I was 19 when I fell pregnant, 20 when I had my baby. Then 23 when I had my second. A lot of people seem to consider me young, but I don't feel young to be a mother. I would have felt young if I had a baby at 15 because then, I definitely would not have been ready for the huge dependance a baby has on you. But at 20, I already had my fun and was comfortable settling down into motherhood.

I think with the young definition it usually comes from people who don't see themselves at x or y age being able to settle down into parenthood and so they can't understand how you can be perfectly happy and capable of doing so. I think "young" in our society is often associated with immaturity, lack of experience or preparedness in the eyes of others who label mothers as being "young".