# First time dad at 44! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 5, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-dad-at-44/587930 "2011-07-05T19:56:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-dad-at-44/587930/61 "2012-03-13T19:32:55Z")
Congratulations! Now get some sleep! Fast! You’ll need it! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-dad-at-44/587930/62 "2012-03-13T19:39:24Z")
Welcome to the world, little one! Congratulations mom and dad! ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-dad-at-44/587930/63 "2012-06-20T19:30:58Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Yeah, isn’t 35 the threshold for being of “advanced maternal age”? It’s more complicated than that. The risk of infertility and birth defects both go up steadily from the early 20s. There’s nothing magical about age 35. The age 35 was chosen because the risk (at the time) of accidental miscarriage due to an amnio was lower at that age than the risk of common genetic defects in the fetus. In other words, doctors assumed - and didn’t explain to patients this assumption - that a woman would rather have a miscarriage than risk not detecting and aborting a “defective” fetus. Hardly informed consent. They should simply explain all the risks at any age and let the woman decide what to do. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-dad-at-44/587930/64 "2012-06-20T20:22:27Z")
Congratulations! I’m so happy for you guys!!! And I promise not to tell ANYONE! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dngnb8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@dngnb8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dngnb8)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-dad-at-44/587930/65 "2012-06-20T20:26:50Z")
GRATZ! Well, now nobody can ask you Where the beef? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-dad-at-44/587930/66 "2012-06-21T01:22:45Z")
Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-dad-at-44/587930/67 "2012-06-21T18:25:30Z")
My mom was 38 and my dad 48 when I was born, and now he’s 81 and still going relatively strong. Actually, when I’d go to Duke’s nerd camp in the summers, most of the other scary smart kids had older parents. It’ll be fine. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-dad-at-44/587930/68 "2012-06-21T19:18:34Z")
I just realized I had not posted any pictures yet, so here is a link to my [picasa page](https://picasaweb.google.com/111279321749340854639/June212012). ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-dad-at-44/587930/69 "2012-06-21T19:37:47Z")
Congratulations!! But something is a-miss. Your link says, “Page not found”. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-dad-at-44/587930/70 "2012-06-21T19:53:36Z")
whoops! Try it now…see if that works! ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-dad-at-44/587930/71 "2012-06-21T19:59:52Z")
I still get the PNF error but maybe it’s just my browser setting or something. I’ll wait and see if someone else can see the pics. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-dad-at-44/587930/72 "2012-06-22T12:14:04Z")
Okay, lets try this… [Link](https://picasaweb.google.com/111279321749340854639/June212012) ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-dad-at-44/587930/73 "2012-06-22T12:20:56Z")
Aw, so cute! Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-dad-at-44/587930/74 "2012-06-22T16:46:35Z")
It’s working! Awwww, what a cutie pie. He looks like a baby elf in the blue thing. ---
**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-dad-at-44/587930/75 "2012-06-22T17:18:32Z")
Awesome kid! Since the thread’s been resurrected, we may as well ask: how’s that “First time dad at 44” thing going, anyway? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-dad-at-44/587930.md?page=3)