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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My Ob-gyn delivered has delivered up to the age of 52. As long as you are ready, willing and able. Go for it. Pay no mind to the sexist ageism that permeates this thread sometimes. [b]A 44 year old man would be cheered on or no one would care either way[/b]. No it's not too late. Biological age and chronological age are not the same thing. And biological age is an individual metric. Yours is an individual choice. [/quote]

Not sure how to break this news to you, but men and women are different.[/quote]

Please elaborate. Age-related male fertility decline is well established by research (ED, DNA fragmentation, motility etc). Also, even if the sperm of a man in his 40s is more likely to result in a baby, than an egg of a woman in her 40s, it doesn't mean much by itself. Men in 40s have an extremely high chance of having kids with Autism, and other genetic issues. Imagine being in your 60s, and having to worry about what will happen to your special needs child after you are gone. With women [b]who are able[/b] to have kids, same issue. But if tests show that the baby is fine, it doesn't matter if either mom or dad are in their 40s. As for whether or not you will be around until the kid launches, is something that both women and men need to think about. So no, not that different for men and women in their 40s.

That men can have babies at any age, is not necessarily true, and when true its not necessarily a healthy baby.[/quote]

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