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What we miss when we ignore male infertility

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What we miss when we ignore male infertility

How could the system better support men who have been told they might have a fertility issue?

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What we miss when we ignore male infertilityPublished37 minutes agoByJim ReedHealth reporter In mid-2020, while Covid lockdowns gripped the country, Luke and his wife decided to start a family."All through my teens the message was clear: don't have sex without a condom or you might get someone pregnant," he says. "So, when you're older, you expect everything to just happen normally. When it doesn't, you don't know what to do or where to go."After 18 months without success, the couple saw their GP and were referred for further tests in hospital and at a fertility clinic.Over the next year or so, Luke says the focus was entirely on his wife. Appointments were all in her name.

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