I WAS HONEST WITH MY BOSS

cause problems with getting pregnant. Then further tests revealed Craig had sperm problems.

He said: “It’s quite a taboo subject between males – but it shouldn’t be like that in this day and age.

“It made me feel like I wasn’t good enough. It’s hard to put it into words. It makes you feel a bit worthless.

“A lot of people automatically think it’s the woman’s problem with infertility but it can be all manner of things.

“At first, the doctors had thought it was the polycystic ovaries. Then they tested me and said I had ‘lazy swimmers’.

“It was soul-destroying. It eats away at you deep down.”

Craig said he coped thanks to support from Lucy and speaking online with others through groups and Facebook forums. He said: “There were men from all over the world who were members of groups. It was good to talk to people in the same situation. There were also a few success stories, which helps boost your morale a little bit.

“It’s nothing to be ashamed of but it was difficult to tell my friends.

“I was honest with my boss and told him I was having problems and there would be times when I would need to go to the hospital. I got his full support.

“It’s upsetting when you see all the new dads. It makes you think, ‘Why can it not be me?’

“It put a strain on Lucy and I but we worked through it and sorted it out.”

The couple eventually under fertility treatmen NHS in 2015 – wit round of ICSI, wh sperm is injected an egg, after six y trying to conceive

Craid said: “I w when Lucy did a p test and worried