Male infertility is on the rise?so why aren?t we talking about it"
When Bryan Dubé and his wife, Carolynn, had trouble conceiving in their mid-30s, it was a ?shock to the system,? especially when they found out that a low sperm count was the problem. ?We had just gotten married and a thousand things were going through my mind: Will we stay married" Will she leave me" What?s going to happen to our relationship"? he recalls.
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7 ways to boost male fertility From that point on, their experience mirrors what many of the one in six Canadian couples who face infertility go through when they struggle to conceive. They paid more than $10,000 for a round of in vitro fertilization (IVF) in 2012 that was unsuccessful, plus hundreds more to freeze more eggs. The following year brought better luck and they welcomed a son in 2013, but the journey took a toll on their relationship, their finances and their sense of self. ?It?s hard for a man to express what he?s going through and say ?I?m the problem,?? says Dubé. While there?s definitely more awareness about the hardships that accompany infertility, what?s less commonly discussed is that male infertility, specifically, is on the rise. A robust meta-analysis of studies published in Human Reproduction Update last year shows that sperm counts have been in a free ...
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