FFP 618 | Is Sperm DNA Damage the Missing Piece in Early Pregnancy Loss?
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🗓️ 20 March 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Miscarriage affects somewhere between 10 to 15 out of every 100 pregnancies, yet the male contribution to early pregnancy loss is rarely part of the clinical conversation. In this episode of the Fertility Friday Podcast, Lisa breaks down a 2021 study examining sperm DNA fragmentation as a biomarker for miscarriage — and what the findings may mean for practitioners supporting couples through fertility challenges.
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| 0:47.1 | This is the Fertility Friday podcast, episode number 618. |
| 1:03.5 | In today's episode, we are going to continue the conversation that we started last week about sperm quality. |
| 1:05.4 | In last week's episode, we delved into a really interesting topic, the link between |
| 1:10.3 | a man's sperm analysis and his overall health. |
| 1:13.6 | The possibility that his sperm quality could be a vital sign in men as the menstrual cycle is a vital sign in women. |
| 1:21.6 | But today's episode, we're going to touch on something a little bit different. |
| 1:25.6 | We're going to be diving into the question |
| 1:27.6 | of miscarriage, early pregnancy loss, and whether or not a man's sperm quality could be related to that. |
| 1:35.3 | So without further ado, let's go ahead and jump right in. |
| 1:41.3 | Miscarriage is a really difficult topic. It's incredibly complex and it's so, so, so common. |
| 1:49.7 | For those of you who have been listening to the podcast for some time, you may remember some of our previous episodes, which we've delved into miscarriage. |
| 1:58.0 | We'll link some of those to the show notes page. For those of you who might not have heard some of our prior episodes. But it is a really big topic. And as someone who |
| 2:05.7 | has experienced an early miscarriage, one of the things that I often share is that until I |
| 2:10.2 | had a miscarriage myself and shared about it, I didn't even have any idea how many of my friends |
| 2:16.0 | and other appointances had had a miscarriage as well. |
| 2:19.3 | So it's so, so, so common, but we don't always open up about it and we don't always share about it. |
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