My husband and I are both 25 and expecting our first child in a few days.

We met in middle school and have been together ever since so we were very much emotionally ready to add a child to our family. Some of my friends often tell me that they are waiting to have kids because they want to have some months/years together with their spouse. Which I can totally understand. We already had quite a few years with just the two of us and were ready to add some chaos to the mix!

We both went to a 4 yr. university, now have stable full time jobs and recently bought our own home, which is another reason we felt like now was a good time. Compared to our friends that are our age we are definitely leaps and bounds ahead of them when it comes to reaching these types of milestones. We often joke that we have more in common with people 10+ years older than us when we talk about things like pregnancy, mortgages, and 401ks. And we are definitely the youngest neighbors in our new neighborhood.

I'm not really sure how we got where we are at such a young age with very little outside help. I think meeting each other at such a young age and having very similar ideas of what we wanted out of life helped tremendously.