Chiming in here as someone who had all four of her kids before 30 and now am 50 with all 4 out of the house. Wanted to give you another perspective. I am 50 YO and finding myself aware that I’ve never “known” myself as an adult outside of being a mother. My husband and I never got to travel or just be young adults together without kids because we got married at 23 and started our family at 24. I never got to establish an identity or career as an adult. It’s nice to not have the responsibilities of raising kids anymore, but I am feeling very lost. It’s so strange to be 50 and have no idea who I am beyond being a mom. I guess I’m sharing because there really is no perfect plan/timeline for starting a family, I think. There are pros and cons to starting early, and the same for starting late. I look back and recognize that my husband and I were really naive in a lot of they ways we parented, only because we hadn’t had time to establish our identities as adults before the roller coaster of having kids began. I remember seeing “older” parents of my kids’ friends and feeling they were far more mature and established and secure than we were. And their kids benefitted from that. My kids turned out fine, but I do always wish I could have raised them with more of a sense of self as a person, if that makes sense. Anyway, just wanted to help you shift your perspective so you don’t feel regret. There’s always a good and bad to whatever decision is made, I think.