Joan Lunden and her surrogate twins (carried by another woman), suspicion surrounding Julia Roberts' twins (were they the product of in vitro fertilization, which often produces more than one baby?), and the constant speculation about Jennifer Lopez's can-she-or-can't-she are all recent examples.

Speculation, however, often centers on the woman when children are slow to come or don't come at all. (Did anyone wonder whether Julia Roberts' husband or Jennifer Lopez's man were sterile?) Infertility can occur as men age, even when they have had children previously.

Male sterility doesn't get much attention. That's why when the new ABC television series "Brothers & Sisters" introduced an Oct. 29 story line with one of the couples finding out the husband is sterile, Web sites started to buzz.
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