Male Factor Roll Call

[FBbaby]

Brilliant news HopeSprings, congratulations

Thanks aussiettc for this info

 

[le_annek]

Hubby had urologist appt and another sperm sample results were
2.5ml
total sperm count 212 million
motility 50%
Morphology 10%
Hell of an improvement since the last one 2 months ago
still not pregnant though as is blood work came back with lw testosterone levels?????
anyone know anything about that? xxx

 

[HopeSprings]

That sounds like some good Yay!

 

[le_annek]

Congrats on you bfp Hopesprings you must be over the moon xxx

 

[lochbride]

Great news Hopesprings!!

I'm excited that tomorrow is June - 10 days til OH second SA and 23 until our first appointment with the fertility people. After a 7 month waiting list and 17 cycles with nothing but AF, I'm psyched for this month! Crazy that sometimes it all seems hopeless and then some days you just feel like it's possible. Hope springs eternal - maybe Hopesprings bfp will be a good omen

 

[Tomo]

Hello!
I'm not sure if this is where I belong yet, as everything is still a bit inconclusive...But been struggling to find a thread to call home since hanging out in the CBFM thread in TTC.

Ok, here goes...I'm 34 next month and my husband is 33 we've been ttc for 10 months (not long I know) with not a hint of a BFP. I went to the doctors a few months ago, my cd3 bloods came back fine. My husband has done 2 SA's - both have come back as possibly contributory, (numbers below). So we've been referred to a fertility specialist. We've been told we'll get an appointment within 3 months. Like everyone, I really really hope that it won't come to it and we'll get pregnant before then...

My husband's taking wellman vits, vit c and zinc and has decided to stop drinking at least for the next month. Our GP said that could be a major factor. He doesn't smoke and neither of us are overweight, both exercise and eat well.

1st SA
viscosity normal
volume ml 3.2
density (x 106/ml) 49
motilty (%) 53
progression fair
Normal forms (%) 4
debris ++
agglutination -

possibly contributory

2nd SA
viscosity normal
volume ml 3.2
density (x 106/ml) 72
motilty (%) 42
progression fair
Normal forms (%) 4

possibly contributory

Sorry for the long message, Good luck to you all!

 

[walrusandposs]

Hello!!! I'm new here and finding it really comforting to find peeps in the same position as us = )

Could I also be included? My partner has a low morph issue, apparently I'm fine (though I don't believe this quite yet cos I convinced myself that my spotting was a problem- apparently its not- hmmmm...)

Anyway, i can't remember the full details of the SA other than motility was fine... count was about 90mill and morph was 10%

We've tried 9 cycles, I've already got the sweetest wee man from my previous relationship (I had him when I was 17- in my first month of sex- ever!!) and then, well now its harder (29 now)..

Anyway, I have my partner on FertilAid and Pyconegenal, which he started yesterday, so plenty of time til it kicks in.

I'm going to start softcups and preseed this month too, full of hope still

Let's see how we go!

Laura xxxxxxx

 

[HopeSprings]

Hi Tomo- it sounds like our results. The only thing they found wrong was morphology at 4% also. But it varies widely from dr to dr as to what they think that means. So I don't put a lot of stock into it personally. Best of luck to you

 

[Leila Fae]

DH and I went to see the GP today. We've had his hormone results back which were all fine.

The GP is referring us to a specialist but can't guarantee that we'll be accepted as at the moment the only identifiable problem for us is DH's low morphology (6%). We're adding in that I'm diabetic and therefore should have children sooner rather than later (I'm 31) but that's not actually affecting my fertility. That said I'd like more investigations done on me.

Anyhoo, we've got a provisional appointment for 2nd Aug providing they accept the referral. Even if they do the result may be that DH's morphology isn't bad enough to bypass the 36 months you have to have been trying before being eligible for funding for treatment so we could still be stuck trying for another year. I really can't think about that just now - I will be heartbroken if that is the case.

More waiting for us then.

 

[HopeSprings]

36 months?!?!? Are you serious? It's all private here, but IUI wasn't expensive at all.

 

[Leila Fae]

We can't afford to go private so we're kind of at the mercy of the NHS

 

[HopeSprings]

We can't afford to go private so we're kind of at the mercy of the NHS

I know it's hard to wait, but here it is too expensive for a lot of people. So at least there is an option. My little brother and his wife want kids bad. He had cancer at 19, so he's sterile. The only way for them is IVF with his popsicles. Only it costs over $10,000 per try out there. So they are saving and hoping.

Don't worry, your is on the way!

 

[nurseh14]

Hey ladies can I join? Hubbys volume:1.3,motility:16,morphology:3

 

[Mash]

Am new here so hope am doing this right.

TTC for 1 year
DH has low sperm motility
Ist Cycle IUI this month

so did it work?

 

[suzie7]

It's been a long time since I've posted on this forum.

We are ICSI bound! I'm excited. After DH got on 3 months of 25 mg a day clomid, his tittle count increased from 13 mill/ml to 32 mill/ml. Great but unfortunately his motility is so poor it leaves us quite helpless. Only 12% motility.

For others who DO have good motility but the count is just an issue, I would recommend the clomid for men as we did see quite an increase-more than 100%.

 

[mrskcbrown]

Hey ladies, I was on this thread earlier but left due to various reasons but I wanted to give you all a little hope as I was in this same situation for 15 months.

My DH had an initial morphology of 2% on his first SA, and low volume and mediocre count. On his second SA, he had 6% morphology and this time medium volume. This was au natural as he hadnt started taking vitamins yet. I have PCOS and had irregular cycles most of my life. The DR put me on metformin and clomid to get my cycles regulated. Well I took that combo from sept through April and nothing. I also charted my cycle for the first time this march 2009.

Mind you the DR told us the ONLY way we would every get BFP is to do IUI. So month after month we said, "well lets just give it a try on our own one more month". This May, I charted my cycle again, gave up the clomid and just BD'd as much as we could. I got my BFP June 9, on an unmedicated cycle, and with a DH who has low morphology!

So never give up hope ladies. I know how hard it is, I was right there, month after month. We are grateful to God for this blessing and we do not take it lightly.

 

[walrusandposs]

Oh that's fantastic Mrskcbrown! great news- very,very encouraging

 

[FBbaby]

brilliant fantastic news and very encouraging one for us.

After months of going on forums, waving our chances and how I felt about IVF/ICSI, I am almost totally decided to just let nature takes its course. We are not optimal fertility neiter of us, but it isn't impossible and I hold on to this since it did indeed happen once.

Your news encourage me in that direction, since last SA only concern was OH 6% morphology. You are proof that it can still happen, it just might take a bit longer. I will therefore hold on to patience!

Have a fantastic 9 months

 

[Leila Fae]

Congratulations mrskcbrown!

 

[Tomo]

Congratulations mrskcbrown!

As the others have said, this isvery encouraging indeed! Mr Tomo has had a couple of below par SA's with 4% morph on both of them. We're currently waiting for our first FS appointment to come through. But I still hold out hope that we may conceive without help.

Have a wonderful 9 months!