Sharkeys Information

Ruth Sharkey has been helping couples with fertility problems for 20 years and says recently she has been treating more young people - and more men. ,It used to be the older 35 to 45 year-olds, but now they are getting younger and younger. And we are noticing it is more men with problems,, she says. ,In the past the women would have the problems, their men were fine, but now their husbands are coming in too., One in four pregnancies end in a miscarriage and half of these are the result of sperm quality. Sharkey, a herbalist and homoeopath specialising in hormonal balancing, says the men not only have low sperm counts, but many have deformed sperm. Defective sperm can lead to infertility or birth defects. The increase in men with trouble conceiving led to Sharkey writing her latest book Fertile Fathers, which seeks to explain the causes of male infertility and provide help. ,It,s a matter of getting out of the square. It,s no set thing that [that] would be causing infertility. It,s a range of factors. I just want them to think about what is around them, if they are having trouble conceiving, what,s in their environment.