How Healthy are His Sperm?

When it comes to getting pregnant, most often we see the woman doing all of the work. Taking prenatal vitamins, cleaning up her diet, getting acupuncture, and so on.

Throughout history conception and holding a baby to term has usually focused primarily on the female and what she is doing right or wrong. How healthy is she, is she eating right, stress free, does she have any other health issues that could be affecting her not getting pregnant?

But what about the dad? How often are we asking about his stress levels, his nutrition, his health history and more?

Did you know that infertility issues are 30% due to male factors, 30% due to the female and 30% combined male and female. Essentially, that means his health is 50% responsible for providing a sperm with healthy DNA in order to conceive, carry a baby to term and birth a thriving healthy happy child.

Yet, most doctors wait until all other attempts have failed before doing a sperm analysis or even taking a health history from the father-to-be.

Healthy sperm matter!

A man will produce anywhere between 100-200 million sperm per day. Then it takes about 72 days for it to mature before it is ready to ejaculate.

The important question is, “How is he managing and taking care of his health during this two and half month process?

If he’s taking great care of his health with good nutrition, exercise, eliminating toxins, and reducing stress he’s ensuring strong, healthy, virile troops that are ready to make the long journey to fertilize her egg.

If he’s not paying attention to his health and leaving it all up to the woman, then he may end up with poor quality sperm. This means low motility (slow swimmers), poor morphology (deformed and can’t swim fast or in a straight line), low count (just not enough to ensure one makes it to the finish line).

Francesca Naish, Natural Fertility

Studies show that 15% of men have below average sperm analysis. 

That may not seem like a huge percentage, but if you combine it with a stressed out woman with irregular menses whose nutrients are depleted from just getting off birth control then their chances of having an easy conception and a pregnancy that goes to term have lowered again significantly.

MEN, the best thing you can provide for your partner and new baby is the healthiest sperm possible.

This means joining her during this preconception time to nourish your body with exceptional nutrients (food and supplements), reduce stress, eliminate toxins (from food, drink, environment, etc), and know that you are paving the way for a an easier future together as a family raising exceptionally healthy happy kids.