Male Biological Clock: It Also Ticks!

Life is not so unfair, after all.



All this time, all we read and hear is how pressuredwomenbecome when they reach their30s--- and heaven-forbid, their40s--- without a partner and child(ren). The focus had always been thrown at the female biological clock, and how it acts as some sort of deadline reminder for those who still want to enjoy the colorful life of having kids.



Even gynecologists will tell you that miscarriages often happen when the women trying to conceive are older. They usually advise would-be mothers to have kids before they turn30or35. But with a new study that has recently come out, doctors might also want to focus on theageof these women'smale partners.



The latest news is thatmenalso haveticking biologic clocks.

Until now it was widely assumed thatmiscarriage rateslargely increased with female age only, but a study into women undergoing artificial insemination with their partner's sperm has found that it can also be linked witholder men. Scientists also found thatpregnancy ratesfell as the male partner gets older. This may reflect adecline in sperm qualityinmen over 40that affects both the chances of conception and the increased risk of a miscarriage, they said.



It is thefirst timethat scientists have discovered such a strong a paternal effecton rates of pregnancy and miscarriage and they suggest that, in future, fertility clinics should look more closely at theage of menas well as the age of women when advising on treatment.~The Independent, 7 July 2008

There you go, girls.



The study suggested that men who wait until their40sand beyond before starting a family face higher chances of seeing their women partners having amiscarriage, because of thepoorer quality of their sperm.



Easier said than done, I know. Both Love and Lust have been proven to be blind many times already.