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  Coping

  Reframing Male Infertility

  Recognizing that you are dealing with male factor infertility brings up a host of challenging feelings and ideas for a couple trying to have a baby. Masculinity itself gets called into question, but...

  By: Justin Lioi, LCSW | Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) focused on Counselling for Men

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  Coping

  How Men Can Talk About Their Needs During Infertility

  The primary focus of care and well-being during times of infertility is most often the woman. That makes sense. Even when it’s been discovered that the issue is male factor infertility,...

  By: Justin Lioi, LCSW | Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) focused on Counselling for Men

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  Coping

  How Men Can Show Support During Infertility

  During my journey through infertility, there is one feeling that I experienced over and over again— that of being sidelined.I get it.As a man, I don’t have the private parts need to...

  By: Chris Wohl | Award-Winning Blogger & Infertility Advocate

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  Coping

  Surrendering to the Unknown During Infertility

  Surrender and dependence are two of the scariest concepts for most men that I know. Dealing with infertility can feel pretty damn helpless quite a lot of the time.The idea that there is nothing we...

  By: Justin Lioi, LCSW | Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) focused on Counselling for Men

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  Coping

  Talking to Other Guys About Infertility

  “You get to have more sex … what are you complaining about?” That is the response I've often received when talking about infertility with other guys.Really though, it is...

  By: Chris Wohl | Award-Winning Blogger & Infertility Advocate

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  Coping

  Hey, Men - It’s Vulnerability, NOT Strength, That Will See You Through Infertility

  Men are socialized out of most emotions, particularly the vulnerable ones. Other than anger we are rarely given a chance to connect with our sadness, our fears, our guilt, and our shame. Yet these...

  By: Justin Lioi, LCSW | Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) focused on Counselling for Men

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  Coping

  How It Feels To Support My Wife Through Infertility and Pregnancy Loss

  “At dinner, it’s happening.”That was the text my wife, Emily, sent me from an out-of-town bachelorette party. Two weeks earlier, we’d learned she was pregnant for the second...

  By: Brent Stoller | Writer

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  Coping

  What Men Should Know About Emotions and Infertility

  Many men are often socialized into believing they need to be the “emotional rock.” We can often feel we’re failing if our fears and vulnerabilities are poking at our insides. It can...

  By: Justin Lioi, LCSW | Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) focused on Counselling for Men

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  Difficulty

  Our Experience with Cystic Fibrosis & Male Infertility

  After two and a half years of not being able to conceive and a battery of tests and then more tests, we found the cause of our infertility. We were told that my husband had cystic fibrosis (CF). We...

  By: Jessica Jones

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  Difficulty

  Excerpt: The Other Half - What About Men and Miscarriage?

  This is an excerpt from Not Broken: An Approachable Guide To Miscarriage and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss by Dr. Lora Shahine. It has been reprinted with permission. Men contribute half of the genetics...

  By: Dr. Lora Shahine | Infertility and Miscarriage Specialist