anyone get BFP with low sperm count? please share...

[brumbar]

did you buy the individual tubes with pre seed or the big tube with separate applicators? if individual - remove top insert in the lady garden and squeeeeeze about 10-15 min b4 sex ( or as you wish)...if big tube....attach applicator, fill up as required, insert in the lady garden and squeeze......

sample...do you know what the volume was... usually between 2-5ml is normal?i'd say the 12mil is per ml, and the total is 21.6 mil is for the whole sample..

 

[hopesforababy]

What is this pre seed stuff?? I'm going to pull out all the tricks this month!! We will be doing our 3rd and final IUI this month. I really don't want to go to IVF because it's so freaking expensive!! But DH's count for our last IUI was only 200,000 and I'm not so sure it's going to work. Any kind of witch remedies or old wive's tale, I'm willing to give it a try on our BD'ing days before and after the IUI. If this pre seed thing helps keep what sperm he has inside me, I'm going to the store tomorrow!!

 

[suzie7]

I've heard pre-seed is good and also egg whites.... I've heard it helps keep the sperm alive a little longer b/c the vagina can be a very acidic place and can kill the sperm easily. Grapefruit is suppose to be really good and someone told me to take Robitussin, as there's an ingredient in there that makes really good CM. I'm trying all 3 this month!

OK, so I have the little pre-seed packages....no applicator. There's no insert though...it's just a little packet. How do I get it up into the "lady garden" (hilarious term by the way)?

 

[suzie7]

in case anyone read that incorrectly, you EAT the grapefruit, don't put that one up in you!!!! you CAN, however, put the egg whites up inside you. Obviously, robitussin, you take orally. Don't put that up in you either!!!

 

[Mystique26]

in case anyone read that incorrectly, you EAT the grapefruit, don't put that one up in you!!!! you CAN, however, put the egg whites up inside you. Obviously, robitussin, you take orally. Don't put that up in you either!!!

:Lol:! That was funny. Anyway, may I ask anyone how much swimmers is the normal count? is it like 50mil? 20 mil? Anyone? havent conceived for almost 7 years in my 8 years of marriage. hoping 2010 is also a good year for me just like everyone else.

 

[chocci]

20 mil is classed a the start of normal levels BUT it all depends on the otehr factors like morphology, motility, etc etc. Its the end figure deduced from all readings that counts. A man can have 120 mil and still be infertile if none of them swim or they have antibodies or they are poor shaped. I think average it aroung 50-70mil. If in doubt its best to get a proper analysis done at the GPs so you know what you are dealing with. Hope that helps. xx

 

[hopesforababy]

You ladies are great! Seriously, who else do we have to talk to about putting things up into our "lady gardens"?!?!
I will be trying all of these things as well. As far as the Robitussin, how much do you take and how often do you take it?
I've also heard that pineapple helps with implantation, so after chowing down on grapefruit and shoving things into our lady gardens, we can eat pineapple!

 

[JASMAK]

We got pregnant with only 3-5% normal sperm, thick viscosity, high FSH and low testosterone. It can be done! Hubby switched to boxers, vitamins with zinc, went on antibiotics (for the viscosity) and went on the south beach diet. This made his count go from 3-5% normal. We also used instead cups

 

[suzie7]

Normal SA:
> 2 ml
20 million PER ML (so, let's say you have 5 ml and a total count of 80 million sperm. You might think this is a good SA, except that it equals only 16 million per ML, which puts you in the low sperm count category).
> 40 million Total Count
50% motility

Any more tricks for the spermies to live longer???

 

[PrayerfulHope]

Prayerful hope, how long have you been TTC? What are your DH's numbers?

To everyone: how long should I wait before trying IVF/ICSI?
I want to try naturally, as we've only been trying for 7 months but I also don't want to wait forever just to be in the same place 2 years later. Please advise.
Thanks!!!!

19 months TTC, cycle 16 started yesterday

5.0 mL
Sperm count 13.4 million
13.1 million WBC (that's bad, apparently)
45% motility

 

[suzie7]

What does WBC mean and why is that bad? Is that White Blood Cells?

 

[suzie7]

I think that is very treatable. Have you seen a urologist yet?
https://www.fertilityinstitute.com/html/infertility-info.html

Increased white blood cells (WBC) in semen indicate infection. There should be fewer than one million WBC per mL (World Health Organization-1992).

Male Infertility Treatments
Treating Infection
Infections of the reproductive tract affecting fertility can usually be treated with antibiotics.

 

[PrayerfulHope]

No we moved straight after having the SA done. I was surprised they didn't say anything about it when they gave us the results, they seemed more concerned about the number of sperm.
*sigh*