Most often when we think of infertility, we think of a couple unable to become pregnant as a result of some underlying medical problem with the woman. The picture of a woman desperate to have a child, and as a result under terrible emotional duress, may come to mind.

Often, it is overlooked how great a man's desire can be to have children and create a family of his own. Although infertility is a couple's issue – something that they must deal with and work out together, individuals going through the methodical and uncomfortable testing and proceedings may be having a particularly hard time of dealing with infertility.

Those who have begun the process of fertility testing know that one of the initial procedures is to test the male. With approximately 15 to 20 percent of American couples failing to conceive after one year of trying, one half of these instances involve male factor infertility. Thus, it is not at all uncommon for men to have difficulty impregnating a woman.

All too often, men see male factor infertility as a blow to manhood – as if their ability to fertilize a female egg is the defining element of their masculinity. In addition to this, some of the fertility tests and procedures that men undergo can be uncomfortable and even humiliating for them.

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