Does flying affect sperm count?

[Hobbermittens]

DH has to fly somewhere, but we have some flex time as to when. Does it matter if he flies before our attempt next month?

[Indira]

I don´t know, but I can tell you that on the day we conceived DS1 DH and I took a flight in the morning I was totally eating a blue-friendly diet though.

[Hobbermittens]

Thanks! That helps to hear!

[atomic sagebrush]

I tried to look this up on IG and got two conflicting answers - one said that ions will not affect DH and made it sound like flying didn't sway, but a different thread she said it swayed slightly pink. The weird thing is that they were from the same time period???

Anyway, I do know that fighter pilots have more daughters, and I do know you are exposed to more radiation when flying (slightly) but I don't know whether just day to day flying would sway. I tend to doubt it.

[zanacal]

We conceived DS1 a couple of weeks after a long haul flight (each way!) if that helps. I suspect the biggest risk with flying is getting dehydrated and catching a cold!!

[Hobbermittens]

Well, it is a one-way 2.5 hr flight, followed by a 16 hour car trip back (he has to go to Seattle to pick up some furniture). I am sort of hoping he won't go until after we dtd in October, but then what if we don't get pg right away... I guess I will have him go when the flight is cheap.

[zanacal]

Lol, now that does sound sensible. You're going to need that money for baby stuff!!

[Hobbermittens]

Lol, now that does sound sensible. You're going to need that money for baby stuff!!

[Plum3]

DH and I will be both be flying the month of our attempt. I hadn't even thought about it affecting our sway.

[atomic sagebrush]

Well, it is a one-way 2.5 hr flight, followed by a 16 hour car trip back (he has to go to Seattle to pick up some furniture). I am sort of hoping he won't go until after we dtd in October, but then what if we don't get pg right away... I guess I will have him go when the flight is cheap.

TBH I would worry more about the 16 hour car ride than the flight. I would go when it was cheap and not worry because people fly every day and I think if it was a magic bullet, people would have noticed that by now.

PS - not that you should worry about the car ride either, just that I think that's more of a risk to sperm count than the flight. Encourage him to stop and walk around every hour or two to keep things moving.