Is your sperm quality up to scratch? | Body & Soul
12th Jun 2025
During the time leading up to conception, the 40 weeks of pregnancy, and a post-partum period that can feel like it goes on for years (because, well, it does!), women endure a never-ending series of changes to their bodies in the name of their new baby’s health.
From pre-conception to breastfeeding, a woman’s lifestyle choices, down to her morning coffee and affinity for deli meats, are scrupulously linked to the potential health of her baby, while the father’s contribution to the child’s lifelong existence seemingly stops at whichever chromosome his lucky sperm delivers to the egg.
But according to countless studies and the wise words of fertility expert Emma Ebinger, a man’s sperm holds just as much responsibility for a growing foetus’ health and wellbeing.