Hey ... Little Squirts Out There! Obsolete Yet?
YOUNG GUYS - YOUR b biological clock is ticking, too
Part 1: Have kids? Sure ... someday
Readers debate best age for baby-making
Part 2: Baby-making at a crossroads
U.S. women going abroad for fertility help
How far is too far?
Part 3: 2-for-1 is no baby bargain
Media goes gaga for megamultiples
Video: Parents manage joyful abundance
Readers weigh mixed blessings of multiples
Part 4: Are men becoming obsolete?
His biological clock is ticking, too
Should kids be conceived after a parent dies?
Will science render men unnecessary?
Dads: Do you feel sidelined?
Guys, after your sperm has done its job, do you feel like you're no longer needed? How were you treated during or after your partner's pregnancy? Are men forgotten in the modern pursuit of parenthood? Share your stories and views. Selected e-mails may be published.
Men have long been fathering children well into old age. Tony Randall entered daddyhood at age 77. Charlie Chaplin became a proud pop for the last time at age 73. Rod Stewart had his seventh child at 60 - and may still be on a roll.
But while it seems that older men and fatherhood are no odd couple, scientists have begun questioning the assumption that the biological clock is only a concern for women.
Unlike women, who have a marked decline in fertility in their 30s, men's biological clocks appear to wind down gradually and progressively over the course of their lives. One study, for instance, found that sperm motility - their ability to be strong swimmers capable of reaching and fertilizing an egg - decreased by a steady 0.7 percent per year for men between the ages of 22 and 80.
Sperm from older men also may be more likely to contribute to health problems in children. Recent studies have linked older fatherhood with increased risks of schizophrenia, autism, Down syndrome and other disorders in children. And in this case, "older" means as young as 40.
"Young people who want to have a family may want to start considering the age of the father as much as the mother," says Dr. Dolores Malaspina, a fertility researcher and chair of the psychiatry department at New York University School of Medicine.
READ REST: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17937814/
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Part 1: Have kids? Sure ... someday
Readers debate best age for baby-making
Part 2: Baby-making at a crossroads
U.S. women going abroad for fertility help
How far is too far?
Part 3: 2-for-1 is no baby bargain
Media goes gaga for megamultiples
Video: Parents manage joyful abundance
Readers weigh mixed blessings of multiples
Part 4: Are men becoming obsolete?
His biological clock is ticking, too
Should kids be conceived after a parent dies?
Will science render men unnecessary?
Dads: Do you feel sidelined?
Guys, after your sperm has done its job, do you feel like you're no longer needed? How were you treated during or after your partner's pregnancy? Are men forgotten in the modern pursuit of parenthood? Share your stories and views. Selected e-mails may be published.
Men have long been fathering children well into old age. Tony Randall entered daddyhood at age 77. Charlie Chaplin became a proud pop for the last time at age 73. Rod Stewart had his seventh child at 60 - and may still be on a roll.
But while it seems that older men and fatherhood are no odd couple, scientists have begun questioning the assumption that the biological clock is only a concern for women.
Unlike women, who have a marked decline in fertility in their 30s, men's biological clocks appear to wind down gradually and progressively over the course of their lives. One study, for instance, found that sperm motility - their ability to be strong swimmers capable of reaching and fertilizing an egg - decreased by a steady 0.7 percent per year for men between the ages of 22 and 80.
Sperm from older men also may be more likely to contribute to health problems in children. Recent studies have linked older fatherhood with increased risks of schizophrenia, autism, Down syndrome and other disorders in children. And in this case, "older" means as young as 40.
"Young people who want to have a family may want to start considering the age of the father as much as the mother," says Dr. Dolores Malaspina, a fertility researcher and chair of the psychiatry department at New York University School of Medicine.
READ REST: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17937814/
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