02/04/2026
Some of the most common things I hear from men struggling with infertility sound like this:
“I’m not man enough.”
“I should be stronger than this.”
“I don’t get to fall apart—my partner has it worse.”
“I don’t know how to talk about what I’m feeling.”
Underneath all of it is a quiet belief that worth, strength, or masculinity is something that can be failed.
Infertility has a way of turning pain inward—especially for men who were taught to measure themselves by fixing, providing, or holding it together.
But grief isn’t weakness.
And silence isn’t strength.
Your infertility doesn’t define your masculinity.