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Can doctors tell me what does this mean when he says he is sterile?

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Depends: A sterile male may have had his sperm ducts cut or tied off. He may be sterile because of disease or injury. He may be sterile for no reason known except that his sperm production is turned off. The bottom line is that he cannot father a child with you.

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Answered 1/6/2015

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