“As a woman goes from her 20s to her 30s to her 40s without having children, she’s likely to hear more and more people warn her about the risks in waiting to get pregnant. And what do men hear about having kids as they grow older? Beyond maybe a parent wishing for a grandchild, usually not that much at all.
Research has shown that age affects a man’s ability to have a child in a similar way to a woman’s, though the timeline isn’t the same. It’s harder for older men to father children and their offspring are more likely to have health problems, too. In fact, new research suggests that many problematic genetic conditions may be more closely linked to the age of the father than the mother.
But few people today seem to be aware of how a man’s age can affect a pregnancy and the health of the child (…)”
Ana Swanson (@anaswanson) talks about the latest research on this topic in her article “Why men should also worry about waiting too long to have kids” in The Washington Post, October 27th 2015.