History Main / MyBiologicalClockIsTicking

** Even [[GenderFlip Jack]] isn't immune, with his [[MyBelovedSmother mother]] pressuring him to get married (again) and have children (and then criticizing ''every woman he dates''). He actually [[TheyDo marries Avery Jessup]] in Season 4, and has a daughter in Season 5...only to spend all of Season 6 with Avery [[PutOnABus arrested in North Korea]], leading to their divorce upon her return.

* Wash and Zoe argue about it in ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' in “Heart of Gold”. Zoe wants to have kids but Wash is scared because they lead a dangerous life. Strangely one of the comics flip flops things without explanation and has Zoe be the opposed one. Eventually, Zoe did get pregnant just before Wash died in the movie and it turned into SomeoneToRememberHimBy.

* On ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', aunt Hilda once had a problem with her biological clock (a literal [[VisualPun magical clock]]) and began a series of desperate measures to try and become pregnant, including randomly choosing a guy off the street to marry. Sabrina eventually offered her own clock as a substitute for Hilda's, but luckily it all worked out in a [[IncrediblyLamePun timely fashion]].

* This trope is normally brought up in relation to women--not only due to menopause but also because, stereotypically, NotWantingKidsIsWeird ''for women''--but arguably it shouldn't be. While men never entirely lose the ability to produce offspring, sperm production and viability does decline with age, so men have a ticking biological clock, too.

This trope is so widely-recognized across cultures that some languages have a word for it. For instance, in [[UsefulNotes/GermanLanguage German]], the word is ''Torschlusspanik'' -- literally "last minute panic." Technically it can describe dread over any kind of impending deadline, but it's most commonly used for women's ticking biological clocks.

An OlderThanFeudalism variant is the woman who wishes for a child and proceeds to have a WonderChild. Related to ChristmasCake. See also MandatoryMotherhood. See also AbsurdlyElderlyMother if a middle-aged or elderly woman conceives a child at the time her biological clock ''seemingly'' stopped.

* On ''Series/AdamRuinsEverything'', Adam (and an actual researcher on the subject, who herself had all of her children relatively late in life) explain that the reason we're always told that a woman's fertility drops after 35, is that most of the existing data on the topic comes from 16th-century French farmers. More ''modern'' data suggests that the decline happens in a woman's mid to late 40's, not 30's. Also, the risk of birth defects doubles after 35- from 0.5% to 1%. His further interview with the researcher expands that it's often a trade-off: women, who have children later in life, tend to be more advanced in their careers and more financially secure; at the same time, they're not as energetic as they were ten years ago, so it may be a little difficult keeping up with kids. It's just something every women has to decide for herself.

* Joan Watson from ''Series/{{Elementary}}'' never thought much about having children because she had so much going on in her life and she wasn't with anyone. However, after reading confidential material from an old therapist mentioning that she'd make a "good mother" Joan begins rethinking this. [[spoiler:She starts looking into adoption afterwards]].

This trope is so widely-recognized across cultures that some languages have a word for it. For instance, in [[UsefulNotes/GermanLanguage German]], the word is ''Torschlusspanik'' -- literally "last minute panic." Technically it can describe dread over an impending deadline of any kind, but it's most commonly used for women's ticking biological clock.

* ''WesternAnimation/Sealab2021'': "Chickmate" revolves around Debbie's clock going off. She wakes up screaming "I want a baby!", briefly treats a dolphin like her baby, then starts interviewing all of the males on Sealab to find a suitable father. She eventually gets turned off the idea by coming to the conclusion that the guys are childish enough.

This trope is so widely-recognized across cultures that some languages have a word for it. For instance, in [[UsefulNotes/GermanLanguage German]], the word is ''Torschlusspanik'' -- literally "last minute panic." Technically it can describe any kind of dread over an impending deadline, but it's most commonly used for women's ticking biological clock.

This trope is so widely-recognized across cultures that some languages have a word for it. For instance, in [[UsefulNotes/GermanLanguage German]], the word is ''Torschlusspanik'' -- literally "last minute panic." Technically it can describe any kind of mad dash to reach an impending deadline, but it's most commonly used for women's ticking biological clock.

A typical plot in a DomCom, when a middle-aged woman realizes that menopause is right around the corner and she doesn't have much time left to have children if she hasn't already, or if she wants to have more. Given the LawOfInverseFertility, the harder she tries to become pregnant before The Change happens, the less likely she will be to actually ''get'' pregnant, but the moment she accepts that it won't happen, she will suddenly find herself with child.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2220 Monique's panic attack is explained as this by Slick.]]

A typical plot in a DomCom, when a middle-aged woman realizes that "The Change" is right around the corner and she doesn't have much time left to have children if she hasn't already, or if she wants to have more. Given the LawOfInverseFertility, the harder she tries to become pregnant before menopause hits, the less likely she will be to actually ''get'' pregnant, but the moment she accepts that it won't happen, she will suddenly find herself with child.

* This is so widely-recognized across cultures that some languages have a word for it. For instance, in [[UsefulNotes/GermanLanguage German]], the word is ''Torschlusspanik'' -- literally "panic at the closing of the gate". Technically it can describe any kind of mad dash to reach an impending deadline, but it's most commonly used for women's ticking biological clock.

A typical plot in a DomCom, when a middle-aged woman realizes that "The Change" is right around the corner and she doesn't have much time left to have children if she hasn't already, or if she wants to have more. Given the LawOfInverseFertility, the harder she tries to become pregnant the less likely she will be to actually ''get'' pregnant, but the moment she accepts that it won't happen, she will suddenly find herself with child.

A typical plot in a DomCom, when a middle-aged woman realizes that menopause is right around the corner and she doesn't have much time left to have children if she hasn't already, or if she wants to have more. Given the LawOfInverseFertility, the harder she tries to become pregnant the less likely she will be to actually ''get'' pregnant, but the moment she accepts that it won't happen, she will suddenly find herself with child.

* This is so widely-recognized across cultures that some languages have a word for it. For instance, in [[UsefulNotes/GermanLanguage German]], the word is ''Torschlusspanik'' -- literally "panic at the closing of the gate". Technically it can describe any kind of mad dash to reach an impending deadline, but it's most commonly used for women desperate to conceive before The Change.

* This is so widely-recognized across cultures that some languages have a word for it. For instance, in [[UsefulNotes/GermanLanguage German]], the word is ''Torschlusspanik'' -- literally "panic at the closing of the gate". Technically it can describe any kind of impending deadline, but it's most commonly used for women desperate to conceive before The Change.

* An entire story arc of ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' focuses on [[AnIcePerson Mizore's]] problems because of this. Specifically, her race can only reproduce through her mid-twenties, and was nearly forced into an arranged marriage to preserve her race. BreakTheCutie ensues. But she gets better.

* Gender inverted in Film/MrsDoubtfire by Stu. When he takes his girlfriend, Miranda, and her children to a pool, one of his friends notes that Stu wouldn't have even dated a woman who had kids. Stu replies that things have changed and that he's pushing 40.