biological clock?

[zathrus]

I work in an office full of women, we range from 28 to mid- 50's. We were having a discussion on at what age a woman's biological clock starts ticking. What age would that be? I think that it depends on what age a girl becomes a woman.

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[ADF]

I'd say that you the clock is ticking when the prospect of having a baby begins to take on health-risks. Once you're 40 or so, there are a lot of problems that can occur... increased chance of retardation, etc.

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[Tall_James]

Once you're 40 or so, there are a lot of problems that can occur... increased chance of retardation, etc.

Actually, at age 35, they make expectant mothers have amniocentesis (sp?) due to increased risks at that age.

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[HordeKing1]

In the sense you're using it, biological clock refers to the reduction in fertility rates that comes with age.

The older you are the harder it is to conceive. This applies to men as well as women.

From 19 to 26 - woman have a 50% chance of getting preganant if they have sex during ovulation.

27 - 34 - women's pregnancy rate declined to 40%

35 to 39 - Less than 30% chance of getting pregnant.


Men's fertility rate - declines "significantly" at around age 35.

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[Reephdweller]

funny that no women have chimed in yet, but i believe it begins in the mid to late thirties.

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[Jennitalia]

i'm 30 and i'm not worried about my biological clock. just worried that i'll never find the one to have babies with when i am ready.

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[reeshy]

I have a biological clock- it's made out of a uterus- around 6 in the morning, it cramps up and says" Don't touch me, you frigging animal" Then I go to work!!

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[Arienette]

i think it really depends on the person... i have a friend who's 22, and all she wants to is have babies. i have another friend who completely hated babies, and then at around 26, started warming up to the idea. i'm right in the middle, and i'm not really concerned with that sort of thing.

it seems like, in general, around late 20's early 30's, it really starts to kick in.

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[TrailerTrash]

i'm 25 and i can say that i was starting to hear mine faintly last summer. the only thing that's holding me back now is that i'm not financially ready yet. you could say that i'm on the low end of this biological clock thing, but then again, i have health problems that are making me want to have my children soon before something happens and i can't.

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[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

What clock? There's a clock?! No body told me about no clock!

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[A.J.]

"Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock."

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[TheMojoPin]

Just leve the thing blinking "12:00" and you'll be fine.

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[guttersnipe]

My biological clock started making some noise when I
was about 28. And I came about this close to
marrying a dear old gay friend, Joey, around that time.
We had made a pact in college that if neither of us had
found "the one" by the time we were 28 that we would
get married and make a baby and just have separate
master bedrooms. When we finally got to 28 we had a
long talk about it and decided to wait a couple more
years because neither of us was ready to give up going
out and certain substances. I also wasn't quite ready
financially.

My mother gave up on grandchildren on my 30th
birthday. When I was 31, I still wasn't ready, but
guess what. Boom. Happened anyway. I realized that
if I just kept waiting "until I was ready" I wasn't ever
going to do it. So I kept the baby, got married, and
had another one 18 months to the day after the first
one (also an "oopsie").

Joey came to my wedding and is still one of my closest
friends (he lives in Chelsea, so if I get up there this
summer I'll be staying with him). He still wants a baby,
but I think he has given up. He'd be a great Daddy,
too, so it's really a shame. I guess some gay men have
biological clocks, too.

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[Thebazile78]

We were having a discussion on at what age a woman's biological clock starts ticking. What age would that be?

Hmmm. . .

A former friend of mine had this idea in her head that her biological clock was ticking shortly after she turned 21. . . of course, my best friend had just had her daughter (who I refer to as my 'neice') at the time, so I think this other chick was jealous of the attention my friend was receiving.

Some women feel their only purpose on this earth is to have babies. . .and I think those are the ones who hear that "tick-tock" most strongly, especially if they reach a certain age and they haven't found what they're looking for.

Pregnancy and childbirth are risky no matter what age you are; admittedly these health-risks increase with age. But that's not what frightens me. A month (or, for some women more) of morning sickness comes off as a breeze when you're looking to spend the next 18 years with the li'l bugger. . .

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[Reephdweller]

I have a biological clock- it's made out of a uterus- around 6 in the morning, it cramps up and says" Don't touch me, you frigging animal" Then I go to work!!


I still laugh every time I read this!

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[zathrus]

all i know is that i am 28, married and it seems that every time i turn around there is a baby. maybe its because i work down the hall from a peds dept (children's dr). and i work in an oncology office. where i deal with people suffering from many different forms of cancer and that are dieing. i see how short and precious life is.

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[Johnathan H Christ]

i dunno, none of my kids have ever lived past the first trimester.

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[Abrasive Dean]

Men's fertility rate - declines "significantly" at
around age 35.


Well your majesty, exceptions prove the rule as this
42 year old fool can show.....

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[Arienette]

Pregnancy and childbirth are risky no matter what age you are: admittedly these health-risks increase with age. But that's not what frightens me. A month (or, for some women more) of morning sickness comes off as a breeze when you're looking to spend the next 18 years with the li'l bugger. .the thing that frightens me is the idea of a set of shoulders being pulled through my vagina. that thought is more than enough to hit the snooze alarm for a while.

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[TheMojoPin]

Dean's back...and he's abundantly fertile! DUCK!

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[guttersnipe]

the thing that frightens me is the idea of a set
of shoulders being pulled through my vagina.

Trust me on this. The head is the worst part. Once
that comes through, the rest slips right on out of there.
The shoulders of infants are pliable, flexible, cartilage
for the most part, whereas most of the head is not.

1st baby: 51 hours of labor, 20 minutes of pushing.
2nd baby: 28 hours, 4 minutes of pushing.
Doctor was so shocked he almost didn't catch her.

And whatver you do DO NOT LET THEM GIVE YOU AN
EPISIOTOMY.

Anyway, childbirth is a walk in the park compared to
what comes after it.

~mommysnipe


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[HordeKing1]

DEAN - Men can father babies into their 90's. The odds of getting a woman pregnant declines in the 30's however, as the sperm count and the actual motility of the sperm declines.

GUTTERSNIPE - Now that's not just labor, that's HARD labor.

My wife had it much easier:
1st baby: 4 hours even
2nd baby: 20 minutes (yets minutes)
3rd baby: 3 1/2 hours.


Anyway, childbirth is a walk in the park compared to what comes after it.

Truer words were never spoken.

BTW, regarding the episiotomy, it is at times necessary, (as a clean cut heals easier than a tear) but too many doctors perform it routinely. Talk to your doctor about it BEFORE you go into labor.

If you do have the episiotomy, all is not lost - slip the doctor a 50 he'll put in an extra 2 or 3 stiches. ;)


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