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How young is to young for pregnancy nad how old is too old?
Added: 938 days ago.
Added by: angelic916
Section: General.
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I`ve heard of a 75year old women and a girl young as 12!! kinda creepy. what do u think?

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angelic916 - 937 days ago wow surprised at the replys hehe....i was just bored and just came up with this Q....but its gopod disscussion. i just feel bad for the lil teens that get pregnant at such a young age!! they have no help sometimes and barely time to grow, cuz rasing a baby isn't easy in those circumstances =/

larryslady - 937 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) I think 18 is to young, and when I see girls on here having babies at 14 and complaing that their baby daddy have left them. What do they expect?? He still wants to go to the arcade and play basketball, and skateboarding not being a daddy. So don't feel bad. It drives me crazy and it makes me SICK TO MY STOMACH!! Now to me I had my first when I was 19 and my second now at 26. But I still would have waited at 19.

sheenat3 - 938 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) i see everyone is answering on personal experience, however physically girls as young as 9 able to have children due to nowadays they start their periods earlier. As far as too old i have heard of a woman in i think in her 70-80's.

heathergarrett - 938 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) I had my first child at 17, second at 20, and expecting my 3rd at 24

emma32uk - 938 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) i have had 3 babies in differant decades in my life, one when i was 17, another when i was 28 and this one at 33. i can say at 17 i was too young and was selfish because i still wanted a night out every week. at 28, i did it because thats what i felt i had to do and the latest one 7 weeks ago and im 33, which for me is more forfilling, im not as selfish now and im putting my all in to it and loving every moment.

bratgirl65 - 938 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) Im 43 and having a baby tomarrow. I married my husband in 2000 and had two miscarriages. Gave up thought I was going thru the change. Surprise. I couldnt be happier. I can stay at home while my husband works. I am more patient then I was when I was younger. With my first child at 20 I had to work and drag him thru daycare and I went thru several boyfriends so I was somewhat distracted. Now I am settled. I think a woman can be a good mother no matter how old.

•Strong[teen]Mommi• - 938 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) I don't think there is a "too young". I had my first at 16, my second at 17. And I'll have my 3rd at 18. I take care of my children better than alot of 20-30yr olds. And I'm still in high school. I'll b graduating on time the same year I would have if I didn't have children. So it depends on the person. I hate when ppl strerotype teen moms. But I'd say too old is when u hit menopause. Lol

lize - 938 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) Very strange!! I was 21 when my my first baby would come.

Julianna - 938 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) I think getting pregnant before you are out of HS is too young. As far as too old....that is a little different. I think you should be young enough still that you will be able to raise your child to the age of 18. I know you can't determine when you are going to die, but I guess I figure you should not be retired when your child finishes high school. I was almost 37 when I had Nicholas & if I hadn't gotten my tubes tied I would probably have more......Dan was 47 when Nicholas was born but it is different for men. They don't have to go through all of the bodily changes...lol

2babys-under2 - 938 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) I think every situation is different, but I'd have to say the ideal time would probably be mid to late 20's. You've lived enough of your younger years and aren't getting tot he point where you'll be too old to enjoy your children's lives and do things with them. (Not to say that there aren't some 40-50 years olds out there that wouldn't still do lots with their kids) I read about a women who gave birth to twins at the age of 66 and she died 2 years later, leaving them with no one. She lied to the fertility clinic and told them she was younger or they said they never would have allowed it.

jennymomof3 - 938 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) I would say you should have children between the ages of 23 and 40. I say 23 so you can live your 20's a little and after 40 is an increase chance of risks.

jastinel - 938 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) hi,i think 75 is too old to have kids because you wont be able to enjoy them ,but in some countries kids have babies at 12,i dont beleive that is a good age need to finish school and be a kid yourself,i think if you are out of college and you are ready at 22 or so that is perfect age to have them,my sister in law is 24 and is having her second child and after that she says he is done,unlike me 37 i had my first at 26 and had a etopic 3 years later and divorced because of that,found a wonderful man 4 years married him and have 2 year old but see my first and him are 9 years apart and i am currently pregnant now which is good coz my 2 year needs someone to play with beside mommy,i have tryed to have kids prior to this but had 2 etopics in 2008 and 1 miscarry in jan 09,so you see it does not matter if you are 20 ,30 ,40 if you are able to have kids and blessed then i would ,because at whatever age you choose there is always a risk you take in having children

MrsStrickland74 - 938 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) I personally think 17 and even 18 is to young for 'most' and I think 40 is to old.

nutnut - 938 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) i will say that while having a baby after 30 poses a small increase in the chance to have a chromosonal abnormality, the risks are more than signficantly higher after age 40. there are also many many other factors other than age that need to be taken into account. so while maternal age plays a factor, so does the entire family medical history for mother and father, if certain defects run in the family, etc. what nationality or heritage the mother and father are, prior history of troubled pregnancies, etc. so age is not the only factor that would increase the odds of an abnormality, it only adds to it. 30 is not too old imo. at 30 youre more likey to have money in the bank, be more stable, possibly own a home, have job stability, be more focused on your life, and priorities, etc. at 20 youre just starting out, maybe not even graduated from college yet, things like that. by 30 or so most of us seem to have settled down more. =p

nutnut - 938 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) i dont know, i think your body will naturally tell you, thus menopuase. im 35, i had my first at 29. i can still keep up with the kids, im pretty healthy. i had to talk with genetic cousilors bc im 35 some of the things they were talking about were very scarey. i probably will not have anymore children after this one. i cant see myself waiting another 7 years, and having them close in age would be too hard on me. the whole idea of starting over with diaper and such, doesnt depress me at all. in fact im so happy about it. i wasnt ready to have a baby in my early 20's. i was too busy having fun and being selfish. it took me awhile to settle down and want the family life. i was fine with working alot, and being with friends. working was the most important thing to me at the time. now my views are changed and staying home with kids is most important to me. my family is most important. im pretty sure im done making babies after this one. although it does make me sad to think that. 75 is a bit old lol, and its not a likely situation, however, 12,13,14 etc is more likely in this day and age, and there is no way i would purposely get pregnant when i was that age. hell like i said i wasnt even ready in my early 20's. lol

courtenay - 938 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) and i wouldnt change a thing about having my daughter before i thought i was "ready". on the opposite side of that, if you wait until you are 110% ready for a baby you'd never have one, because you can never be totally ready for everything it brings but i think you can take steps to be prepared. and it is nice to enjoy life, even if its just a few years as an adult before you jump into the whole mommy thing. i am glad i had a few years to just be me before i had her.

courtenay - 938 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) i think when a womans body starts to go through menopause it is the natural way of telling you that you are too old to be having children anymore. my personal opinion is that you are too old when you would be unable to keep up with a young child and when you will not be able to see them grow up and have a chance to see grandkids if there is any. for me, i think i will be too old when i get into my early 30's. i cant imagine having another baby after like 32 or 33 since i had my daughter when i was 23, i wouldnt want to go back to that whole baby stage. i dont actually know if i want any more kids though so that could change down the road i suppose but i doubt it. i think a person is too young when they are unable to provide the necessities for a child without relying on government support or expecting a family member to raise their child. i know things happen and many people have done a great job in the situations they have been placed in but to TRY to have a baby at 15, 16, 17 is just silly imo. personally i wouldnt have been ttc at that age, infact i wasnt even ttc at 22 and if you had asked me before it happened i would have said i wasnt ready at that point but things happen and we have to make our decisions and step up to the plate.

mamalvs4 - 938 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) i think 75 years old is a bit old, but i guess it would all depend on the situation nd how healthy tey are.....children are such a blessing so i understand wanting them, but i feel bad for those kids left when there elderly parents die.....example of the 66 year old woman that gave birth to twin boys and just recently died at age 69. then again i guess we can die at anytime. and look at med. larry king is 75 with very small children! as far as young i do belice 12-16 is WAY WAY too young. and that 17 isnt ideal either. i just think that if these young young girls are having babies how are they supposed to teach thier children about the world when they have never experienced it? when they spend there childhood, raising babies how do they teach there children about the world, it makes me sad for the girls and the babies, no Offence its just my opinion. i know there are some great young teen moms out there, but i still feel like they are missing out on life, and that there children will miss out on that knowledge from there parent because of it

haydenjoe08 - 938 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) 50 IS TOO OLD AND I THINK THAT 17 IS TOO YOUNG ;) JUST MY OPINIONS

happyforest - 938 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) for me, i think over 30 is too old, i want to have all my babies before then! the risks of miscarriage, pregnancy problems and birth defects goes up too high for me to take the risk. the same goes for girls who are too young, but i dont know what age that would be.

ilovemylittleprince - 938 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) yikes both are too old and too young. i think over 40 and under 15 is too old and young. IMHO