Male Fertility: Boosting Your Baby-making Power
Male Fertility: Boosting Your Baby-making Power
Despite millions of sperm hurtling towards a single egg, conceiving a baby isn’t always as turn-key as health class textbooks suggest.
As it turns out, nearly 15 percent of American men of childbearing age are sub-fertile, producing too few – or too many slow or misshapen – sperm. And according to URMC fertility expert Dr. Jeanne O’Brien, that number is only growing, probably because so many modern environmental convenience items – like plasticisers (chemicals like phthalates, which lend plastics their flexibility), preservatives in beauty products and lotions, even hormones given to speed the maturation of big, beefy livestock – mimic female hormones and thereby undermine men’s ability to churn out a steady supply of semen teeming with healthy, fast-swimming sperm.
So, what can men do to boost their odds of helping their partners conceive? Fortunately, there are a number of simple steps that can optimize one’s sperm count and quality. To learn more about them, just listen to Dr. O’Brien in the clip below.
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Want to secure an appointment with Dr. O’Brien? You can call (585) 341-7777 . Seeking information about female infertility, too? Learn more about the care, counseling and opportunities offered at our Strong Fertility Center.
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* The above story is adapted from materials provided by University of Rochester Medical Center
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