r/maleinfertility

17K archived posts · Oct 2013 – Sep 2026

for those interested in male infertility

r/maleinfertility

For men experiencing infertility and male perspectives on infertility. Please see our most recent community update to better understand the culture of this community.

Created Oct 31, 2013

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This is a place for all people interested in issues relating to male infertility.

Please take a moment to review the rules:

--Only Post Semen Analysis Results After Reading the Stickied HOW TO READ YOUR SEMEN ANALYSIS Thread. Please read the stickied thread at the top of the subreddit HOW TO READ YOUR SEMEN ANALYSIS RESULTS.

--This is a place for those with an interest in male infertility to speak freely.

This is a place for those with an interest in male infertility to speak freely and an emotional safe space for men experiencing infertility. That's a rule. There are more rules, too.

--People with sperm are people too.

Male fertility is a spectrum. All pain is legitimate. All of our struggles and frustrations are real. We will not tolerate piling on people who's infertility is numerically "less severe" than others.

--Assume the best in people.

Virtually without exception, everyone who is new here is here because they have discovered that male fertility is not a matter of having or not having sperm. Assume those posting new threads are scared and/or overwhelmed and provide support accordingly.

--Mentions of success are allowed.

Success stories? We want them! SA improvements, egg retrievals, even positive pregnancy tests. If you've been through the infertility journey and have good news, POST IT.

--Understand that not everyone is a Google scholar. The internet has a staggering amount of information on it. Far more than many people can sort through and process. Even the sub's SA wiki can be intimidating, especially to people new to their infertility whose brains are still swirling with anxiety. Rudeness will not be tolerated. If you're unwilling or unable to be helpful, just move on.

--Standalone threads are allowed.

We've tried daily/weekly/monthly chat/support/off-topic threads and they don't work here. Sure, many of the standalone posts here are of semen analyses, but we like and allow links to stories relating to issues of male infertility in the news, art, and occasionally members of the community might share their experiences and feelings as well.

--On nutrition/lifestyle advice Lets talk about it. BUT, with the understanding that there are NO treatments proven reliable to improve semen parameters consistently for all men. Any claims of guaranteed results will be promptly removed. Also, recommendations for taking doses well beyond recommended daily safe intake will be removed as well.

--No advertising of any kind, no product promotion, no spam and no event promotion without permission. No advertising of any kind, no product promotion of your own products, and no event promotion without permission. Your post or comment will be removed and you may be banned from the sub.

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