For you men hoping to have a baby at a more advanced age, here are a list of your potential heroes: David Bowie (at 53), Mick Jagger (at 57), Michael Douglas (at 58), Rod Stewart (at 60), Paul McCartney (at 61), Eric Clapton (at 59), Pierre Trudeau (72), Charlie Chaplin (at 73), Saul Bellow (at 84), Pablo Picasso (at 68), David Letterman (at 56), Larry King (at 65 and 66), … [Read more...] about Famous older dads
Pregnancy
Easing Pain in Childbirth
Check out the NY Times for an article on an old practice of putting pregnant women on their hands and knees while in labor to ease the pain of childbirth. Midwives have long recommended the practice to get the baby “into position.” The data seems to indicate that it helps with the pain, but there is no proof that it actually helps get the baby in the right place. This … [Read more...] about Easing Pain in Childbirth
Okay, but he’s not competing with Octo-Dad
Move over Octomom: We found a dad with 86 kids! And you think Octomom has her hands full. The aptly named Daad Abdul Rahamn claims to be the patriarch of the largest family in the world. The 63-year-old Dubai resident has 86 children--and two more on the way.[From The Mommy Files : Move over Octomom: We found a dad with 86 kids!] Yeah, having 86 kids is a lot, but it's not … [Read more...] about Okay, but he’s not competing with Octo-Dad
Older Dads Father Dumber Kids?
This one hits closer to home since I was already 43 when w had our first. A recently released study finds that children of older dads score lower on IQ tests even after weighing socioeconomic factors. Australian and US researchers analyzed test results of more than 33,000 US born children born to fathers between the ages of 14 and 66. The tests included reasoning, … [Read more...] about Older Dads Father Dumber Kids?
Understanding Emotions Around Infertility
Here's a good article in the New York Times about infertility and the couples who have to give up on fertility treatments, sometimes after trying for a decade or more. What I found especially interesting was the article’s take on infertility as a kind of loss. The loss is as much for a baby they will never have as for the person they thought they would be. This is something … [Read more...] about Understanding Emotions Around Infertility