Yes and no. I wish the issues that DH and I ended up having had come to light sooner in our relationship, because I would have reconsidered the timing of DD until things were more stable. 20/20 hindsight, right? But I definitely don't regret the age. Maybe because I left school at 16, an did a lot of working, partying and a little but of travel between 16-20 (when I conceived DD). I certainly don't find myself mourning my 'youth' or anything like that. Maybe because my idea of 'youth' isn't necessarily all about partying or living that typical hedonistic lifestyle I love being a parent at the age I am. DH and I have a stack of energy (not that that's really an age-based quality) and when I think about the future, I love how close in age we'll be to our kids. I have friends in their early 30's who have preteen kids, and the dynamic is just awesome. Same with friends who are in their 40's who have adult children. It's just really special to see. I feel like the first few years are/will be the hardest, because we're young, no established career yet etc, there's that period of living very simply, sacrificing and sometimes struggling as we learn to balance family, work, study and all the rest. But I think about where we'll be in 10 years as a family and it really excites me. Similarly, we think about our retirement, or even before that, when the kids have finished school. We'll be 40 when DD2 finishes school, and we'll probably aim to take a trip overseas and really kick back

I do know a few parents my age who obviously regret becoming parents so soon. We are the only couple in our group of friends and acquaintances who actively planned to be young parents though, everyone else we know conceived very early on in their relationships, and that would be hard. I have times where I worry that maybe we should have waited, so DD could have more toys or better clothes, or more holidays, but then I examine why I'm worrying about that, and I realise that it's not because it's really a personal concern of mine so much as it's a pretty common concern that much of society holds. But I'm content (and dare I say it) proud of our decision to start our family young, it's not something I lament or regret, so I'm not really bothered by other people's well meaning concern or opinions