alcohol and fertility!?!?!?!

[cookienkikin]

Hello and thanks in advance for your services.  I'm a 24yr otherwise healthy male, and my fiance is a 22yr old healthy female.  My question is can alcohol affect fertility?  I recently was a heavy drinker and party goer, drinking around 8 beers a day and on the weekends more, I know the health affects it has on my body otherwise that is why I dont do this anymore.  Me and my fiance was looking to have a baby and about a week ago, when I was still partying hard, she doesn't drink but MAYBE once a week, and during this particular night she endulged in quite a few, we came home and had unprotected sex in hopes that maybe we could conceive, it was around the 13th-16th day of her cycle.  My question is what are the chances we could concieve given my strong previous alcohol use before and that night, and her VERY mild alcohol use before but strong that night?????

[dorti]

You are only 24 yr old now, but if you continue heavy drinking you may become an alcoholic. And that can cause your low sperm count in the future.

[GiGiGiGi]

Hi there.

I'm not an expert, but I'm pretty sure that drunk people get pregnant all the time.  I think there would be a lot fewer people in the world if it werent for booze.

Whether or not your girlfriend may get pregnant will depend on what part of her menstrual cycle she was at when you had intercourse.  Many women are fertile right around day 13 or 14, so it totally could be possible.  I dont think that your alcohol consumption would have affected things much.

Good luck!