Spouses with low sperm count.

[Kelly9]

Yeah I tired that it didn't float but they did give me some extra pain killers so we'll see if they work with the others. Plus your clinic might be different!

 

[DaisyB]

Hey Ladies

Just wanted to see how everyone was doing, and news or updates? We have our next FS appointment on Monday to go through all our results. I'm having nightmares that they send us away and say sorry just keep trying It feels like its taken forever to come around!

Just had another friend of ours come and tell us she was expecting last night, ''only took one try'' ''so when are you trying, we can do this together if you start now!'' blar blar blar blerggghhhh ! We just sit there doing the obligatory noddy dog, fake smiles tattooed to our faces! Ugh! - Sorry for the moan (

xxxx

 

[Kelly9]

We have our sperm analysis in 6 days, June 30th I should get the results a couple of days after that. Fingers crossed those vits are working! Also should be getting my hsg done beginning of July.

I have a friend that announced she was pg with number 2 and has a 5 month old at home that upset me a little, I try not to let other's pregnancies get to me but sometimes there's just no helping it. Thankfully no one has asked me when we'll have another in a long time.

 

[Traskey]

Good luck with all your tests and appointments ladies. I hope you get a better count and that your HSG clears your tubes for a bfp!

 

[HappyBunnyAB]

Hello Ladies,

I hope you don't mind if I join. My DH has low counts and low motility well more like no motility according to our last SA. He had a vasectomy reversal and at first we found sperm with 50% motility and on our last SA there was no motility. We took a break and started him on fertility blend and multivitamins. I myself have PCOS but was able to ovulate with clomid. It's been now three months since the FB and Vit so we will be doing another SA on July 13th. I pray those results are better and we can get our BFP soon!
to all!

 

[Traskey]

Fingers crossed you get a better result this time! Let us know how you get on x

 

[Kelly9]

Our sa is tomorrow finally!!!!! I should know the results for Monday hopefully!

 

[Traskey]

Oh, good luck Kelly

 

[Kelly9]

Well Apparently the results are in at the end of the day you do the SA so they should be in now so I've called the clinic and left a message only it's a holiday here so may not hear back till tomorrow or sunday. Hopefully its soon I just wanna know already!

 

[lushgirl84]

Hello Ladies,

I made this thread so we can talk about our hubbys, fiances, and long term companions male infertility and measures we can take to try and increase the little troops.

Introduce yourselves and you have your spouses SA report that would be cool. My name is Tiffany and I am 25 and my DH is 31. I have been married for 3 years. We have been TTC for 4 years now. I have a mild form of PCOS and annovulatory bleeding. The hubby has a very low sperm count.

Volume-3 mls
Concentration- 3 million per cc
motility- 16%
Total Motile- 1.44 million
Normal Forms- 1%
Round Cells- 1.2 million
Voscocity- 0
Agglutination- 0
Progression- 7%

If you do not have an SA still feel free to let it all out. I have read a few things about Fertility Blend and was wondering if any of you have used it on your partner. I am also thinking about doing the at home IUI kits since my doctor says we were not "qualified" to have an IUI done at the office since they want the sperm count to be 5 million per cc.

I can't wait to get to know you ladies..Baby Dust to all of you! and keep your heads up.

Hiya Iv just joined, I have PCOS but iv been checked and i am ovulating, but only have a period if im on the pill. BUT OH has a low sperm count Im 27 and Hes 42, We were checked 2 years ago, But because of personal problems we seperated, But we`v found love in each other again and iv just stopped taking the pill.. I have allsorts in my head, as we so what a baby together, we both have child each from different relationships, So glad iv found this site.

 

[Traskey]

Hope you get what you are hoping for soon. Waiting can be so difficut, there is a wealth of information on this site so welcome aboard!

 

[Kelly9]

The news is not so good

So his volume (how much was in the cup) is 4.0 mls (which is actually great, you're suppose to have 2.0 or more)

Concentration (how many sperm per ml) was 4.1 which gives us a total sperm count of only 16.4 million which is par for the course for his other SA's. His worst was 12 million his most was 23 million. So not much change here.

Motility after 1 hour: Rapid progressive (perfect sperm): 38%, should be at least 50%. Slow progressive: 6%, Non progressive: 4%, non motile: 53%.

Motility at the 3 hour makr: Rapid progressive: 44% (WTF only chris' sperm could get better when they're suppose to get worse) Slow progressive: 3%.

His motility is about par for the course to, he was always in between 37% and 40% after 1 hour.

Morphology: This is the kicker, he was only 2% this time Last time he was 11% and other times he was 10%. Using the Kreuger Scale they like you ot be at 15% but when I mentioned this to the nurse she said on the sheet that the normal range was anything >5% but I dont think they've changed how the read the scale so who knows? In either case this is the huge blow to us. The only shred of hope I have is that this time was a fluke since his morphology was way better for the other 3 sa's.

Immunology: (clumping etc) was perfect.

 

[Traskey]

Hopefully the morphology is just a one off, has been unwell at all in the last three months?

for you both, as i'm sure you are feeling disappointed.

What is the next step for you?

 

[MrsEvans]

Hi Kelly

Like traskey i was thinking maybe he was ill a few months ago. other then that your results arent that bad and i would think you had a better chance then many of us of concieving naturally.

 

[wannabeprego]

Hi girls,

I am so glad that I found this thread for support and to be able to share experiences with other women dealing with a similar situation.
I am in my early 30's and DH is about ten years older than me in his early 40's. He had a vasectomy in 1996, (so it was 14 years old when he got it reversed) and we got it reversed back in October 2009. This will be my first baby but DH has 2 older kids from a previous marriage.

DH had one sperm analysis done since the reversal and
mind you it had only been 8 months since the reversal when we did the SA and the dr's office said that the number can continue to go up over the next 1 to 2 years... so we can retest again in about 6 months if we want and if I am not pregnant yet....

Here were the figures.....

-5 million total count
-36% motility

The dr's office said that a fertility specialist would probably say the numbers were low....BUT...... she says all it takes is one sperm to get me pregnant............We need to do another follow up SA to see if his numbers have improved at all. Wish us luck!!!!!!


I wanted to ask if any of you girls have tried clomid to help increase your chances of getting pregnant because your OH has a low sperm count? Would any of you girls ever consider using a donor due to your OH's low sperm count?

 

[MrsEvans]

Hi

I ruled out clomid for me due to the side effects and also it effects your lining the longer you use it. also i personally wouldnt use a sperm donor when we have a chance of concieving with ICSI but if my OH had no sperm then i would definitely consider a sperm donor

 

[wannabeprego]

Hi

I ruled out clomid for me due to the side effects and also it effects your lining the longer you use it. also i personally wouldnt use a sperm donor when we have a chance of concieving with ICSI but if my OH had no sperm then i would definitely consider a sperm donor

thanks for your response. I have read about the side effects of clomid as well, but I have decided i want to try it out hopefully either my next cycle or the one after that. I feel like it is worth it if I can finally get my BFP. But I understand why you would decide not to, the side effects can be very scary.

My DH and I are going to try IUI (artificial insemination) next if we dont get pregnant the old fashioned way soon. I dont have health insurance that would cover it right now, but I have heard the costs arent to bad so we might be able to pay out of pocket for the IUI. I dont know if we could afford IVF, so we would have to try to get better health insurance to be able to afford that as the next option. If we couldnt afford IVF than I think i would consider the sperm donor, just because of the costs associated with IVF.

Good luck and baby dust to you Mrs Evans...

 

[Kelly9]

With a morphology of 2% there is no hope but if goes back up maybe. Were on the wait list for icsi hoping to start treatment next month. Fingers crossed they call is.

I was on clomid for a few months to up our chAnce but it didn't work. The first time I got preggo i wasn't on anything.

We also considered sperm donor but only if icsi didn't work. Now that I know we had one child naturally I don't think we would go that route anymore. Good luck!

 

[LadyDaisy]

Hello

New here, my husbands last S/A showed only 6% normal sperm, we go to a FS next week.

Husband 26
Me 31

 

[MrsEvans]

Hello

New here, my husbands last S/A showed only 6% normal sperm, we go to a FS next week.

Husband 26
Me 31

Good luck Lady Daisy, hopefully you wont have to wait too long for help.

Was that your OH first SA?