Sperm isn't really something you think about until you're trying for a baby, and then it becomes half of the equation for pregnancy. If there's a problem with sperm count or motility, then it becomes a very important part of the equation, indeed.

Ask Dana Pollard of Lawton, Okla. She went off the pill early in her marriage for health reasons and took the "whatever happens will happen" approach. When nothing happened for over a year, she began to get worried.

"From there we ran the gamut on tests, thinking I was the problem," says Pollard. "After doing this for a year, the doctor suggested we test my husband's sperm count. He was astounded to find that my husband had no sperm whatsoever. None. I was even asked if my husband had a vasectomy and didn't tell me. This wasn't the case. Sadly, we were given the line, 'You'll just never be able to have children of your own.'"

After kicking around the idea of using a sperm donor, the Pollards decided to give adoption a try, but before they could do that, she found out she was pregnant. Obviously her husband still had a sperm or two the doctor missed, because the Pollards were not only going to have a baby, they were having twins.

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