Has your wife/partner's blood test been done and everything looks fine.
Her ovaries have been checked and been given the all clear as have her fallopian tubes shown no blockages.
Unfortunately a good number of pregnancies can be down to damaged sperm which may need to be looked at as a cause of treatment for infertility in men.
It can take roughly 74 days for a man to actually make sperm, therefore this is the reason why it is necessary to wait between visits to the clinic for a man who is asked to provide a sperm sample as the sperm being given for examination could in fact be from the same 'batch' in which case the impending results would prove inconclusive.
It is common to seek people who have the same interests as us, the same likes and dislikes, the same problems even.
I do personally feel however that when it comes to infertility issues, women are far more better in seeking help.
Infertility in men and women can cause a great deal of stress, however as a man do you find yourself in a vicious circle, having no inclination whatsoever to want to share your feelings with friends or family for fear of being publicly ridiculed or worse still, being labelled as 'firing blanks'.
It is no laughing matter but some it would seem, would disagree.
What do you decide to do - put on a brave face? These feelings could in fact be the tip of the iceberg surrounding the effects of infertility in men.
There can also be the trauma of: - endless trips back and fourth to infertility clinics for both partners.
- blood test upon blood test.
- having to undergo a steep learning curve of new information and endless treatments and necessary procedures with relevant actions that will need to be met on your part accordingly.
- being traumatized to a degree on finding it so hard to do what is perceived as being the most natural thing in the world - having to keep up with the endless medical jargon - the embarrassment of having to provide samples in a cold and clinical environment possibly repeatedly.
Do you feel your manhood is being questioned without any emotional consideration to your own feelings? The list can be brutally endless.
There have been many advances in the medical fraternity and no doubt many controversies with regards to treating infertility in men but it may also unwittingly have made you question yourself as well.
Could it possibly be that you may have even entertained the thought that had your partner known of your infertility they may not have wanted to marry you? The answer of course is they would have had no doubt whatsoever but it probably has not stopped you from asking it anyhow.
If not this, then there can possibly be the feelings of anger - anger towards everything and everyone.
Anger towards the fact that your whole life has been taken over and high jacked somewhat.
Slowly but surely this curtain of infertility has surrounded every conceivable part of your very existence and you just cannot stop it's hold upon you to the extent that you now feel emotionally trapped.
Infertility in men causes many other knock on effects such as having to share your troubles with family, that impending family Christmas party, wedding or get together comes with it's own onslaught of never ending questions.