Men facing infertility issues: Many may be suffering in silence

The men get it too: The emotional rollercoaster some women feel while navigating infertility.

- Chin Soo Fang

Mr Adrian Ang, better known as Xiao Ming in videos on Singapore humour site SGAG, found out that his sperm had poor morphology and low motility when he and his wife experienced many difficulties conceiving before finally becoming proud parents to their twoyear-old son Zachary.

Mr Ang, co-founder and chief creative officer of Hepmil Media Group, said the top three challenges he faced in their infertility journey were knowing that there was something wrong with him that was affecting his fertility; the lack of social support as there were barely any men out there talking about their fertility issue; and how his hope of having a child repeatedly turned to disappointment.

"When I started opening up, I was surprised that many other couples, especially men, were going through the same thing, and many are suffering in silence by themselves," he said.