Depression in men slashes a couple's chances of getting pregnant by 60 percent, new research reveals

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• A growing body of evidence suggests men's mental health affects their sperm
• New NIH research shows that, even with fertility treatments, men's depression is deeply linked with a couple's inability to have a baby
• Women's depression did not affect their fertility
However, one class of antidepressants did raise their women's risks of losing a pregnancy by 3.5-fold



When a man is depressed, he and his partner are far less likely to be able to have a baby, according to new research.

A woman's depression, however, made little difference in the odds that a couple being treated for infertility would be able to conceive.

The new National Institutes of Health study looked at a wide scope of the intersection between infertility and depression, including treatments for both in both men and women.

Researchers there also discovered that taking certain kinds of antidepressants may raise the risks that a woman would miscarry - an important insight into key considerations couples should take into account when getting infertility treatments.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...#ixzz5FovoNJrP

[Oneeye]

Would it hurt to give your man a bj every now and then?

[Dragoon]

So both the depression or even anxiety
plus the medication to treat the two mess with the male ability.
For example medication can mess with sperm quality.

[Al-Meksiki]

No wonder no one can have kids. Everyone is depressed and full of medications