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Biologically the best age (for a woman) to have a baby is around 19 years old. Sociologically is probably 35+. So there is an unsolvable problem here, you hav

by 21 8y ago

Biologically the best age (for a woman) to have a baby is around 19 years old. Sociologically is probably 35+. So there is an unsolvable problem here, you have to compromise one way or the other. https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/cusp/201211/whats-the-best-age-have-baby https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/cusp/201211/whats-th...

perl4ever 8y ago
Once I read otherwise, that highest chance of a healthy baby is more like 30ish. Men are biased towards younger women because they don't bear the risks of pregnancy.
Lordarminius 8y ago
According to the article you link to : (biologically the best age to have a baby is 19 because the...) "oocytes are fresh and the body’s reproductive and other systems are at a youthful peak" I stopped reading after that. There's no such thing as 'fresh' oocytes. The author is just making stuff for his purpose as he goes along. The ideal age for having kids lies somewhere in the range of late 20's to early 30's. Here both biological and sociological advantages convene.
- redsymbol 8y ago
  Actually, and I didn't read the article, but responding to your last sentence... Apparently the primary oocytes in a female human body are all created before she is born, and available evidence says it's likely no more are produced after that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oogenesis#Oogenesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oogenesis#Oogenesis
- 21 8y ago
  Well, you are wrong about that. > Mitochondria in oocyte aging: current understanding > The oocyte is the largest cell found in multicellular organisms. Mitochondria, as the energy factories for cells, are found in high numbers in oocytes, as they provide the energy for oocyte maturation, fertilization, and embryo formation via oxidative phosphorylation. Failure of assisted reproduction is mainly attributed to oocyte aging and increased aneuploidy. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5506767/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5506767/
wycs 8y ago
>So there is an unsolvable problem here, you have to compromise one way or the other. This seems addressable by biotechnology, artificial wombs and so on. At a certain level of technological sophistication, all problems become engineering problems.
philipkglass 8y ago
American mothers in the 30-34 age range have the lowest rate of medical complications during labor and delivery (per table 4 here): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4418963/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4418963/ 35-39 year olds have slightly higher rates of complications, but the rates are still lower than in teenage mothers. This rank ordering persists even after adjusting for demographics, type of birth, and comorbidities (table 5).
- bodas 8y ago
  There is a significantly higher risk of birth defects in women in their late 30s.

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perl4ever 8y ago

Once I read otherwise, that highest chance of a healthy baby is more like 30ish. Men are biased towards younger women because they don't bear the risks of pregnancy.

Lordarminius 8y ago

According to the article you link to : (biologically the best age to have a baby is 19 because the...) "oocytes are fresh and the body’s reproductive and other systems are at a youthful peak" I stopped reading after that. There's no such thing as 'fresh' oocytes. The author is just making stuff for his purpose as he goes along. The ideal age for having kids lies somewhere in the range of late 20's to early 30's. Here both biological and sociological advantages convene.

redsymbol 8y ago
Actually, and I didn't read the article, but responding to your last sentence... Apparently the primary oocytes in a female human body are all created before she is born, and available evidence says it's likely no more are produced after that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oogenesis#Oogenesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oogenesis#Oogenesis
21 8y ago
Well, you are wrong about that. > Mitochondria in oocyte aging: current understanding > The oocyte is the largest cell found in multicellular organisms. Mitochondria, as the energy factories for cells, are found in high numbers in oocytes, as they provide the energy for oocyte maturation, fertilization, and embryo formation via oxidative phosphorylation. Failure of assisted reproduction is mainly attributed to oocyte aging and increased aneuploidy. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5506767/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5506767/

wycs 8y ago

>So there is an unsolvable problem here, you have to compromise one way or the other. This seems addressable by biotechnology, artificial wombs and so on. At a certain level of technological sophistication, all problems become engineering problems.

philipkglass 8y ago

American mothers in the 30-34 age range have the lowest rate of medical complications during labor and delivery (per table 4 here): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4418963/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4418963/ 35-39 year olds have slightly higher rates of complications, but the rates are still lower than in teenage mothers. This rank ordering persists even after adjusting for demographics, type of birth, and comorbidities (table 5).

bodas 8y ago
There is a significantly higher risk of birth defects in women in their late 30s.