Earlier this week, Diane Rehm did a very thorough and informative show about older dads, which you can find here: http://www.wamu.org/programs/dr/06/09/26.php#12040
For many of us, it's been a difficult summer of bad news about the decision to wait to have children. The first wave of news came in July with reports on a study from the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology that found miscarriage rates rise with the age of the father, regardless of the age of the mother. Then other reports about health risks to the baby, such as the autism link I have posted below, began to come out.
Take heart: The important context comes near the end of Rehm's show, where one of her guests estimated that more than 90 percent of babies born to older couples are normal.
Thursday, September 28, 2006
On the radio - Older Fathers and Reproductive Risks
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I would point out that 26.6 % of schizophrenia has been attributed to advanced paternal age in families where there is no prior known incidence of this condition. If you search advanced paternal age and schizophrenia you can find this throughout the world. I also would read James F. Crow's articel on Spontaneous Mutations, Is it a health risk?
A 10% risk of a genetic problem is big in my opinion.
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