Men with cirrhosis of the liver in the decompensated stage are usually able to have children. Cirrhosis is a disease of the liver that can be caused by a number of things, such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and alcoholic liver. The vast majority of primary causes of cirrhosis are not hereditary, and a very small percentage are, so most are able to have children. If the cause of cirrhosis is hepatitis B or C, the body should be tested to see if the virus is in an active stage of replication. If it is in an active stage of replication, it is necessary to treat the disease first, and then consider having children after hepatitis C has been cured or the replication of the hepatitis B virus has been suppressed to a level below the lower limit of detection. To summarize, men who want to have children during the decompensated phase of cirrhosis need to go to the hospital and be evaluated by a doctor.