I was 24 when I had my first child. She was a surprise conception but my partner and I were very committed and "ready". We had no support though, of any kind. My parents live interstate and my partner's are elderly. Our friends were too busy having fun to want to be involved and only a few ever babysat. They expected us to bring our baby along to restuarants and just put her under the table. They also invited us to parties and said "Oh just put her in the spare bedroom with all the coats" (we arrived with her asleep in the capsule. We eventually stopped trying to go out because it became too hard and few people had any idea how to help us socialise and deal with our daughter at the same time. They wouldn't think that a smokey room with blaring music should be an issue. It's really fascinating now, 10 years later, how they are all having babies and won't even come out because they haven't been getting enough sleep lately!!!! Oh how the tide has turned. Anyhow. This is just one facet of being a young couple with a baby these days. With just a little support this could all be avoided Don't let my story deter you though! Let me also add that we are now considering trying for a third child and I wish I had the young strong body I had with my first pregnancy! Good Luck!