One of the most important things you can do to help prevent serious birth defects in your baby is to get enough folic acid every day - especially before conception and during early pregnancy. [Skip to Content]
Those who admitted to regularly smoking pot had a sperm count that was 29 percent lower than those who reported lighter use or didnât smoke at all. Meanwhile, men who used other recreational drugs alongside marijuana had sperm counts reduced by 55 percent and sperm concentrations reduced by 52 percent. Pot smokers were also found to have higher levels of testosterone within the same range as cigarette smokers.
Semen should be thick to start with and become thinner 10 to 15 minutes after ejaculation. Semen that stays thick may make it difficult for sperm to move. Sperm concentration. Also called sperm density, this is the number of sperm in millions per milliliter of semen. Fifteen million or more sperm per mL is considered normal. Sperm motility. This is the percentage of sperm in a sample that are moving, as well as an assessment of how they move.