Spouses with low sperm count.

[GeorgiaBelle]

Last night, my DH started taking his new Alive! Men’s Energy multivitamin and his fish oil gel capsules along with his Fertility Blend capsules. Thank you for the good advice.

Now he and I are waiting for the Axiron Testosterone Gel to come in at our pharmacy. The RE gave him a 30 day prescription for it and a 90 day prescription for Lipitor. We are praying that the between the Axiron and the vitamins, he will start feeling better and we will have our first sweet miracle. I tease him that all this will wake up his sleepy guys and soon they will be pumping iron with their tails. I can see them get so macho that they dart up to my egg and say, “Hey, you want a piece of me?” LOL!

 

[wannabeprego]

@Georgia, Good luck hun!! I hope your numbers improve and that you get your BFP soon!!!

 

[Kelly9]

hey wannabepreggo I'm 1dpo to

 

[jessicalou]

my partner of five years has issues with his sperm i dont no the exact figures as he never told me i just no there not brillant ,, what i do no is he has a hernia when he was born in his testicale and had to have important bits removed , but his other one was not touched he has a low sperm count and they are very lazy ,, iv tried to get him to take vitiamins but he wont , iv been told drinking pure orange juice every day helps he did that for two weeks and stopped he has cut down drinking but because he works in a night club he often drinks there which angers me as i dont drink at all and i dont see why he doesnt just stop ,, iv got PCOS any ideas how to get him to actually take this seriously

 

[wannabeprego]

hey wannabepreggo I'm 1dpo to

How cool!!! Maybe we can be testing buddies this month??? Do you plan on starting to test early or do you try to wait until AF is late?? i have a pack of the 50 internet cheapy HPT's and am all ready to start testing early...LOL

 

[wannabeprego]

my partner of five years has issues with his sperm i dont no the exact figures as he never told me i just no there not brillant ,, what i do no is he has a hernia when he was born in his testicale and had to have important bits removed , but his other one was not touched he has a low sperm count and they are very lazy ,, iv tried to get him to take vitiamins but he wont , iv been told drinking pure orange juice every day helps he did that for two weeks and stopped he has cut down drinking but because he works in a night club he often drinks there which angers me as i dont drink at all and i dont see why he doesnt just stop ,, iv got PCOS any ideas how to get him to actually take this seriously

@Jessica, Good luck hun. Hopefully you can convince your OH to start taking steps to improve his count and get him to at least try vitamins. The first step is getting him to go do a semen analysis to see how his numbers actually look.

The only thing i can suggest is to talk to him about how important this is to you and what it means. Hoefully when he realizes how much it means to you he will come around...good luck

 

[jessicalou]

he has already had an analysis he came home and said he forgot what it was? so im really in the dark about it all

 

[LaineB]

if he gives the dr permission you can pick up a copy of his results.... sorry you are having a hard time

 

[Kelly9]

Or have him do another one? Sperm can change a lot over time and if his was a long time ago it would be a good idea to have another done.

Wanna: I normally don't test till AF shows but as this is my last hurrah before treatment (hopefully) and i have ic's I could test. But I likely won't till 12 or 14dpo. I have a 15 day lp. So we can be testing buds but I won't mind if you keep testing lol. You know just to ensure I don't get an early neg when it should be positive not that thats likely to happen with my husbands sperm.

My hubby also took all sorts of vitamins for two months then when he had his sperm test he stopped and refused to take them no matter how upset I got, then we got his results back and they were much worse in the morphology area and the only thing new he did was take the vits so he's been off them for a bit and he's going back in for another SA as soon as I book it and if his numbers come back up all I can assume is that it was the vits that lowered his results. His counts and motility stayed the same even with the vits though. Morphology went from 11% to 2%.

 

[jessicalou]

he has had 6 tests done in the past two years and i dont no the results for any of them ,, i will try and make him do another he just needs a kick in the bum he is far to laid back

 

[Future Mama]

Hi ladies, I was hoping to get some information from you girls. We've been ttc for 6 months with no luck. I had an HSG last week and everything was fine. DH had his first semen analysis a few days ago and the results weren't very good. My doctor is out of town until Friday so I don't really even know how bad our results are or what we can do so I was hoping some of you may have some advice for me. His results were

Volume 2.7ml (normal 1-5ml)
concentration 31 million (normal is >20 million)
Total sperm count 83 million
% motile- 35% (normal is >40%)
Progression 1-2
ph 8.0 (normal 7.2-8.2)
2% normal morphology (normal >5%)
29.3 million total motile sperm

Has anyone been successful conceiving with results like this? I've been so upset since yesterday and don't even know what to do from here. I ordered FertilAid online and got some zinc and vitamin C supplements as I've read these can help. Any advice would be appreciated

 

[Kelly9]

Total count is great, motility is a little low out here they like you to have 50% forward progressive (so swimming right and straight) your morphology is quiet low though, I know it says >5 but thats a recent change! Just a year ago they wanted 15% so I don't understand why they would lower it :dunno:

My hubby has an average count of 15 million total with 40% motility, he used to have 11% morphology but it has since dropped to 2%. I am hoping that drop is an oversight so we've booked another SA. When we conceived my son his morphology was around 10%. It tooks us 18 months or 16 cycles to conceive and I'd say you're not out cause his counts are pretty darn good. It may just take longer. I would recommend charting and using opks and having sex every 2 days to maximize your chances of conceiving natural.

 

[MrsEvans]

I would say the same as Kelly9, your results are quite good

Also a good supplement that has been proven to help morphology is Pycnogenol your OH will need to take 200mg for 3 months to see an improvement. I've found iherb.com the cheapest for most supplements

Good Luck
x

 

[Wishing89]

Hey all. Just wanted to join this thread. OH had 3 SA 14 months ago and they all ranged between about 0.2mil and 1mil per ml I think with poor motility and morphology.

Most recent SA was Monday just passed and results were 0.3mil per ml, 15% motility and not sure of morphology but not good

After more than 2 years ntnp and 2.5 years now of trying on and off we have finally been referred to a fertility specialist following the most recent SA results.

 

[MrsEvans]

Hi wishing89 welcome

has your OH done the necessary lifestyle changes and taken supplements?

 

[harvey]

wot dus everyone think of my hubbys sa i posted?
x

 

[leax]

Hi everyone Im a newie to all this!

Ive been researching all about improving sperm!!!I have been ttc for around 5 years my partner has a low sperm count so this thread was an interesting read.

Things that I have found are Fertil aid for men and women, this is supposed to have vitamins and antioxidents in to help

Fertility monitor as you may be doing at the wrong time of your cycle!

Pre seed lubrication, this is sperm friendly and wont kill them like some do even spit can also kill them!

menevit is another vitamin to help so ive heard

If anyone has any other ideas or success stories from having a partner with a low sperm count i would like to hear as it makes me more hopeful that one day it may happen!

Good luck to everone trying, babydust to all

 

[LaineB]

we are on cycle 14 or 15 of trying this month. we are trying preseed and I will use opks for the first time. I usually just go by the temp dip on my charts...hopefully this is the month!

 

[Wishing89]

Hi wishing89 welcome

has your OH done the necessary lifestyle changes and taken supplements?

Hi Mrs Evans:wave:. He sure has, taken all the supplements etc etc. But he had chemotherapy about 14 months ago which isn't good for those spermies and his pituatory gland is also out of wack so no matter how many supplements he takes it won't make a difference We finally got referred to a FS and have an appt in about 3 weeks now so will be doing IVF

 

[Kelly9]

Wishing I would say in your case ivf is likely the only way. I am hoping to get my call
For ivf in Aug! I am so excited to start already.