We had a surprise baby when I was 24 although it had always thought I would chose to have children between 25-30.

Sometimes I wish I had been older, not so much for things I could have done but I feel like I am more confident and patient in my thirties, but then having three children has probably helped develop those skills . Also DH is 11 years older and didn't want to wait too long to grow our family as he was concerned about being an older father.

I do think I would have followed a different career path if I had waited to have children. I think I would have done post grad study a lot younger and I am now looking at doing it in my 30s with three children and its not so appealing thinking about the logistics of it all!