So a man's health can also affects our pregnancy?

[Anonymous]

While we're in our 20's (I'm 26), that's the best years to obviously have a child. We have to take care of ourselves too. That's one part. Does the father have to be fit and healthy too?

My friend had a hard time getting impregnated by her fiance. She's 25, fertile and healthy. However, the guy had a lower sperm count. He had high cholesterol, prediabetes and somewhat overweight. He worked on both his diet and started exercise. Ironically as soon as he improved in his health and got fit, both his sperm count and quality improved signficantly. They were able to finally conceive.

So it's not just about the woman being fertile and fit but the guy has to be healthy too? Really, are sperm susceptible to changes in the environment and bad eating habits?

[Effably]

Absolutely. It won't really change the genetic makeup all that much, that we know of, but it absolutely decides if you have many and energetic or a few tired swimmers.

Thought this was kind of common knowledge. Oh, wait until you realize you can feed him strawberries to get the taste to be well, better. Aren't you in for a treat.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like you're believing too many myths. You could pop out a baby you made with a greasy fat dude at 38 and the odds of it being normal and healthy are the exact same as they are now. So are the odds of it being autistic.
Just relax and let your man put one in you. You're gonna be fine.

[Asker]

That's what I thought too. My friend's case was weird. The dude couldn't get her pregnant when he had health issues but immediately got her pregnant as soon as his sperm count improved.

Yeah perhaps her case is unique I guess. I still can't understand how on earth can a man's sperm count be low, how can it drop?

[Opinion Owner]

Low testosterone, drug use, chemical exposure, and genetic disorders can cause a low sperm count. He can get a test to see if everything's ok

[MORPHEUS_12]

An unhealthy older male is one of the contributing factors of autism.

[Boromir]

More the ease of getting pregnant, as long as his DNA is fine (which is more related to age) there’s little risk for the ‘end product’. What however does change dramatically with life style and health are things like motility and sperm count. Eg the capacity to knock you up. Let him abstain from ejaculating 2-3 days before baby making sex and make sure you don’t waste that saving up by doing anything else than plain old penis is vagina sex as first thing.

[gorydetails]

Of course a man's lifestyle can affect his fertility.