15 Reasons to Love Being a Young Mom

Your biological clock is still ticking but not quite as quickly as if you'd waited for five years.

Because let's face it, motherhood's exhausting.

The older we get, the more settled into habits we become. Having kids young means you're more likely to be accepting of all of the spontaneous chaos that comes with motherhood.

If your own parents are still young and in good health, you'll benefit tremendously from their playing an active role in your kids' lives.

You haven't seen multitasking until you've seen a mom with a packed schedule, a job, and a family to manage.

No, you shouldn't center your life plans on this. Yes, it is a really nice perk of being pregnant at an earlier age.

Women are at their most fertile in their 20s, and your chances of having a miscarriage or baby with a birth defect are as low as they'll ever be.

Postponing kids until there's more money in the bank, you get that promotion at work, you've experienced the world . . . they're all common reasons for holding off. But the reality is, there's never going to be a perfect stage to start a family. If things in your world are reasonably stable, this may be as good of a time as any.

Paying off a mortgage, college tuition, and saving for retirement will be just a bit more spaced out than they would if you waited to start a family.

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Or two, or three, or more.

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If you have a baby at 25, you'll be just 43 when that child graduates from high school, leaving plenty of time to devote to your career, travel, pursuing a passion, or whatever suits your fancy.

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Something amazing happens as your kids grow up and you grow older. The age gap seems to magically tighten up.