If you think age doesn’t matter for fatherhood - think again...

Mothers are warned about the risks of conceiving later in life - so what about the fathers?

New research is suggesting that older fathers pass on nearly four times as many genetic mutations as mothers do. While a mother’s age may contribute to risks of having a child with Down Syndrome and Edwards Syndrome, it is now believed that the father’s age may be linked to the risk of autism and schizophrenia. 

Genetically speaking, a man’s biological clock starts ticking around age 20 at the rate of about 2 genetic mutations per year, doubling the risk around age 36.