At what age should men stop making babies with their sperm?

According to health experts, the same age that women should—before 40. Every year after that leads to higher chances of autism, schizophrenia, ADHD, dyslexia and other learning disabilities, down syndrome, childhood cancers, congenital heart defects, etc. Sperm quality peaks between 25-30. It's advised men bank their sperm by 35, which is the same age recommended that women freeze their eggs. Old sperm also puts women at much higher risk for gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, and preterm birth.

These poll results are somewhat baffling in comparison to the DL comments expressing horror at figures like Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino becoming fathers in their dotage.

In a related question, at what age should men stop making babies WITHOUT their sperm?

r1 "According to health experts"

Links to your specific claims? I don't disbelieve you, but anytime someone makes a claim with "Experts agree..." etc. it sounds dubious.

Adorable that this question is being asked on the website overwhelmingly dominated by elderly men with no kids.

45. At that age you can still have at lest 30 years. Enough time to see your child into adulthood, and mostly be able to keep up with toddlers in the early years.

Under 30

35. Men shouldn't be grandpa age with a newborn.

R4 How about data from 40 million births? The link below is to a description of a study from Stanford.

As opposed to with their what else?

The time-passed-to-WW ratio is suspect.

Men can keep making babies forever. God likes us better.

The age they turn after they have their first kid. The world is overpopulated.

R4 This is a remarkably simple thing to fact-check. Every search result for this question confirms the answer in R1.

Nature obviously wants men to keep procreating.

[quote] The age they turn after they have their first kid. The world is overpopulated.

No, it’s not.

When an older gentleman trades his old wife for a newer model, the new young wife shouldn’t be excluded from having a baby just because her husband is old.

You need to have a dad who is still active to play with the kid.

Alec Baldwin.

That's my answer.

[quote] The time-passed-to-WW ratio is suspect.

R11 If it hits one million, we’ll know the sperm are voting.

or

Some DL readers have sticky fingers from reading this thread about sperm, and one WW turns into 10 WWs.

or

Someone is amusing himself in a way that does not involve the release of sperm.

Hey I'm OP and I did NOT ww my own OP post. I don't know who did that and why.

Ah, the autism troll.

What do you suggest men that age make babies with if not their sperm, OP?

I spelled it all out, R23, to reach our lower reading comprehension brothers on DL. Your dull witless retort has already been made above by a few posters. HAHA so funny! 🥴

It's only in the last 15-20 years or so that advanced paternal age is considered to carry some risk of complications. Prior to that, most of the focus was on mothers, with pregnancies in women over 35 years old being classed as "geriatric" pregnancies.

R25, women don’t want to believe that they’re ever the problem. Men must be blamed for everything or at least something even when all the evidence points to the contrary. Old eggs and a dusty womb create retarded children.

R16 : Yes, it is. There are way too many people on the planet.

Both women and men contribute to the problem, R26, but as always, the issue with men's age skated until now, because society has decided that men are never at fault for anything.

But hey -- you do you.

When the Rolling Stones stop touring and I don't need to burnish my Mack-Daddy Cred with another baby.

So, never.

It's so unfair.

We're both about the same age, but he can go on making babies the rest of his life.

I feel like the Spruce Goose.

People may visit, play with the controls, but I'll never really fly again.

[quote]Links to your specific claims? I don't disbelieve you, but anytime someone makes a claim with "Experts agree..." etc. it sounds dubious.

R1 Agreed.

It's so hard to take these kinds of studies (or information) seriously these days when many scientists have drunk the 'woke' Kool-aid, so the next wave of historical/scientific analysis and literature is being tainted by an aggressively anti-men cultural bias.

I believe the chance of neurodivergence increases dramatically after 35.

Neurodivergence is also highly hereditary but also appears to be capable of being created through old parents (mine was!). So if it’s created, then it doesn’t go away and becomes hereditary.

So sire all you want, because it’s already been unleashed onto the population. I predict 30% neurodivergence by the end of the century.

Waiting for r4s' apology for r1s' factually correct post.

These posters always hiss loudly but when called out they slink away quietly.

Here's a tip: Don't challenge something when you obviously have no idea what the fuck you are talking about.

R31 same with 'woke' historians, who are doing everything they can to rewrite history or exaggerate the contributions of select groups.

Every sperm is sacred.

R4 this is what annoys me

We literally live in an age where someone can copy/paste something, ask an AI “is this true” and get a response like this:

The statement touches on several complex aspects of reproductive health. Here's a breakdown of what health experts generally agree upon:

1. **Paternal Age and Health Risks**: - There is evidence suggesting that the risk of certain conditions, including autism, schizophrenia, ADHD, and other neurodevelopmental disorders, increases with paternal age. Older paternal age is also associated with a higher risk of genetic mutations in sperm, which can contribute to congenital disabilities and other health issues in offspring. - Sperm quality, including motility and genetic integrity, tends to peak in a man's late 20s and early 30s, and it can decline with age.

2. **Maternal Age and Health Risks**: - Women are often advised to consider having children before age 35, as the risk of chromosomal abnormalities (such as Down syndrome), congenital heart defects, and other complications increases with maternal age. - The quality and quantity of a woman's eggs decline with age, which can impact fertility and increase the likelihood of miscarriages and pregnancy complications.

3. **Other Factors**: - Both paternal and maternal ages are important factors, but they are not the only ones. Lifestyle, genetics, and environmental factors also play significant roles in the health outcomes of offspring.

It is essential to consult with healthcare providers to understand the specific risks and make informed decisions based on individual health and family planning goals.

r33 you dumb fuck. I specifically said I DON'T DISBELIEVE YOU.

You fucking moron. Seek help, and learn to read.

This is a whole lotta ruckus from a bunch of men who would rather die than get their penises anywhere near a vagina.

I mean, you don't even have any skin in the game, so to speak...

Shouting and name calling is a clear sign of a lost argument r4.

Careful, anger might frighten your cats.

This question is redundant because as long women allow to birth brats by old geezers it doesn't matter what we tell men. It is women who should be told to abort grandpa babies. I recommend a vasectomy at age 15 to avoid unwanted child support. The sperm will be frozen when men are ready to be fathers at 65.

What's wrong with this picture?

R37, I am not R33.

But, yanno...he's right.

𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐲: What is this? I'm not moldering; my paint's not peeling off. I'm good for years.

𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐫: How many years? Suppose I hold you back for one? I can - it's possible. Suppose your first son dies, ours did - it's possible. Suppose you're daughtered next. We were - that, too, is possible. How old is Daddy then?

What kind of spindly, ricket-ridden, milky, semi-witted, wizened, dim-eyed, gammy-handed, limpy line of things will you beget?

𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐲: It's sweet of you to care.

𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐫: And when you die, which is regrettable but necessary, what will happen to frail Alais and her pruney prince? You can't think Richard's going to wait for your grotesque to grow.

𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐲: You wouldn't let him do a thing like that?

𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐫: Let him? I'd push him through the nursery door.

𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐲: You're not that cruel.

𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐫: Don't fret. We'll wait until you're dead to do it.

I'm making babies with my sperm, right now!

[quote]When an older gentleman trades his old wife for a newer model, the new young wife shouldn’t be excluded from having a baby just because her husband is old.

That's what the pool boy is for.

How much does nature really want men of a certain age to procreate?

R46 Circumcision is not nature.