Older dads linked to rise in mental illness

[Arthur Little]

My paternal grandmother had her last (perfectly healthy) child when she was 49, so grandpa must have been getting on a bit too.

Likewise ... BOTH my grannies - by curious coincidence - gave birth to THEIR last (perfectly normal) children when in their mid-forties.

[Arthur Little]

Bear in mind, also ... that this was back in the early years of the 20th Century ... a time when - due, presumably, to the lack of today's contraception methods - it was far from uncommon for very many married women to have LARGE families (my paternal granny, for instance, had 11 children - all of whom survived into adulthood).

So ... just THINK! How much safer it is nowadays - for ALL concerned - with modern family planning.

[lastlid]

Yes. Thanks Doc.

[stevewool]

being from a very large family 13 children, does that make me daft, many would say yes

[lastlid]

being from a very large family 13 children, does that make me daft, many would say yes

Where you the 13th?

[Terpe]

Where you the 13th?

Unlucky for some
As the old adage goes.

No offence Steve. Just a dash of ...............

[stevewool]

number 12 for me could have been number 11 but my twin sister pushed her way through first bloody women being doing ever since

[lastlid]

number 12 for me could have been number 11 but my twin sister pushed her way through first bloody women being doing ever since

[CBM]

I was born when my father was 49 and my mother was 38, I have a younger brother and sister. My younger son was born when I was 49 and my prospective stepson was born when I was 56...

I look at it this way - a family that reproduces once every other generation is better for the planet!