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Comment author: khafra 09 September 2013 12:27:41PM 0 points [-]

On the other hand, waiting until you have your Ph. D. to begin breeding carries other risks.

Are there risks other than age-related rise in mutational load? My cousin waited to have kids until she finished her microbiology PhD, and they seem to be doing fine.

Comment author: [deleted] 09 September 2013 01:20:36PM 5 points [-]

Are there risks other than age-related rise in mutational load?

Not my field by a long shot, but this seems a decent survey of age-related health risks. In particular note lower average birth weight and higher incidence of very low birth weight.

I'm also aware of some evidence that having one's first child before middle age improves the outcome of having subsequent children during middle age.

My cousin waited to have kids until she finished her microbiology PhD, and they seem to be doing fine.

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Comment author: khafra 09 September 2013 04:45:52PM 5 points [-]

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This was a rigorous personal experience; she had an anecdotally significant number of kids.