Male Infertility due to Weed

My ignorance about TTC has struck again.

Some background: We’re on cycle number 6 of trying with no luck. My husband and I are both 29 and very healthy and don’t drink but we’ve been stumped as to why it’s been taking so long to conceive. I’ve finally started confiding in others in our lives about this to try and get advice.

Lo and behold, I found a lead… My husband is an avid weed gummy taker. We’re in an area of the US where it’s legal and I used to partake as well until I started a medication that doesn’t mix well with marijuana. While talking to a few friends who are also TTC, one of them mentioned how weed effects male fertility. My jaw dropped. Sure enough, I ran to Google and saw that it can reduce sperm count by 29%. And it takes 4-6 months for the counts to come back up once the man is sober.

Now. This might feel like common sense. And maybe it should have been. But my dummy brain didn’t put two and two together.

I’m sharing this to pass along the knowledge to anyone else who might have been young and dumb like me. Of course our TTC journey could be delayed by something else, we haven’t been tested yet at all so please understand I recognize this isn’t a conclusive reason. BUT. This is a nugget of hope and I’m clinging to it. If anyone else has facts they can share about this please do so!

Edit: Phrasing ❤️

Edit #2: Please refrain from commenting about “only” trying for 6 months, it’s not constructive or welcome.

Edit #3: This isn’t medical advice (???) it’s just something I’m doing my own research on an decided to share in case others wanted to do their own research.