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Trying for a baby should be easy for men – lots of fun and millions of chances. But when that doesn’t work, it means tears, tests and some surreal moments

MY WIFE and I have a story. It’s a common one unfortunately. It’s about infertility. Normally it falls upon the fairer sex to discuss it, but I have a big mouth, and I don’t really need to be asked twice.