During my infertility struggles, after I got to age 35 and the years following that, one by one slipped by, I became
more and more jealous of men, who it seemed at the time, were able have to babies
really late in their lives. Some men who you think were grandfathers were actually fathers. I know of cases of men who have had babies in their sixties
and seventies, but for women, no such luck.
Well,
this might have been the case then, but recently, a study published in the
journal JAMA Psychiatry is linking older paternity to certain conditions such
as, ADHD, autism and bipolar disorder in babies.
In
the study, 45 year old fathers were compared to those who were 25 year old and it
was revealed that fathers who were 45 year old were :-
·
Thirteen times as likely to have a child with autism
·
Three times as likely to have a child with ADHD
·
Twenty-five time more likely to have a child with Bipolar Disorder
·
2.5 times more likely to have a child with substance
abuse and suicidal tendencies
I
guess men will become more aware like us women, of their age when they are contemplating
starting a family, and will want to do so before they get too advanced in age.
My
husband and I had a gentleman guest over the other day, and after we introduced
our children to him, he remarked, “I am about ready to settle down and have two
of my own as well. I so wanted to say to him, do it sooner than later, because
of this recent study.
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