Improving male fertility: 'I even went commando'

About this episode

Jacky Maughan discusses his journey from an unhealthy lifestyle to improving male fertility while launching a support platform for infertility.

Jacky Maughan had been an international DJ before he and his wife, Eleanor, started trying for a baby. "His lifestyle was party, party, drinking, poor food choices... everything you shouldn't be doing when you're trying to conceive," says Eleanor. When they had trouble conceiving, they took a radical approach to finding out what was wrong, paying for add-ons and tests that weren't available on the NHS. Now they're launching Aloomah, a support platform for people going through infertility. Check it out at https://www.aloomah.com/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Guest: Jacky Maughan

Topics covered

• male fertility
• infertility
• support platform
• lifestyle changes
• trying to conceive

Keywords

• male fertility
• infertility
• Aloomah
• lifestyle changes
• trying to conceive
• DJ
• NHS

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Aloomah, NHS

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