Is it true that a middle aged woman has a way better chance of pregnancy if she's sleeping with a much younger man? If so how much higher is it?

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Yes. Research has shown that male fertility also decline with age. More ”bad” sperm which aren’t able to fertilize an egg or lead to live birth. More mutations in the sperm. It takes on average longer for older men to get a woman pregnant compared to younger men. When the father is older there is also an increased risk of adverse pregnancy events like miscarriage, preterm labor (which in itself comes with a long list of possible complications or even death for the baby), increased risk of pregnancy complications for the woman, for example preeclampsia. A child born to an older father is also at increased risk for autism, adhd, schizophrenia, depression, learning difficulties, lower iq, addiction problems and suicide. If the woman is 10 or more years younger than the man the risks were even higher. The scientist started to see these effects in males from about age 35 and they increased with age. The highest risks could be seen in males over the age of 45.
Before anybody asks for sources, google for these studies if you want the sources. You should be able to find it easily.

[Asker]

Thank you so much! This makes me feel a lot better about my chances. I’ll google to fine the sources. Thank you so much!

[HighValue]

That contradicts what my biology and statistics university classes show.

[Delicious_cookies]

The woman age has a considerably higher impact on an increased risk of adverse pregnancy events like miscarriage, preterm labour, increased risk of pregnancy complications for the woman as preeclampsia. There is, however, better chances of a healthy child and getting pregnant faster with a younger male. But it has no say in adverse pregnancy events, for this is all female age that matter.

[TwinkleLily5]

I’m sure a younger males sperm is more fertile than an older male.. so of course you’ll have a better chance of getting pregnant by a younger man.

[Asker]

That’s good for me if that’s true as it’ll improve my odds of getting pregnant

[b5fan]

Younger men have the advantage of frequency and quantity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refractory_period_(sex)
But I think sperm counts are actually going down across the board according to the studies below.
https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/sperm-counts-are-on-the-decline-is-the-human-race-in-danger

[Asker]

I guess being able to go more rounds does make younger men more fertile in that you’ve got more chances at any given ovulation period. The second article was all over the place (and even admitted any of it’s conclusions may or may not be accurate due to how the studies were conducted) but there was one study that concluded men under 30 had a fairly greater amount of fertility in their Soren then men over 40 (which is good news for me). At the very least (according to that article) younger men’s sperm is as fertile as older men’s, if not more fertile

[Boromir]

There are some statistics that show that men under thirty can easier impregnate ladies above 35. Ladies up until 25 can be easily impregnated by any man independent of age. Not sure what the real perceptual figures are, seems in any case that male fertility also goes down with age, just not as harsh as female.

[Asker]

Good to know. That’s encouraging for me. I’ll look up the info. Thanks!

[Boromir]

Was an ‘interesting’ statistical group. Send me a DM if you want the link.

[PenkWing]

Not true. While it’s true that fertility in men declines with age, it’s not a very steep decline until you’re very old.

[Asker]

But is it steep enough that there would still be a significant fertility advantage of having a younger guy to impregnate a 40 year old woman as opposed to a guy her age or older?

[PenkWing]

Not significant, no. It might mean you have to try a couple times more. In itself it’s not a strong reason alone to favor a younger partner.

[Asker]

My partner already is younger. I just heard that it’s easier for older women to get pregnant with a younger partner and I wanted to find out if I could confirm it was true. Knowing doesn’t really do anything practícale, but if it’s true it could give me more confidence about my chances and if not I’m no worse off anyways

[PenkWing]

I’m sure you will have luck!

[Asker]

Thanks!

[loves2learn]

Nahhh, not way better. Possibly marginally better if he’a healthy and has a higher count. Varies from man to man.

[Asker]

My fiancé is in excellent shape but I’m not sure what his count is

[loves2learn]

Are you wanting to have a baby?

[Asker]

Yes I am

[loves2learn]

I recommend you buy ovulation predictor kits. The clear blue easy ones are really good. Then you can make sure you are having sex when you ovulate. I conceived both my children fairly quickly using them.

[Asker]

Thanks. They sound super useful. Do you know where I can get them?

[loves2learn]

Not sure if there are Targets where you live but that is where I got mine. I am sure Walmart would have them too. And probably Walgreens.

[OlderAndWiser]

Actually male fertility should not be an issue up to age 55 or 60, and then it is a marginal decline. Instead of listening to uninformed opinions, do some research for yourself.

https://sandstonedx.com/how-does-age-impact-male-fertility/

[Novacane]

I actually don't really know, never have looked up the stats for that but going off my knowledge I would say maybe yes, but it most likely isn't that much of a difference to make it exceptional, maybe a couple of percentages off. Men don't really lose their fertility rate that much and if they do it's usually up until late years like 40-50 maybe, but they can still have kids easily compared to women at those ages.

[spartan55]

Only if she is wearing pink panties when they hook up.

[Diodoro]

Mick Jagger impregnated his 30 something year old girlfriend while in his 70s. That's a fact I will continue to reiterate over the years lol. As far as having kids a guy more or less can have kids till the day he dies if he simply maintains his health.

If you're a dude just take care of yourself

[This_Is_My_Opinion8]

He was an exception. Around 40% of couples who have a hard time to get pregnant is due to problems with the man.

[Diodoro]

@This_Is_My_Opinion8 pull the studies that account for meaningful health markers outside age and I'll take it into consideration to the point I made, which is again. If you're a dude just take care of yourself.

[This_Is_My_Opinion8]

www.fertilityanswers.com/.../
This one says it's 30% the women's fault, 30% the men's, 30% both and 10% not possible to tell.

resolve.org/.../
This says the same.

www2.hse.ie/.../infertility-in-men.html
Here you have the 4 in 10, aka 40%.

www.google.com/.../when-facing-infertility-women-are-more-likely-to-blame-themselves-2020-6%3famp
Another giving 30% of the blame just to the male partner.

www.omicsonline.org/.../...165-1000361-106151.html
Here a recent study from 2018, not old data, giving men 40% of the blame.

Sadly just being healthy, while it helps, isn't enough.

[Diodoro]

@This_Is_My_Opinion8 I'm not sure how much experience you have actually reading through scientific studies, but I only read the first one that you linked and they did not account for health markers like I asked That's just a survey of general statics, while stating what a healthy person should have. Yea, we know healthy people are better off Show me the studies that were done on old man who have active Lifestyles, who are generally fit, with a good diet, relatively low stress, and active sex life, and still are infertile You can say there are not many of those men around, and you're probably right. My point is that if you take care of yourself like those guys are you will do fine. Just saying that person is an outlier despite those things is disingenuous

[This_Is_My_Opinion8]

So just a studies with a very restricted control group? Not even sure they made that

[Diodoro]

@This_Is_My_Opinion8 doesn't even have to be very restricted. But an actual test with different sample populations that are clearly defined from one another controlling for legitimate markers of health using meaningful tracking. And if they don't have that yet, then I'll fall back on more anecdotal but meaningful facts. Like fertility rates in cultures that tend to live longer such as Okinawa or Crete. Younger population in those areas have fewer kids, but they also have generally lower health than previous generation. Grandpa could pump out 7 kids into his 60s but men today in their 30s struggling for 1? Can we really say it's age? Or is it the health of the men? Because right now the norm is to be overweight in nearly every country today and some countries morbid obesity is common. If you're a healthy fit guy in America where I am you're in the minority in the country. Over half is overweight today. We know that affects fertility. Truth seeking would be to honestly attempt to disprove the point and if you can't then that idea has more credibility. By anecdotal evidence and some

[Diodoro]

@This_Is_My_Opinion8 whoops lol. By anecdotal evidence and some simply applied logic we can pretty much argue it's more about health rather than age. Previous generation had more kids over a longer period of time. We also know the normal guy had higher testosterone, better weight markers, stronger grip strength (indicator of overall strength and health) How can we really say, knowing these statistics, that age is the primary factor with respect to male fertility. When again. Even old men who take care of themselves are today still knocking up girls who are fertile enough?

[This_Is_My_Opinion8]

Past generation didn't use nearly as much contraceptives and one person could make money to feed a family of 5. Socially things are very different. Neither if the data I show has what you requested in particular, but regardless if they were old or young men truth is we have a big part of the blame when conception simple doesn't happen. Whatever is age or lack of exercise, the case is that it is happening.

[Diodoro]

@This_Is_My_Opinion8 and I never made the case that it isn't happening. I merely made the point that it's something within our control and that if you do the simple task of taking care of yourself. As a man fertility will never be an issue You've continued to argue otherwise as if age is the predominant factor that effects fertility and passed off my Mick Jagger comparisons (that I use because it's something easy for people to relate to and really understand) you immediately pass off as an outlier sidestepping my point which was, he's an old man.. who takes care of himself lol I understand your point from the outset. Mine simply hasn't been addressed and even now you've gone the way of saying well it all doesn't matter now because overall fertility is going down and men share blame. Like wtf lmao. Blame isn't even part of the topic with respect to me. I'm just saying, take care of yourself and whatever BS concerns many have won't even exist in your reality as a man.

[This_Is_My_Opinion8]

I could look for data about it. But as long as we don't have it no way to know if it is something that we can control for the most part or not

[Diodoro]

@This_Is_My_Opinion8 anecdotally speaking we have a lot of correlating factors that are in our control. Sleep, stress levels (strongly affected by sleep), exercise, diet, lifestyle choices like alcohol/smoking, porn use, shame or lack thereof related to that as well as sex, your personal view of your standing in life, the posture you hold that you habitually hold day in and day out. All those factors I mentioned have been shown scientifically to increase testosterone levels which is directly related to fertility. 300-400ng/deciliter is bare minimum testosterone for baseline sexual function.

[Diodoro]

@This_Is_My_Opinion8 read the book Power Poses or just watch a video on the subject. You can hold a pose of a winner and inside of 2-5 minutes you will have elevated your testosterone levels measurably just from that. Scientifically proven in studies and readily testable now for you to experientially understand/know

[This_Is_My_Opinion8]

You know how much that sounds like BS right? Your testosterone increases just for making a pose?

[This_Is_My_Opinion8]

Testosterone can't be to high. Believe it or not too much of it messes you up
www.health.harvard.edu/.../testosterone--what-it-does-and-doesnt-do

[Diodoro]

@This_Is_My_Opinion8 Google " The Debate On Power Posing Continues: Here’s Where We Stand" I can't share a link because my account is new. But yea I have enough experience with this using it on myself and others. This is a highly documented subject matter. Don't believe me. Prove me wrong and try it for yourself. Best way to disprove is giving it an honest try and it not having the intended effect

[Diodoro]

@This_Is_My_Opinion8 Supraphysiological levels come from steroid use, not natural means. Only downside of increasing testosterone through natural means is specifically in relation to DHT. The big daddy testosterone. It increases beard growth and scalp balding at the same time 😂 sad facts

[This_Is_My_Opinion8]

It really sounds farfetch.

[This_Is_My_Opinion8]

Aging does make your hair fall but your beard grow. Sure those side effects are only in abnormal cases.

[Diodoro]

@This_Is_My_Opinion8 I get it. It does to a lot of people who haven't experienced it. But when it's so simple and easily testable it's hard for me to argue past just saying try it and look into it for yourself. That's all that matters anyways

[dmgstarfleet]

Sounds like an anonymous female is looking for an excuse to bone a young guy and claim it was for a “higher good”

[Asker]

Actually my fiancé and I are trying to have a baby. He’s 15 years younger and I’m wondering if that’ll improve our chances. So no, I’m not looking to bone some random younger guy. Yes, I am asking this anonymously because I know I’ll get a fair amount of rude comments and judgements for asking this question

[just_a_potato]

what are you planning 😶

[HighValue]

Once a woman is 35+ her chances of having a healthy pregnancy without learning disabilities gets very low. And that is assuming she was healthy, didn't do drugs in her past or much alcohol. If she did those things she can have messed up kids even if she is in her early 20s.

[Asker]

I know the chances are lower, but I don’t think they’re that low

[HighValue]

They seriously are. Take a couple biology and statistics classes. 15 to 20% chance of getting pregnant after 35. And that is if she wasn't a party person that did drugs or drank much alcohol. If she did that the chances decrease in her 20s. And after age 35 the chances of having a kid with a learning disability more than double. If she used substances the chances increase 5 times. Healthy men chances of impregnating starts decreasing after age 55. Theirs is gradual. About a 30 degree angle of decrease. Women's decreases at a 65 to 70 degree angle after 35. But men need to realize that if they do drugs or drink heavy they also have high probability of creating kids with learning disabilities, or kids that need glasses by the time they are 3 years old.

[t-8900]

fertility decreases in men by about 5% after 35 and 10% after 45. And that's it. So if you're having a hard time getting pregnant then the man has other issues like maybe a health problem or something or you are no longer very fertile yourself.

[Asker]

For what it’s worth we started trying not that long ago. I think I’m fertile as I still have regular periods and a healthy sex drive, but I am meeting with a fertility doctor just in case

[t-8900]

are your intentions to get pregnant with anyone, with a man specifically much younger? If so does he know about it?

[Asker]

My intentions are to get pregnant via my fiancé (who is younger than me). He is fully aware of all this

[t-8900]

Okay you won't have problems. Has he also been checked for fertility?

[Asker]

No. Should he be?

[t-8900]

You should check to be 💯. Men can still be sterile

[Nikkisadova]

Yep, younger men have higher sperm counts, higher sex drive, and usually more ejaculate, good luck!! :)

[Sampan2017]

Great

[exitseven]

I think a middle aged woman made this up.

[Asker]

You’re not wrong. I’m 40 years old

[exitseven]

YAHTZEE!

[honeylover21]

I would think she has less chance of being pregnant because she isn't fertile anymore obviloulsy as the saying goes she has changed life.

[Asker]

I’m actually 40 and still have regular periods. I know my chances aren’t as high as when u was in my 20s, but I heard from somewhere that younger men are a lot more likeky to get older women pregnant. Since my fiancé is 25 I’m trying to figure out if it’s true (I hope it is, but it may not be)

[honeylover21]

Wow , ok

[Browneye57]

Depends on the guy dopey. How many sperms he has. Not how old he is.

[scott04sa22]

It happens. 18M with 40F. Then after I year or two depends on their compatibility sex should slow down with them. It’s better to have kids in 20s then up to 50s or higher

[Asker]

What about a 25M 40F?

[scott04sa22]

Something

[Samantha_17]

My mom got pregnant aged 46 from a younger guy who is 35. She had dated him for a couple months.

I hope this helps.

[ODC2112]

It is almost irrilevant the male's age before 50.

[TheFlak38]

the lies that post-wall women tell themselves to cope.

[kellytheman]

Msybe I heard middle aged are more fetile and younger guys have better swimmers usually.

[Asker]

I heard that too, but I’m trying to figure out if it’s true (and if it is true how true it is)

[aquamarine321]

I’m not sure