DOCTOR’S NOTE
MEN also have a biological clock, with a couple’s chance of having a baby falling the older the potential dad gets, a study found.
A host of stars have become fathers later in life but men should not wait too long – just like women.
Sir Mick Jagger was 73 when he had his eighth child while Sir Elton John was 66.
A study of almost 4,300 Brits undergoing fertility treatment found the probability of a live birth was 33% lower for over-50s.
Dr Guy Morris, of the Centre for Reproductive and Genetic Health, says stories of older celebs fathering kids has fuelled a myth “male fertility lasts for ever”.