Morphology

[Jem88]

Anyone know how to improve it? i know about the vits but my OH's 1st SA wasn't good count,motility but the orphology was 5% but he wasn't taking any vits, but then he started on the serlium with zinc for 3 months and his 2nd SA, everything else is good, apart from the morphology was 3% he smokes and drinks, he was drinking every night but has now cut down to every other night.. still not great but that's all i can get him to do.

 

[BigFoot1980]

Hi hun,

At least he has cut down on his drink and I am sure he will do more with time. Try not to stress about these things too much since it will cause fights or you will feel resentful. My DH had a morphology of 3% at one test with low motility as well but good count. I had him take multi vitamin with zinc, Vitamin C 1000mg, Vitamin E 400IU and Grapeseed extract. At his next SA after some 2 months, his morphology was 11%.

I found information on those vitamins on the following forum and I am posting the thread related to morphology.

https://fertilichat.com/showthread.php?t=1752

Good luck hun!

xxx

 

[fluffystar]

Hey Jem88,

My OH had morphology at 8% on the last 2 SA and my accupuncturist told me to make sure he doesnt keep mobile phone in pocket or laptops on lap as this may affect morphology.

Remember that new sperm take 90 days/3 months to be produced so you might not see any effect from diet/lifestyle changes until then. We have been asked to do a 3r SA in 3 months to see if there is any improvement.

I also found this website useful for advice on vitamins to improve fertility.

Love and babydust
Fluffy xx

 

[brumbar]

...smoking is not good for morphology hun.... This is the first thing FS asked.....
Not sure what to suggest as we haven't been able to do much ourselves....

 

[MummyIwanabe]

My Dh told vits, ate fish, no drink at all, doesn't smoke etc never has and after first sample his was 2% after 6 days of abstinence and then the next 3 months followed the advice and after 3 days abstinence got 5% so no great improvement really. Our clinic told us there's nothing that improves morphology really just good diet to improve count and then that boosts our chances. Even after all that food and vit, the count for us actually halved and went down! Ugh! So hard to know what to do, leave sample too long and morphology seems to get worse but count better or leave it shorted and morphology is better but count was WAY worse. His motility improved by 15% due to vits and diet tho xx

 

[Jem88]

We've got our 1st appointment with the FS in 2 weeks and we got told that she's very anti smoking so hopfully he'll listen to what shes got to say lol.

 

[walrusandposs]

Hi Jem, its hard.. my partner also has low morphology (10%)- and smokes, though not a great deal, but still he does. Perhaps say 5 a day? Its hard not to feel resentful about it though when they don't want to quit but you think its the thing that stands between you and falling pregnant naturally... Grrr.. really hard. I've ordered some vitamins- the FertilAid for men- we'll see how it goes, but at the moment- I'm feeling DOWN. I hope your hubby listens to the FS! I wonder if there are any of us out there that have had partners with low morph, they've quit and its improved?

Good luck with it all Jem xxxxxxxxxx

 

[Jem88]

He had quit for 8 months before his 1st SA and it was 5% but everything else was low but he was nervous and he just rushed it and his sample wasn't that great to start off with, but his 2nd he'd started smoking again few months before & he wasn't nervous and everything else was good apart from morph which was 3% so i'm hoping the FS will tell him that he NEEDs to quit and we both kno he can quit.

 

[walrusandposs]

Oh its so frustrating!! there are so many men out there that have smoked for years! And make babies = (

Well, let us know how it all goes Jem, goodluck with it all... xxxxxxx

 

[FBbaby]

My OH has low morphology. He hasn't smoked for over 10 years, is very active and eats very healthily. The only thing that could be an issue was his drinking, not massive but certainly over the recommended weekly limit. After the results of his first SA which also indicated a lowish count, he has cut down and now is probably about the recommended limit. His second SA showed a much improved count and a slight improvement with morphology from 4% to 6%. He has also been taking fertilaid, but we think that it is his reduction in alcohol that is making the difference.

 

[MummyIwanabe]

my consultant said yesterday that with morphology you should put it in a box and wrap it up lol meaning they don't know why people have low morphology, they don't know how to improve it so there's not much point worrying about it. He said for us our test increased by 2% but only probably because someone different was looking at the sample and so formed a slightly different opinion plus each area of the sample is distributed differently.

Eat healthy, do what you can to improve sperm count and try and not think about morphology as it may improve slightly but not massively like sometimes count does.

Consultant also said they now deem 5-15% normal morphology. however he said proof is in the pudding people at the lower end 5-10% usually take much longer to conceive than people at the 10-15%. Either way it's possible just may take some time!

good luck everyone

 

[brumbar]

Do you wany to hear the funny part.. My oh has 2 kids from a previous marriage without trying , when he was a chubby bunny, ate rubbish and stuff... As FS said... they haven't got a clue why This happens.... Some attribute it to stress and toxins ... Blah..

 

[MummyIwanabe]

lol seems to be no logic to all this ttc. It's pot luck and lottery!