married by 30

[Anonymous]

The average age of birth at Sibley is 37. Explain how this would be possible if all women in DC were having babies before 30.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to be done having kids by 30. My reasons were:
-Wanted to be a young mom
-Wanted my parents and in laws to be young grandparents
-Liked the thought of kids out of the house before Dh and I are 50 as we love travel and adventure and thought it would be fun to have those years to look forward to together

We married at 26, bought a house at 27, kids at 27 and 29. Currently 33 and all is well so far.

Met at 26. Married at 28. But we waited 7 years to have our firstborn and spent those 7 years in luxury, traveling all around the world and even took a 6-month sabbatical in Europe and hit all the major festivals- Oktoberfest, love parade, tomato festival, etc. We also experienced crazy nightclub scene.

Traveling in your youth is different than when you are old. We will have both experiences. And those memories and time we had pre-kids made us never feel like we missed out. Dual income, no kids for 7 years also padded our portfolio tremendously.

A good friend did this as well. She just lost her second baby at birth and will never carry a baby again. I don't know if that would have been the outcome if they had kids earlier, but these stories don't always have a happy ending.

[Anonymous]

Why every discussion has to become a personal issue?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The average age of birth at Sibley is 37. Explain how this would be possible if all women in DC were having babies before 30.

Baby 1, at Sibley, 25
Baby 2, 34
Baby 3-8 - lost them all 36-38.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The average age of birth at Sibley is 37. Explain how this would be possible if all women in DC were having babies before 30.

Baby 1, at Sibley, 25
Baby 2, 34
Baby 3-8 - lost them all 36-38.

This sounds like a Dolly Parton song.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The average age of birth at Sibley is 37. Explain how this would be possible if all women in DC were having babies before 30.

Baby 1, at Sibley, 25
Baby 2, 34
Baby 3-8 - lost them all 36-38.

3-8?!

[Anonymous]

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22438-advanced-maternal-age

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to be done having kids by 30. My reasons were:
-Wanted to be a young mom
-Wanted my parents and in laws to be young grandparents
-Liked the thought of kids out of the house before Dh and I are 50 as we love travel and adventure and thought it would be fun to have those years to look forward to together

We married at 26, bought a house at 27, kids at 27 and 29. Currently 33 and all is well so far.

Met at 26. Married at 28. But we waited 7 years to have our firstborn and spent those 7 years in luxury, traveling all around the world and even took a 6-month sabbatical in Europe and hit all the major festivals- Oktoberfest, love parade, tomato festival, etc. We also experienced crazy nightclub scene.

Traveling in your youth is different than when you are old. We will have both experiences. And those memories and time we had pre-kids made us never feel like we missed out. Dual income, no kids for 7 years also padded our portfolio tremendously.

A good friend did this as well. She just lost her second baby at birth and will never carry a baby again. I don't know if that would have been the outcome if they had kids earlier, but these stories don't always have a happy ending.

I love this. Pp got married before 30 but happened to have a baby post-30.! And you just miraculously have a friend who did the same exact thing!!!

[Anonymous]

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/getting-pregnant/in-depth/pregnancy/art-20045756

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/getting-pregnant/in-depth/pregnancy/art-20045756

We heard you the first 35 times Gladys

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The average age of birth at Sibley is 37. Explain how this would be possible if all women in DC were having babies before 30.

Baby 1, at Sibley, 25
Baby 2, 34
Baby 3-8 - lost them all 36-38.

I’m sorry.

Fetuses aren’t babies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A 33-year-old man your same age is dating 25-26 years olds. At that point, you are competing with women 8 to 10 years younger and there isn't a competition on looks.

That's why.

This is not true. Nowadays, people date equals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The average age of birth at Sibley is 37. Explain how this would be possible if all women in DC were having babies before 30.

Explains the astonishing amount of special needs present in children in the DMV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to be done having kids by 30. My reasons were:
-Wanted to be a young mom
-Wanted my parents and in laws to be young grandparents
-Liked the thought of kids out of the house before Dh and I are 50 as we love travel and adventure and thought it would be fun to have those years to look forward to together

We married at 26, bought a house at 27, kids at 27 and 29. Currently 33 and all is well so far.

Met at 26. Married at 28. But we waited 7 years to have our firstborn and spent those 7 years in luxury, traveling all around the world and even took a 6-month sabbatical in Europe and hit all the major festivals- Oktoberfest, love parade, tomato festival, etc. We also experienced crazy nightclub scene.

Traveling in your youth is different than when you are old. We will have both experiences. And those memories and time we had pre-kids made us never feel like we missed out. Dual income, no kids for 7 years also padded our portfolio tremendously.

I saw something on Twitter that I think about a lot, something to the effect of: “each year you wait to have children so that you’re ready is one fewer year of your life you’ll spend with your children and potential grandchildren”. We had kids at 29, 31 and 35. We’re 41 now and firmly out of the toddler/kinder cycle. Having traveled as much as you and having experienced professional success, given the choice of (a) travel, festivals, nightclubs and money and (b) five more years in my children’s (and God-willing Grandchildren’s) lives, I’d take the latter every single time without hesitation. Your preferences are likely different.

My wife wanted to have our first at 27 to give us a shot at more kids. If I could build a Time Machine, I’d go back and listen to her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The average age of birth at Sibley is 37. Explain how this would be possible if all women in DC were having babies before 30.

Explains the astonishing amount of special needs present in children in the DMV.

There isn’t an astonishing amount of special needs present in children in the DMV.

Also anecdotal but the kid I know with the most special needs was born when his mother was 29.