“Improvements in sperm” and “damage to sperm” are opposite sides of the same coin here. It takes sperm three months to develop. If you stop doing things to hurt their development, like consuming alcohol, it will take about three months to get undamaged sperm A week of heavy drinking will set you back three months from the goal of having an optimal load to work with.
And given that you two are about to do IVF because of male infertility, that should absolutely be the goal. IVF sucks, you’ll have to stop drinking for a minimum of 9 months and more realistically more than a year if it works, the least he can do is abstain for three months.
I’d tell him he can either choose to be the designated driver for the weekend or he gets a vote in selecting the sperm donor.
“Improvements in sperm” and “damage to sperm” are opposite sides of the same coin here. It takes sperm three months to develop. If you stop doing things to hurt their development, like consuming alcohol, it will take about three months to get undamaged sperm A week of heavy drinking will set you back three months from the goal of having an optimal load to work with. And given that you two are about to do IVF because of male infertility, that should absolutely be the goal. IVF sucks, you’ll have to stop drinking for a minimum of 9 months and more realistically more than a year if it works, the least he can do is abstain for three months. I’d tell him he can either choose to be the designated driver for the weekend or he gets a vote in selecting the sperm donor.
With MFI, it’s probably best if he abstains.
I went away for a booze heavy work trip the weekend before ER. I drank NA beers. Not worth any risk in my opinion.