Can a fathers alcohol use affect conception?
Up until relatively recently, fertility and conception problems were viewed strictly as a “female deficiency.” While women may be responsible for carrying a baby to term, men play a 50% role in conception, and are responsible for up to 40% of infertility problems in couples. And although women typically worry about increasing their chances of fertility and slowing the ticking of their biological clock, quite seldom do men discuss infertility with their doctors. Yet they should. A man’s sperm production and healthy sperm count is clearly volatile and is influenced by his diet, alcohol and tobacco consumption, weight, exposure to chemicals, drugs, injury, and illness.
