over 30?

[jfh]

May 13, 2013 23:01:33 GMT -5 thedahliharpa said:

May 13, 2013 22:57:58 GMT -5 charlielove said:

I'm just really immature.

FTFY :-)

The irony is making me CH. I hope you were sticking out your tongue when you typed it 

[devotchka]

I'm 32. I got pregnant when I was 30 and had DS when I was 31. I'd like to be done by 35 and I want one more. Not bc I will be "too old" but I just don't have the energy that I had in my 20s and I think it will only get worse and I'd like to figure out my career stuff (wether to continue what I'm doing or do something completely different) and stay home at least a little bit w/ the next one so for me, personally, being done at 35 would be ideal.

FWIW - I went to a state school, partially to save money, and I went to a community college first. A few years later I decided to do something else and went to a trade school, which was only a year but more expensive. I paid for school on my own and took out loans and my Mom took out loans too. She didn't have savings for me, and she is still paying off her loans, and I appreciate it. I probably could have taken them all out myself but I appreciated her help. Did it help me become more "fiscally responsible" to have her help? No, but it didn't make me less so either. I think that had more to do with my choice in career/path that I was on than wether my Mom helped or not, but that's just how my situation worked out. 

Anyway, I think you have to look at the big picture - don't let the fear of not having enough $ to help your kids 100% (or even 25%) when they're in college prevent you from having more. You don't know what the future holds. It's quite possible that a lot of things will change in 20 yrs!

[pippilongstocking]

I'm 33 now and was 32 when DS was born. We are currently ttc # 2. We are only really planning for 2 but sometimes I think I want 3. I don't know. We were ivf with DS, so we will see what happens with number 2. I'm willing to do ivf for number 2 but not after that.

[bigapple]

I'm 33 and had my first at 32. We haven't figured out our timeline for #2 yet, but I imagine I'll get slapped with that dreaded AMA label.

[katfco]

Late to the party, but I'm 32 (I'll be 33 in September). I had DD at almsot 27. We're done having kids, in part because DH doesn't want any more but also because I'm still trying to start my career and if I had another child within the first couple of years, it could ruin my chances of tenure (If I ever get a job, please God). So by the time we were ready to start again, I'd be 35 and my chances of a preemie get higher as I get older--and they're already high.

I just don't like those odds.

[sno&2peas]

May 13, 2013 19:14:10 GMT -5 teamhayes said:

Who is over 30?
How old were you when you had baby 1?

Do you plan on more kids? If so, what will the spacing be?

What is your ideal age you want to be done having kids by?

Baby 1 and 2 were born when I just turned 33, no more kids!!!! I'm done! I am 34 presently

[foxxy]

I'm over 30. Not quite 35 but flirting with it.

Ideally, I wanted to be done with kids by the time I was 34 but obviously, that didn't happen. I hope to be done by 37. 

[thedahliharpa]

May 14, 2013 8:48:37 GMT -5 jfh said:

May 13, 2013 23:01:33 GMT -5 thedahliharpa said:

FTFY :-)

The irony is making me CH. I hope you were sticking out your tongue when you typed it 

I'm still waiting on my NSWATOH font.

[hass2001]

I just turned 30 two weeks ago! So I was almost 29 with Sam. If we chose to have more it will not be for a few more years.