There’s a new kid on the geriatric dads block, and has a new son. He had to beat out a man a year younger and more virile than he was to win the record. At 79, Raymond Calvert is the world’s oldest new dad.
I hope I’m still humping like this at 79, though it’s a bit hard to believe that no special drugs were involved, unless you count his 25 year old partner.
Calvert and 25-year-old girlfriend Charlotte became proud parents of tiny Jamie Rai ten weeks ago.
October 15, 2009 – 10:04 AM
What’s good for the head may be bad for the sperm, says a new study in Fertility and Sterility. … Peter Schlegel, M.D., thinks that all selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may have this effect since they work in similar ways. Hope-to-be dads should discuss their use of these drugs and the possibility of temporarily stopping their use while trying to get pregnant with their partner.
Yeah, you might freeze your butt off, but the one thing enjoying the cooler weather down there is your sperm. A new study in Germany says that men who spent an hour in heated seats showed an increase in testicle temperature that was significant to harm sperm (from 95˚ to 99.14F). Sperm can be affected at 96.8˚, so heated seats may be the culprit behind your low sperm count, say the study researchers as reported in Men’s Health.
For you men hoping to have a baby at a more advanced age, here are a list of your potential heroes: David Bowie (at 53), Mick Jagger (at 57), Michael Douglas (at 58), Rod Stewart (at 60), Paul McCartney (at 61), Eric Clapton (at 59), Pierre Trudeau (72), Charlie Chaplin (at 73), Saul Bellow (at 84), Pablo Picasso (at 68), David Letterman (at 56), Larry King (at 65 and 66), Woody Allen (at 51), Warren Beatty (at 62), Dennis Quaid (50) and Jack Nicholson (at 53)
March 12, 2009 – 10:05 AM
The aptly named Daad Abdul Rahamn claims to be the patriarch of the largest family in the world. … [From The Mommy Files : Move over Octomom: We found a dad with 86 kids!
… Yeah, having 86 kids is a lot, but it’s not like he gave birth to them all at once, or probably actively cares for them all – how could he?