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Well, you can't move a biological clock. Women that get pregnant after age 35 are deemed high risk, advanced maternal age. The risk of downs syndrome and othe
by feistypharit 9y ago
Well, you can't move a biological clock. Women that get pregnant after age 35 are deemed high risk, advanced maternal age. The risk of downs syndrome and other defects goes way up. Men having children after age 35 also have some poor outcomes, but not quite as bad or likely.
There sure is a lot of assumptions here too. More and more men are becoming stay at home dad's...myself included. Guess what, it impacts our career too. Possibly more so...I can't tell you the number of people that seem shocked to hear I stay home. Some literally are speechless.
- api 9y agoSure. My point was that with an extra 20 years of peak time taking time off from mid 20s until mid 30s would not be so devastating. You'd have a lot more time to make up for it later.