Geriatric Parents

Great, now all the young guys will be out to impregnante anyone they possibly can, before their mayun-hood runs out.

(rollseyes)

"What does all this mean for would-be older dads? While women are used to seeing grim statistics about their decreasing chances of achieving pregnancy and the increasing risks of Down syndrome as they age, men have typically believed that they have all the time in the world. Perhaps now, men in their mid-30s will start sharing the same "now or never" pressure to conceive that women have long endured."


Oh Jesus, NOW we will have to contend with men and hear about THEIR biological clocks. I have serious doubts about this "study" when it says that men start losing fertility at 24 years of age and some of the other crap they claim. It seems like every time one of these "studies" comes out, it creates a new bingo.

man this makes me glad that DW and I are firmly Cf (not to mention Mtf transgendered).

This is good in a way. I think the onus of any birth defect is still laid at the feet of the mom, generally speaking...if it's confirmed that aging men play as equal a part in contributing possible natal defects, perhaps that will lessen the stigma on women.

Yes, and I think that could only be an advance.