Stress of trying for a baby can cause men 'impotence and lead to adultery'

By Tom Goodenough and Tamara Cohen

PUBLISHED: 05:32 EST, 20 May 2012 | UPDATED: 01:58 EST, 21 May 2012

Any couple trying for a baby is told that timing is everything.

But pressure to perform when their partner is at her most fertile drives men away, according to research.

One in ten men has had an affair because of the pressure of rigorously timed sessions, while four out of ten claimed it made them impotent.

Trying for a baby is a joyful time for any couple, but it may also be linked to impotency

More than 400 men took part in the study, which found the pressure to conceive a baby caused men acute stress.

Fertility experts routinely tell couples to time intercourse to coincide with the window when a woman is ovulating.

There are even highly sensitive devices designed to help couples work out down to the minute when she is at her most fertile.

But as the number of timed sex sessions increased so did the mens level of stress, according to the research carried out in South Korea. None of the men in the study had ever had sexual problems.

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Stress of trying for a baby can cause men 'impotence and lead to adultery'