hi there
im also 26 and happily married with 2 kids!
my husband's 31 and lots of his friends in their 30's are having kids just now, but im the first out of my friends to get married and have kids
but, as iv always said, the female body is best equipped for pregnancy, birth and raising babies in your late teens and 20's. once you get into your 30's you start having all these age related risks factors, like downs syndrome and miscarriage ect. having babies is stressful on your body and you should do it when you're most fit and suited for it. but in todays modern society women are putting their careers before starting a family, the average age for women to have their first child is going up and up, and as a result so are the number of problem pregnancy's and babies born with defects.
luckily my 2 kids are perfect

and my body's bounced back quite efficiently, apart from the stretch marks scars iv been left with
my husband and i both believe its better to work for ourselves, physically putting food on the table for our own family, rather than have the stress of some business office job working for some big corporation doing god knows what and never having time to spend with each other.
this way we are together with the kids, they help out in the garden, they enjoy it, we are together and working for ourselves for our own benefit, not anybody else's.

ramble over!
welcolm to ish!
