I know study after study has shown the younger the mom and dad, the better chance of a healthy baby....
I am 29 pressing 30, and my girlfriend is 34 pressing 35....we're falling in love fast, but reasonable enough to know we should take our time, and we're a a few years away from marriage, which means by the time we'd conceive, i'd be 33 or 34, and she'd be 38 or 39....
...therefore, we're seriously considering getting our eggs/sperm frozen NOW, so if we have a kid 5 years from now, it'll be as if it was a 30 year old man and a 35 year old woman...
...my question though, is how much has the odds of down syndrome, autism, and god knows what else, ALREADY increased compared to say, a 21 year old couple conceiving?
At 34/35, has my girlfriend's odds of an unhealthy baby already increased drastically? Or if she freezes her eggs now, is that still young enough where the increase is fairly minor?
And can anyone provide some research or sourcing to back up their claims? Thanks...
I am 29 pressing 30, and my girlfriend is 34 pressing 35....we're falling in love fast, but reasonable enough to know we should take our time, and we're a a few years away from marriage, which means by the time we'd conceive, i'd be 33 or 34, and she'd be 38 or 39....
...therefore, we're seriously considering getting our eggs/sperm frozen NOW, so if we have a kid 5 years from now, it'll be as if it was a 30 year old man and a 35 year old woman...
...my question though, is how much has the odds of down syndrome, autism, and god knows what else, ALREADY increased compared to say, a 21 year old couple conceiving?
At 34/35, has my girlfriend's odds of an unhealthy baby already increased drastically? Or if she freezes her eggs now, is that still young enough where the increase is fairly minor?
And can anyone provide some research or sourcing to back up their claims? Thanks...