that you younger girlies will all make fabulous mums, age is just a number, wow to think that you will hopefully all have 12 year olds when you are 30!!! but gosh, when i was 18, there is no way i wanted to have kiddies, and we bought our house at 19 and got married at 20, so it wasnt like i was immature!!! i just wanted to enjoy my freedom and independence, have loads of holidays etc that i can tell the grandkids about ha ha! i feel old now...doh. good luck this month everyone xxx
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Wise words I think Loobilu :dance:
 
My Mum's been married and divorced twice, and my partners mum has been divorced also, and my nan and grandad, so were not really keen to rush into it ha ha! All i want to do is run away somewhere warm and have a secret little wedding with my litte girls as a flower girl or little boy as a page boy ;) whichever turns up 1st ha ha!

xxx
 
i do agree with what all u ladies have to say, especially having the holidays and being finacially stable, i am 18,and TTC,oh and my partners almost 21.. but me and my partner have both only ever dreamt of a family! we have a flat on the docks and lived her for 1 year so far, where looking to be moving to a village called saxmundham becuase my boyfriend works for the fire service, he'll be a retained firefighter, there, so getting a house is the next step, and if falling pregnant before getting there happend, it wouldnt be a problem at all, id love it! settle in togther as a family! so age isnt really a problem in my eyes, its just about when your ready for the next step :)

Good luck everyone xxx
 
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hi guys sorry joining this quite late, im 27 and have a toyboy of 23 :) we live together, have been approx 3 1/2 years. Marrying in 2012 :) been together like 5 years :)
 
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Sort of louiseb. I went to docs two months ago cos according to my temps I don't ovulate and cos I only came off pill in march they asked me to go two more months, and if still not ov-ing they will do tests. Which is good really considering it's not been a year. But they said no point waiting a year if not ov-ing cos it ain't gonna happen. So as soon as I get next af it's back to the docs
 
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