Ain’t what she used to be…….
Is there a similar song for men? I’ve spent the last few days trying to come up with one but have yet to figure it out. Can you think of any?
Well…as it turns out….it seems that there should be.
You might have missed this piece that was buried in the NYT Health blogs earlier this week but it seems that a woman’s age of 35+ isn’t the only thing that impacts fertility and success at conceiving a child. New research out this week shows that a man’s fertility can also be impacted once he turns 35.
Ahh…the old gray bull..ain’t what he used to be, now is he? Maybe his horns aren’t quite so sharp anymore either…so to speak.
This fascinates me on many levels. I don’t know one woman in her 30s who doesn’t think about what turning 35 means and can’t hear the biological clock ticking. This doesn’t mean that every woman I know in her 30s necessarily cares about it or even wants children but for those that think children are even a remote weight loss possibility, the clock striking midnight on the day a woman turns 35 can be a dark hour.
I mean hell – they even call it a “geriatric pregnancy.”
To be associated with the word “geriatric” at the ripe and beautiful age of 35 can do a lot to one’s psyche.
Meanwhile, men can be tip-toeing through the tulips and partying the night away, with nary a care in sight – and instead just figure they’ll score themselves some younger woman with ripe ovaries to spawn their offspring.
Think again, men. Your swimmers might be getting a little crotchety and dried up too…..I’d like to see more dialogue on this in the media, more attention given to this issue rather than the constant doldrum of fear forced on women that they are getting old and dried up:
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/fathers-age-is-also-a-factor-in-fertility/
And speaking of fighting off age – every one of us should read this article in the Post and then consider upping our Vitamin D intake – I, for one, have dramatically increased the intake of Vitamin D for myself, DD and DH:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/03/AR2008070303822.html
Have a good weekend, kittens.
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