How old was your mother when you were born?

[AviatorTom]

Just curious about how old women are when they have children. So please tell us...

When you were born, how old was your mother?

My mother was 32, almost 33, when I was born.

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Interesting results for this Father question and its similar Mother question How old was your mother when you were born? ↗

Mother - Youngest 16; Oldest 44; Most Common 32; Average 27
Father - Youngest 18; Oldest 66; Most Common 29; Average 34

[MAC1983]

Well, I guess I'll be the one with the oldest mother for this question for a while.

My mother was 45 when I was born. Fast and easy labour, no problems whatsoever.

(Dodged a really great bullet as I was born in the morning and, at the time, the maternity was causing infants cerebral palsy, deaths, and mother's got cracked ribs, wrongly induced labors and complications around the time the afternoon shift changed and doctors wanted to split... Read that in a reporter's book in my thirties, really shook me up)

I had an older brother 5 years older that died at 16, my sister is 19 years older than me, my middle brother 21 years older and my eldest brother 22 years older.

That is way too much information, but there you go.

[Reaper1985]

my mother was 23 almost 24 when she had me and I was the youngest of 3 children my parents had. my brother is 3 years older then me and my sister is 4 years older then me. meaning my parents had their first child together in their late teens/early 20s back in the early 1980s.

[Anonymous]

I was her first born child and she was 28 when I popped out. She originally told me that she didn’t want to start having kids until she’s at least 30 but my dad had other plans and immediately got to work after they got married lol

[Haha456]

37 when my mother had me. 40 when she had my brother. We both are now 27 and 24.

Having kids late was the number 1 thing that she regrets. Lots of consequences for parents having kids late in life.

[atiquahbby]

Can you please elaborate on why having kids late isn't a good thing?

[Haha456]

@atiquahbby

When you're 53 and your kid is still 12-13 years old. You may not have the energy to keep up with the stress demands of parenting. That is also the age where most folks are excited thinking about retirement.

And besides that, most people really aren't looking forward to working beyond retirement age to pay for their children's college education. I would have to agree because by the tie I'm 60, I want to be finished supporting my children and enjoy my retirement years. Nowadays there are 59 yr olds borrowing loans from banks in order to pay for their children's college education. HOW FUN!

[Haha456]

The quality of children that you can birth also deteriorates as you age.

My parents spent many years lamenting how all their peers have kids that are all grown or even already have grandkids. BUT, they're growing old and yet their kids are still not grown. For me, I learned a big lesson from my parents. I wouldn't be interested in having kids beyond the age of 35.

[atiquahbby]

Yeah, that's correct. My mum was 36, dad was 37 when I was born. I was also the only child so growing up was really different to how my friends had it. I kinda felt distant to my parents and sometimes felt I didn't have people to talk to as family. Now I feel that my parents get tired easily, and when most people my age talk about moving with their partner after marriage, I feel that my time to just enjoy life is limited because I need to take care of my parents early on- this is also because I'm their only child. When I'm 34, my parents are 69, 70 so I need to take care of them and can't just move to a different state with my partner after that point.

I wanted to hear if anyone else had that problem, so thanks for sharing your perspective on this. I definitely do not recommend having kids late (i. e 35 or 36 would be the latest), personally, having an only child beyond this point would not be the best.

[Sarahr123]

Are you the first born?

I am the first born and my mother was 21 so I felt like I was really old when I passed 21 and was still childless. I would like to have one before 30 but depends when I find the right person.

[Sarahr123]

My dad was 26 when I was born so 21 and 26 and then they had a second and 24 and 29 and a third at 27 and 32 and then a last child at 32 and 37.

[OlderAndWiser]

My mother was 23 years old when I was born. She is now 91 years old.

[Bluemax]

How many siblings do you have?

[OlderAndWiser]

@Bluemax A sister who is 73, a brother who is 69, and a brother who is 61.

[Bluemax]

Is your mother in reasonably good health for her age?

[OlderAndWiser]

@Bluemax She is in the midst of the decline that you would expect at that age, but she still follows a conversation very well. She needs a walker to get around and moves slowly.

[Bluemax]

I hope she is reasonably happy.

[OlderAndWiser]

@Bluemax My step-father is sometimes a mean-spirited guy who verbally abuses others, but she seems to be happy with him. He is 92.

[Bluemax]

I hope your mom is reasonably happy. I am sorry your stepfather seems to verbally abuse others. I like what your mom has produced. She deserves happiness I think.

[OlderAndWiser]

@Bluemax I appreciate your kind words!

[FunkyMonkee]

I don't remember, I was pretty young, then!
She was 21 when dad knocked her up and 22 when she had me. I'm pretty sure I was either a Halloween present or, it's actually possible, I was her b-day present! She was born Nov. 5th.

[MCheetah]

My awful mother was born in 1960 and I'm 35. So my mother was 26, I guess. I'm the second child and have an older half sister by eight years, making her 43.

[Dan_cColt]

My mom was 19, but she comes from a different part of the world where it's arranged by the parents and they usually get married at like 16, they don't do this now but when my mom was young they did.

[MrsTurkleton]

18, which is weird because I had my little girl at 18. It was a nice coincidence.
My mother was 15 when she had my older sister.

[Th3ft]

Great question! My mom was 32 when she had me but I’m the youngest of five. They had their first at 23 and 28.

[Apple1996]

My mom was 32 when she had me but I'm the youngest of 7. She started having kids at 17

[Beerluvr]

Omfg. 7 kids. Your parents are jack rabbits

[Apple1996]

@Beerluvr well just my mom is. She has a few baby daddies

[EmmaMary]

My mother was 31 when she had me, the youngest and last one.

[Luopio27]

Never even seen a photograph of her, so I can't say. Same goes for my dad. Never even jeard either of their names pr age.


Im adopted from an orphanige.

[menina]

My mother was also 32 and she turned 33 a month after I was born.

[Lliam]

My mom was 30 when I was born. Three years later, my sister was born.

[jennifer_bloom]

My mom was 31 when I was born and my grandma was 40 when my dad was born.

[letuswaltzforthedead]

27 or 28 I think because there's a 6/7 year age gap between me and my older sibling

[MikeInHawaii]

Mine was 24 and 22 when she had her first. For women born in the 1930’s, in the South, she might have been older than average.

[anon1903]

24. She wasted her pretty years in taking care of me.

[Anonymous]

Both my parents were 24 and turned 25 later that year.

[Sparkie460]

My mom was 30 when I was born. I'm the youngest in my family.

[HippieVeganJewslim]

My mum was 23 when I was born, as her second baby.

[Anonymous]

For me she was 21

And for my brother she was 18