Cycling lowers chances? UGH.

[writingislove]

My DH and I started TTC about a month ago. I’m 29 and he’s 32, so I already anticipate it won’t happen too quickly. But I was just doing some reading and, to my horror, discovered that male cyclists tend to have a lower sperm count and sperm mobility. This made me a little disheartened because my DH is strictly a bicycle commuter. His commute to work is only about four miles round trip, but he also cycles for longer distances (30-40 miles) on the weekends. He doesn't drive, so there's no getting around it, really.

Anyone else who is trying have a DH who cycles a lot? I’m afraid to keep reading the studies because I feel like they’ll bum me out. As if we don’t already have age working against us, there’s that on top of it. Before tonight I had no idea that might be affecting our chances. Sigh…

 

[Charmed86]

Well, not strictly the same situation.. but my brother cycles everywhere & managed to get his gf pregnant If you're worried though, it might be worth getting him checked out so you know for sure xx

 

[SarahA]

I'm an avid cyclist, and I've been on DH's case to get into it, too. But he was paranoid about his sperm count, so he kept refusing. I told him to do some research--real, scientific research, not anecdotal--and he learned that it's really only an issue if a man is cycling more than 2 hours a day every day (like 15 hours a week). And even then, every man is different, so one man's sperm count might decrease, another's might not.

Just keep trying. I know LOTS of cyclists who have happy, healthy children.

 

[writingislove]

Thanks Sarah, that makes me feel a lot better. Or at least a lot more rational, haha. All of the reading I did was just the anecdotal type.