Did/do you have a set age in mind..

[Beka]

for when you want(ed) your family completed by?

The thread about are you a completed family yet several people mention their own age being more of a factor than the actual kids which made me wonder this.

I always said 28 as it'd be 10 straight years of babies and pregnancy for me, Loki was born in December and i am set to turn 28 in April so actually something went to plan (hard to believe :lmao ) when i said 28 at age 18 though i did think we'd have 6 in that time- not 4, but 4 has probably worked out for the better.

If we wouldn't have started until early 30's or late 20s then that age would have been higher, for me it's more about a decade of babies than the actual age I am.

[Sam]

30 I will be done no matter what at age 30 :)

I want to do a lot,there are things I need to do but could not do at a later age,so I want to be done by 30.

[Kristi]

No i really have not thought much about it. Tim wants to be now but I don't. So I guess we will see. I would like to be done about 26 or 27ish. But that is because I want the next one when Izzy is about 3 - 5 ish Which if we do that then I will be 26/27 or so.

[Lori]

I'd originally thought 30, but that's out the window now that I'm 29. :giggle Now I think I'd like to be done by 33 or 34. I know so many people now who had their first baby in their mid or late 30s that being done by my mid-30s seems like a good age to me. 30 seems younger and younger the closer I get to it. ;)

[Jo]

I have always said 35 simply because of change in so many risks. But at this point, it looks like the baby factory is shutting down at 33.

[Shana]

Yep.

I didn't want to have any children past the age of 30. Kara was born was I was 30 years, 10 monts and 22 days old.

Brian and I are agreed on no children of our own, so I think I'm safe.

[off-kilter]

I thought 35, but since I'm looking at being 34 before one has even popped out, perhaps that age will be bumped! Hubby and I have assured each other that if we have none by 40 we'll call it a sign.

[Tracy]

I always said I wanted to be done at 30...and I will be 30 this October. I don't know if we are done yet. Kaela will be 2 this April and we haven't made a final decision yet. I think we are leaning more towards being done.

[Jurgita]

No, not really, I just thought it would be nice to be done with kids before 30, but it's ok if I go over.

[Christine]

Our original plans would have had me popping out babies into my late 30s. We've had so many women in our family have babies into their 40s that I assumed I'd be one of them. But having four kids so close together, I realized that I would be potty training my last when I was 30. :D

[Lisa]

I did. I wanted them all by the time I was 30. Right now I'm thinking that probably won't happen or I'll ba cutting it close. LOL

[Jejune]

I don't. My timing is more fluid than that, because I don't know when we'll meet our goals that will allow us to try for a fourth. Sure, it would have been nice to be done by 30, since I started so young, but I'm not going to look at numbers, really, because that won't help me reach my goals. I get too stressed out as it is, and I don't want to rush this. I'd love another baby right now, but it wouldn't be right to rush into a pregnancy for the wrong reasons, and right now, I'd be doing it for the wrong reasons.

[Erika]

I'm another one who wanted to be done by 30. But years of infertility put paid to that LOL So now I'm thinking probably 35.

[Tamika]

30 seems to be the common number here - but for me it wasn't so much MY age, but Rob's age. He is almost 7 years older than I, so if it has to do with age it would be HIS that would put a topper on things. That being said, his age has nothing to do with why HE'S done - that has to do with the fact that we already have one 'extra' kid in his mind. For me his age is the reason why I won't try to convince him to have one more. I want him to be 'young' and be able to retire and travel like we want to once our children are grown up.

[Sarah]

I definitely want to have my first by the time I'm 30. When we're done will depend a lot upon when the first one gets here, and how he/she gets here. LOL

[SarahJ]

30 was my big milestone too. In fact, when I was ttcing I would cry over the fact that I wasn't going to be done by 30.
Just something else to let go of... ;)

This baby is due in July and I'm 30 in October - just squeezed it in, much to my Type A personality's delight!
I think it was to do with the fact I started youngish. Why spread it out, I thought? Why not get the kiddie part "over and done with" and then move on to the next stage?
2.5 years of subfertility and losses put paid to that idea!

If we do decide to go for a third (pretty unlikely at this stage) then it will be pretty quick after #2 arrives. So I'll only just be in my thirties ;)(like it matters, Sarah!!!)