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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
by 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 agoActually, 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 agoWell, 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/