Low sperm motility and morphology - any success stories please help!

[Hopingitwill]

First of all congratulations to everyone on this board! I Hope someone can help me and give me hope -My husband and I have been trying to conceive for nearly a year. He got referred for a sperm test and his results have come back. His sperm count was 22 million per ml (which is just above normal levels). However his motility was low with 26% ( normal is over 50%) and his morphology was at 10%. Is anyone else in same situation? We saw someone who was not our normal doctor so she is not authorised to refer us, however she said if we were in her practice she would refer us for fertility clinic. We are going back to meet our normal factor next week to try and get referred. Is anyone else in a similar position? What treatment did you get? Thanks for help!

 

[NickyNack]

My husband had very low morphology and we ttc for almost 6 years. They gave me an HSG and we had to go back on the 9th March for a follow up and a "what we can offer you" appointment, but I got my bfp on the 7th March That was 2010 and as you can see we're expecting again. So although its bad now, its ever changing....it could have been a bad batch ?? Dont lose hope, good luck x

 

[Hopingitwill]

Thanks for your story and congratulations on your three successful bfp's! my concern with us is the fact the morphology is combined with low motility. I am 32 so don't want to keep trying naturally especially as we might need to pay for fertility treatment so want to do it when there is mire chance of it being successful I.e the younger we arebetter success. Did you husband have low motility too?

 

[NickyNack]

as far as I remember, it was low motility but not massively low, not normal though, horrendous morphology (about 16%) but tons of the little guys there!!

He stopped drinking and became pretty much teetotal, not that he drank excessively, but we were in our early twenties at the time! and lo and behold, within about a year he must have sorted himself out down there, cos we got a bfp. Sadly that ended in a blighted ovum, but we got another one almost 2 years later, and she's 13 months now

I would request an HSG, its a dye put through your womb & tubes (via your cervix) then xrayed to see if there are any blockages/abnormalities. We got this and the nurse administering it said lots of people get their bfp the next month, we were sceptical and rubbished her theory, but we got our bfp five weeks later apparently, for a good percentage of woman, this is the norm....cant hurt to try, right??

 

[Future Mama]

I just wanted to share my story with you. My husband had a sa done in June and although his count was normal (32million/ml), his motility was only 35% and morphology was only 2%. He started taking FertilAid, stopped taking hot baths, stopped wearing compression shorts when playing basketball and stopped drinking caffeine. We never got a second sa done, but we got our first bfp at the end of September. Unfortunately I miscarried at 5 weeks, but just got another bfp a few days ago. Don't stress too much about the sa, the numbers change all the time.

 

[Hopingitwill]

Thanks for success story. An thinking of starting dh on fertileaid. He drinks very little normally ( we share a bottle of wine at weekends). He doesn't smoke, is fit and is the correct weight. He does like his hot baths so am putting an end to them and asking him to cut down on caffeine. Just when you comPare the figures to what they should be it worries me so is good to hear success stories.

 

[dreaminghopin]

Hi,
Just wondering if anyone else is able to respond who can give us hope. We cant afford fertilty treatment and hubby's report was:

vol 3mls
cencentration 14 million
motility 30% (17% rapid progressive)
Morphology 5%

We are taking all the recommended vitamins, my hubby is very fit and only drinks occassionally.

Hope you mammas to be are keeping well x

 

[missk1989]

my partner did a sperm test and his count was 56 when it should have been 30 million and they were catergorised as average or low mobility. a month later i was pregnant!

 

[Dk1234]

My hubby had great morphology but lower everything else he took vitamins and we were Pregnant within two months of starting them. Pm me if you want the list of the ones he took.

 

[Dk1234]

Oh he also stopped drinking caffeine and ended his showers with really cold water on his junk, ha ha I read it somewhere.

 

[Molly5186]

Hello! My dh wa low all around and we were told we would need to at least try IUI a few times an then IVF. We were scheduled to have our first IUI this month when low and behold we got a BFP naturally!! Suggestions that I think truly helped us were pre seed lubricant, and dh started taking 2,000mg of vitamin c per day. I'm not completely sure if it helped but I have a really positive feeling they did

 

[Dk1234]

I used preseed and softcups also the month I got this bfp!

 

[asampson]

My dh and I tried conceiving for over a year. We went to a fertility clinic and he was diagnosed with very poor sperm mormhology - between 1% - 3%. We did an unmedicated IUI with no success. We did a medicated IUI the second time (Follistim and an ovidrel trigger shot) and we are now almost 14 weeks pregnant! Keep your head up! It is possible!!! Good luck!

 

[dreaminghopin]

Thank you so much ladies.. Starting to feel a bit hopeful. Xx

 

[leahsmama]

First of all congratulations to everyone on this board! I Hope someone can help me and give me hope -My husband and I have been trying to conceive for nearly a year. He got referred for a sperm test and his results have come back. His sperm count was 22 million per ml (which is just above normal levels). However his motility was low with 26% ( normal is over 50%) and his morphology was at 10%. Is anyone else in same situation? We saw someone who was not our normal doctor so she is not authorised to refer us, however she said if we were in her practice she would refer us for fertility clinic. We are going back to meet our normal factor next week to try and get referred. Is anyone else in a similar position? What treatment did you get? Thanks for help!

a very close friend of mine was in a very similiar situation, although on top of low motility and morphology he also had low sperm count. they ended up having to do in vitro after TTC for almost 3 years, but the in vitro worked the first try and they just had their baby girl 2 weeks ago. good luck to you!

 

[Hopingitwill]

Hi - thanks for alk your responses. After 3 months of making my dh drink plenty of water, stopping him having hot baths and making him eat healthier and take wellmans conception vitamins we got our bfp naturally. We had just attended our first fertility referral and I was waiting for af so I could have the dye in tubes test and my dh needed to go and get another sperm test done but in more detail. However af never showed. Have 12 week scan booked for 16th April. I believe that making the changes can help!! Gl to others who are pregnant and fx that changes work for anyone trying! X

 

[BrittasticTX]

My hubby's motility and morphology were ok, but the count was about half of what it should be. We had been trying for over a year. One month with a fertility doc, I took Letrazole and an HCG trigger shot, and we got pregnant!

I'm so happy for you hoping, congrats!!

 

[Hopingitwill]

Thanks - very happy for you too brittastic! X

 

[leahsmama]

thats great! congrats to you!

 

[drsquid]

pretty bummed today as i finaly got a sperm count on the donor sperm and while the count was good, the progression was really bad.. lab said 1, doc said 1-2. he seemd to think my chances were pretty nil this month. lovely waste of 4 months of out of pocket iui, sperm, drugs etc. i didnt get a "percent" of progression just 1-2. glad to see some of you got pregnant regardless. the only hope i have is that i did injections and likely had 4-5 ripe eggs