The Hidden Half of Fertility: Why Sperm Health Matters

Male fertility has been described as declining by around 1% a year between 1960 and 2015 — roughly a 50% fall across that 55-year period. That is staggering. It should also change the way we talk about fertility.

Yet when a couple struggles to conceive, the investigation still too often turns first towards the woman: her age, her hormones, her cycle, her scans, her egg quality, her supplements, her stress, her body. The man may be asked for a semen sample, told it is “normal” or “a bit low” and then the focus quietly returns to her.