A weird question but anybody know if by smoking causes bad sperm??

Weird question sorry it’s just my husband smokes a lot. And we are trying for a baby and I read it can lead to problems in the babies dna? Or is that not true. Or make it harder to conceive also. I don’t smoke and never have

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Yes it has an impact on sperm health as cited above. Remember the quality of sperm/dads health also affects the strength and effectiveness of placenta too.

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To go with what the others said, yeah...... your husband needs to stop smoking. Is he open to looking into sources to help him quit and support groups?

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Well my partner smokes and we have two healthy children but we've also had two miscarriages so I don't really know. I say it's the luck of the draw. We do plan to have a third someday but we'll see what happens.

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Yes it does. Drinking, smoking, bad diet definitely affects sperm quality and can cause things like miscarriages, high risk pregnancy, placenta issues and affect the baby’s health. The man’s DNA is mainly responsible for making the placenta and the placenta dictates how healthy your pregnancy will be, the symptoms you’ll experience, it can affect how you will give birth (high risk or not) as well as impact the baby of course. It’s not all on the woman like it was previously thought.

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There is a new study saying if your male partner is fit and healthy 9months before you get pregnant its a better chance of having a healthy baby

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My dad was a smoker, and we have 5 kids in the fam. My uncle was also a smoker and heavy drinker and his wife had 6 kids.

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