What is the best age to have a baby?

Question

physically and emotionally

Answer 1

It will all depend on the person. Ask yourself "where am I in my life right now?" "where do I want to be in the next year or two?" Will having a baby fit into it or not. In today's world two incomes are needed (most of the time), that means us mom's have to carfully consider what we want in our life and when. Good Luck to you!

Answer 2

I don't think you are ever really emotionally ready for a baby but I was married at 23 and had my first child at 24 and am now pregnant wtih my second child at 25 and I will be 26 when it is born I think that I am probley in the best physical shape really but emotionally as I said you are never ready it is just something that comes once the baby is here. Hope this helps

Answer 3

There isn't a best age. It depends on you. Don't have a baby until you want one more than anything. Wait til you're ready to give up on nights out on the spur of the moment, spending on yourself etc. I was sure I'd never want children. Then I hit 30 and realised a baby was the most important thing in my life. I was lucky enough to have the perfect son ,eventually ,and I loved him to bits But the work and responsibility still came as a shock. Other people may be ready at 20 or 35 there's no fixed time. However Getting pregnant wasn't as quick as I'd assumed.

Answer 4

That's a loaded question. :-)

Physically, a woman is considered in prime childbirth mode from the time she's about 23-30. However, pregnancies later in life (up to the 40's) are happening more and more frequently, and are turning out more and more okay these days.

Emotionally, that totally depends on the person. I know some 22 year olds who have their heads firmly attached to their shoulders and can handle pregnancy, childbirth, and childrearing really well.

I also know of some insanos in their mid-thirties who should not have children before having some really intense therapy first.

Also, you have to consider that usually, younger women/couples tend to have less money than more established couples in their 30's, and that can affect a lot, too.

So, somewhere between 20-45 years old.

That was helpful, huh?

Answer 5

Physically and for the baby's health, 18 to 22, emotionally 25 to 35

Answer 6

It really isn't a matter of age- it's a matter of preparedness.
Financially- Can you afford about 3-4,000 dollars a month for rent, food, diapers, health insurance, clothes, car, heat, water, gas, etc?
Emotionally- Are you prepared for the possibility of something going wrong, or having to stay up for three nights in a row because your screaming child has a fever of 102 degrees, or that your child could be born with bipolar disorder or autism making them harder to raise than your friend's kids? Or for them always having an immediate need while you are on the phone or trying to watch a movie?
Educationally- If you have plans to get a degree, you should do it before you have kids, because you may never be able to find the time again.
Stability- Are you married? Do you think you've found the person that you can be married to for at least the next 18 years, no matter what? If not, could you take it if your child hated you for divorcing her father, even though it's his fault you had to divorce him?
Physically- It is best to have your children under the age of thirty-five due to increased risks of birth defects.
Habits- Are you prepared to give up all of your bad habits for the sake of your child (smoking, drinking, eating potato chips for breakfast...)
It isn't a simple question. There are alot of factors involved in deciding if you are ready to have a baby. I think I even missed a lot of them.

Answer 7

I don't think there is ever a 'right' time, whenever you fall pregnant there will always be one thing that makes you think 'OMG, what about that?!' . Physically it is better to do it when you are young as your body is able to deal with more but emotionally if you are older then you have more experience in life and you are able to cope with things better. Having said that if you are too old you may have got used to a selfish lifestyle of not having to care about anyone/thing else but yourself and having a baby will come as a big shock to the system. Perhaps trying to find a happy medium of in your 20's sometime is best?!

Answer 8

There is no best age.
A baby deserves, in fact, has a right, to emotional stability, caring parents and love.
Notice I said parents in the plural.
Financial stability also helps, as babies are costly beasties!
You have to have a certain amount maturity and you cannot reasonably expect to carry on in the same lifestyle as before baby comes along. To do so is selfish.
You have to be in tune with yourself and be accepting of yourself first, so that your baby does not have to compete with your own issues.

Answer 9

I say in your mid 20's. Before you have a child you should travel & do things that you really want to do for yourself. When you have children it's a wonderful thing, it just changes the dynamics of your family. For ie: vacation...you & your spouse may want to go to Hawaii for a vacation, when you have children it's more like Disneyland for a vacation. My advice it to travel, travel, travel, then have children. In your mid twenties you should have a good idean as to what you want in life which wlll emotionally prepare you for children. Physically you will still be a great shape too.

Answer 10

25-30