I need help with Sperm Analysis Results!

Blondie87

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So the doctor didn't really explain or help much with understanding the results. I was able to get a pretty good idea based on researching and what the "normal" results. To me, it looks like he has A LOT of sperm, but has low normal forms, and high abnormal.

Also, this was his first time ever masturbating, so it was a lil awkward for him. Not sure if that could have an effect on his results or not.

From the paper, this is what the results say-
Appearance- Normal
Liquefaction- Complete in 60 min.
Volume- 4.5 ML
Acceptable Temperature- Yes
PH- 8
Progression and Motility- 85%
Abnormal Activity- None
Sperm Count- 80 MILL/ML
Sperm Clumping- None
Motility Eval w/in 1 HR- Yes
Normal Forms- 26%
Abnormal Forms- 74%
Abnormal Type- Abnormal forms include amorphous heads and coiled tails.
After liquefaction, the specimen was PAP stained and assessed using morphology criteria from the WHO 3rd edition.

The doctor says we should be able to get pregnant with this without IUI, but for some reason we haven't the past 11 or so times I have ovulated. We are going to do an IUI because my insurance covers it.

I basically just need help figuring out what it means, it seems like there isn't a lot of normal sperm. What causes that? And why did the liquefaction take so long? If anyone could help me, that would be awesome. :)
 
Hiya

yes you should have no problems with this result. It looks like he has a fantatstic qunatity of 80 million. Out of that he has 26% normal which is also great and the motility of them are great. So looks like he has no probs hun.

My hubby has under 10 mil, 99% abnoral...wish I had your reading

Good luck xx
 
It is stated that most men have 85% abnormal sperm. There is no real reason, could be he has been unwell, has a dodgy vein, too much drink, too much smoke etc. My hubby dont drink, dont smoke is healthy and has no veins so its just one of those things.

But dont worry, he has plenty of good ones in there.

Also dont forget the results only come from 1ml of sperm. And he produced 4.5ml. So thats even better


xxx
 
Hello Blondie,
I agree with Kristy, my oh started with 98% of abnormal forms and then he gave up smoking and this reduced to 77% which we were really happy with. He has a low count too though which is why we went straight to IVF. This improved a bit but is still too low at 10mil. The liquefaction may seem a bit long, perhaps look into ways to try and help that.

Good luck

:hugs:
 
Thanks girls. He doesn't smoke, and NEVER drinks, so none of that here. I'm glad they seem good, I was just concerned because online at webmd it says that the "normal" man has 70% normal sperm, and he only has 24% so it kinda worried me. We are doing an IUI anyways, so hopefully that'll help cuz it weeds out all the bad ones and everything else so they won't weigh out the good ones.. :)
 
I think that this looks like an excellent SA! The only thing that may be a little off is the pH. That can be a sign of infection. But I think that most clinics will treat you and DH prior to a IUI cycle anyway so that should take care of that. Good luck!!!!
 

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