Finally, in late , they were successful and now have the baby they'd wanted for so long. Wayne's initial reaction to the news that his sperm count was zero isn't unusual, says Associate Professor Roger Cook, a psychologist from Swinburne University. He has counselled a lot of men facing infertility and says their responses tend to fall into two main categories.
The first type of reaction is utter surprise and disbelief, he says. Those men simply can't believe this could be happening to them and often want to have the tests done over again. There's another group of men who take the news on the chin. There are a small number of men, maybe one in 10, who already had a suspicion that something was wrong, Cook says. But those men, who might have had an accident at some point in childhood, or a severe case of the mumps, are very much the exception to the rule.
Cook's experience tells him that men are much more careful about who they talk to about their infertility than are women in the same situation.
It exposes men as being somewhat vulnerable. That's a phenomenon Wayne Allen has seen first hand. Since he and Mandy went through their own ordeal, he's seen how unwilling some men are to confront the issue of infertility.
He was quite a tough sort of a guy and he wouldn't want anyone thinking he was not manly enough. The result of this unwarranted shame and embarrassment is that male infertility doesn't get talked about in the same way that female infertility does.
When the Fertility Society of Australia FSA surveyed people last year, only two per cent of respondents thought male infertility was a reason couples sought medical help. According to Monash IVF clinic, about one in 20 men is sub-fertile and male infertility may be significant in half of all infertile couples. About one third of all IVF procedures are performed for male infertility.
And just like women, men experience greater fertility problems as they age, Dr Clark says. This means that delaying parenthood has a double impact on fertility in a couple.
How much do you know about what's happening below? Take our fertility quiz. Formally, a couple is deemed infertile if they aren't able to achieve a pregnancy after one year of regular unprotected sex.
Oh well, maybe she'll die in a plane crash or something. Shooting blanks. When you've jacked off so much that you are no longer able to produce semen. I was trying to beat my record today, and by the 12th time I was shooting blanks. Shooting Blanks. Blowing your load , but producing no sperm that is capable of impregnating a woman. Obvious consequence of a vasectomy. Plenty of cum, but babies have been removed. Silly girlfriend thinks our baby will win a wedding ring. And when the pituitary gland inside your skull, which is the master control gland that controls all other glands, is affected, you can have male infertility too.
This is actually quite common. The men who have this syndrome have an extra X chromosome. Most men with this condition go through their entire lives never finding out about it. They look no different from other men. Sometimes, in school, they might have difficulty reading and writing. They are usually also thin, tall and shy. Ten per cent of them go on to develop breasts large enough to embarrass them. Later in life, when they get married and want to start a family, there of course is the infertility part.
Will his age have anything to do with his fertility? In the old days, this is deemed more an issue with a woman rather than a man. But today, researchers say it might also be an issue for men. Older men in general have declining testosterone production. Their sperm is relatively less motile able to move less , and is produced in lesser quantities.
They have also increasing prostate problems, and increasing erectile dysfunction and ejaculation problems. And of course, most importantly, older men in general have less frequent sexual activity. The mood just goes off as other interests come into play. How all of us live, men and women, impacts upon our health, including reproduction. Alcohol impairs the functions of important glands that release the sex hormones like testosterone. With heavy constant drinking, there is inadequate functioning of the testes.
Alcohol also interferes with the normal sperm structure and actually decreases your libido. What a major bummer. Smoking, the other big vice, can lead to increased risk of chromosomal damage in men, which can lead to higher miscarriages when he finally impregnates his wife. Or worse, if a child is actually conceived, genetic abnormalities in the baby can be more common. Smoking is truly a selfish pastime. What about foods? Usually, a quick list on what to avoid for both women and men include artificial sweeteners, food colouring, ginger products, caffeine products like coffee, chocolate, sodas, tea , products containing MSG and high fat diets.
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