• rekabis@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    By 43 some fathers are raising toddlers.

    A man can sire children until he dies of old age.

    Most women are “functionally sterile” - as defined by medical science - by their early 40s, and will not be able to conceive a child and carry it to term without medical assistance. Hell, pregnancies after 35 are called “geriatric pregnancies” for that very reason - they occur at the very tail end of a woman’s fertility window, and so carry with it a constellation of higher than normal risks to both mother and baby.

    Remember: women’s fertility begins declining significantly in their early 30s and drops off a cliff by their late 30s. This is Science fact. Sure, some women still be able to have a naturally-conceived child into their late 40s, but these are the very rare exceptions. Very few in their 40s are successfully bearing naturally-conceived children without modern technology doing most to all of the heavy lifting.

    • texture@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      what kind of “correction” is this? plenty of people in their 40s of any gender are parents to toddlers. holy frig

    • MJKee9@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I personally know several women who have or had toddlers at 43. It’s not as uncommon as you think. Most women don’t start going through menopause until much later.

    • karlhungus@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      This hurts to read. You don’t have to be like this, expand your sphere of influence cause this one is really bad for you and those around you.

    • Gloomy@mander.xyz
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      Me and my wife made our twins when i was 38 and she was 40.

      Completly by accident, technology involved.

      I’m not saying you are wrong, but the way statistics work outliners are the norm.

    • redwattlebird@thelemmy.club
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      2 months ago

      Thanks for the reminder. Early 40s here and been trying for kids for 10 years.

      Anyway, I still look 25, so I’ve got that going for me.

    • TheHonourablePierrePoilievre@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      modern technology doing most to all of the heavy lifting.

      Ah yes the well known Science fact that people who’s conception involves health care exist trans dimensionally, weighing only as much as a feather, until age 6.