Male Infertility: Why Both Partners Need Testing For…

Male Infertility: Why Both Partners Need Testing For years, when a couple came to me unable to conceive, I noticed a pattern: the woman would come to the appointment alone, or the couple would arrive with an implicit assumption that "the problem" was hers. Testing would focus entirely on the female partner. Fertility was treated as a woman's issue. That assumption has been quietly shifting, and I'm genuinely grateful to see it. Over the past few years, more couples are walking in and asking me directly: "Should we both get tested?" It's a simple question, but it represents something important. It means we're finally moving past the myth that infertility is primarily a female problem. Here's what the data actually shows: male factor infertility accounts for a significant portion of couple infertility: sometimes as the sole cause, often as a contributing one. And men's fertility challenges, while they can appear at any age, typically show up later than women's: usually in the 40s to 45s, whereas wom