Introduction

My name is Mike. I am 30 years old and I am fit and healthy. I like a drink as much as the next bloke but I’ve never smoked or done drugs and yet at the end of 2018 my wife and I were diagnosed with unexplained infertility.

I set up an account on Instagram (@INFERTILITYBLOKE) to share my thoughts and experiences in the hope that it would help more men be open about their struggles with infertility and the stigma around it. The support has been so amazing. So much so that I’ve decided to write this blog. Me! A man who left school with an amount of GCSE’s you could count on one hand. A man who didn’t go to college or university. A man who once left the house with his trousers on backwards is writing a blog.

So, crack open a non-alcoholic beer sit back and let me tell you about my journey through infertility and IVF.