Why Men Shouldn't Wait To Have Babies

We've known for some time that as a woman gets older, the likelihood a pregnancy will result in physical and mental problems for the child increases. But does the father's age also matter as well? Trace is joined by Jason Oberholtzer from I Love Charts to answer this for you.

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More Hints That Dad's Age At Conception Helps Shape A Child's Brain
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/...
"Traditionally, research has focused on women's "biological clock." But in recent years, scientists have been looking more and more at how the father's age at conception might affect the baby, too."

Paternal Age at Childbearing and Offspring Psychiatric and Academic Morbidity
http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/artic...
"Advancing paternal age is associated with increased genetic mutations during spermatogenesis, which research suggests may cause psychiatric morbidity in the offspring."

Father's Age May Play Role in Autism Risk
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/st...
"A study of children born in Israel finds that, as a man's age increases, so does his risk of fathering a child with autism."

A Comprehensive Assessment of Parental Age and Psychiatric Disorders
https://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/arti...
"There has been recent interest in the findings that the offspring of older fathers have an increased risk of both de novo mutations and neuropsychiatric disorders."

A Review of Pregnancy in Women Over 35 Years of Age
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic...
"The objective of the present paper is to review how pregnant women over 35 years have been described in previous research, and to review the risks associated with pregnancy in those of advanced maternal age."

Exploration and confirmation of factors associated with uncomplicated pregnancy in nulliparous women: prospective cohort study
http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f6398
"Objective: To identify factors at 15 and 20 weeks' gestation associated with a subsequent uncomplicated pregnancy."

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