Spouses with low sperm count.

[GeorgiaBelle]

Hi, Cosita! Welcome to the board!

My husband's count improved as well since he had a long overdue cleaning, 3 cavities filled, and a bad tooth removed. We saw dramatic results in his SA -

Here are the results of DH's third semen analysis taken on November 15th –

PH – 8.0 - Normal 7.2 to 8.0
Volume 2.5 – Normal 1 to 6 ml
Concentration – 19.0 – Normal greater than 20 million
Motility (%) – 58 – Normal greater than 50%
Progression – Normal greater than 25% A or 50 % A+B
A= Rapid Progression = 26
B= Slow or Sluggish = 21
C= Non-Progression = 11
D= Non-Motile = 42
Morphology (by Krueger strict criteria*) *Very poor fertilization may occur with less than 5% normal forms – 3%
Total Motile Sperm – 28.0 – Normal greater than 20 million
Liquefied within 30 minutes – yes
Viscosity – Normal
Appearance – Less Opaque
Cell Debris – No
Cell Clumps – No
Agglutination – None

We couldn't believe our eyes when we saw the results of his latest SA.

Here are the results of the first semen analysis taken on June 1st –

PH – 8.3 - Normal 7.2 to 8.0
Volume 2.0 – Normal 1 to 6 ml
Concentration – 6.0 – Normal greater than 20 million
Motility (%) – 50 – Normal greater than 50%
Progression – Normal greater than 25% A or 50 % A+B
A= Rapid Progression = 10
B= Slow or Sluggish = 30
C= Non-Progression = 10
D= Non-Motile = 50
Morphology (by Krueger strict criteria*) *Very poor fertilization may occur with less than 5% normal forms – 4%
Total Motile Sperm – 6.0 – Normal greater than 20 million
Liquefied within 30 minutes – yes
Viscosity – Normal
Appearance – Less Opaque
Cell Debris – No
Cell Clumps – No
Agglutination – None
Comment: Oligozoospermia

Here are the results of the second semen analysis taken on July 15th –

PH – 8.0 - Normal 7.2 to 8.0
Volume 2.0 – Normal 1 to 6 ml
Concentration – 10.0 – Normal greater than 20 million
Motility (%) – 41 – Normal greater than 50%
Progression – Normal greater than 25% A or 50 % A+B
A= Rapid Progression = 10
B= Slow or Sluggish = 22
C= Non-Progression = 9
D= Non-Motile = 59
Morphology (by Krueger strict criteria*) *Very poor fertilization may occur with less than 5% normal forms – 2%
Total Motile Sperm – 8.0 – Normal greater than 20 million
Liquefied within 30 minutes – yes
Viscosity – Normal
Appearance – Normal
Cell Debris – No
Cell Clumps – No
Agglutination – None

My DH has also been on a low dose Testosterone gel, vitamins, and fertility supplements.

He suffers a lot with his sinuses and now I'm wondering if we could get that under control would we see even more improvements. I've been meaning to do some research about sinus problems and fertility. (I wonder if the real cause behind my hubby's sinus discomfort is a deviated septum. Hubby said he doesn't remember sinus problems growing up. He was hit in the face with a basketball as a teenager. One of the causes of a deviated septum can be trauma to the nose.)

 

[GeorgiaBelle]

Scerena,

Not sure when our RE will order another SA. Still haven't heard from his office about hubby's next appointment. Good thing, I see our RE on December 16th. If we didn't have this appointment so soon after DH's appointment with him, I would have been calling his office. I'll be sure to post an update after my appointment.

 

[scerena]

GeorgiaBellle please keep me up to date about your appointment
And you must of been so happy when you got your ohs sa! Congrats fx'd for your

7 days until my operation I am so so nervous!
Xxx

 

[GeorgiaBelle]

Scerena,

God bless you on your surgery. I'm thinking and praying for you and your husband. You will be in His hands and all will go well. I'm especially praying that this will lead to a BFP. It will probably be something so ridiculously simple to.

 

[GeorgiaBelle]

Good Morning, Ladies!

A few days ago, I came across this PDF on-line and was impressed what a good resource it was for understanding Semen Analysis.

https://www.micropticsl.com/res/downloads_scientific_information/semen_analysis_guide.pdf

Maybe it will be helpful to the ladies who husbands are just starting taking SAs.

 

[scerena]

Aw thank you so much your are so kind!
I hope that it does end up something ever so simple and result in a

How are you anyway?
x

 

[Skoer1360]

Hi girls

After 3 rounds of clomid and 3 bfn's, DH just made his appt for an SA and honestly I'm feeling like crap about it.. did anyone else feel the same? It just seems so awful and he's not exactly thrilled about it either (though he would rather just not talk about it).

I just feel so helpless!

 

[l8bloomer]

Hi girls

After 3 rounds of clomid and 3 bfn's, DH just made his appt for an SA and honestly I'm feeling like crap about it.. did anyone else feel the same? It just seems so awful and he's not exactly thrilled about it either (though he would rather just not talk about it).

I just feel so helpless!

Hi Skoer, DH just agreed today to get an SA. He was also not thrilled. I empathized but felt we must both do what's necessary to get a LO. There's no time to waste because we're both in our 40's. I don't know how it works in your area but here in Canada, you get your specimen at home and drop it off at the lab within 2 hours. This may be TMI but he says I could help him with it.

My Dr today just mentioned that cell phones, stored in the pants pocket may affect male fertility. Has anyone else heard this?

 

[Skoer1360]

We're in our early 20's but I already know there's something wrong with me so we figure that this is the next step to make sure there's nothing wrong with him..

Ya, unfortunately we live out too far from the lab to be able to do the 'business' at home. But they did give the option for the non lubricated condom we could use! hahahha, I giggled over that part.. I have heard about the cellphone thing something about the heat messing with the testicles (I think, could be wrong but idk what else it could be ).

 

[scerena]

girls!
Good luck with the results of your oh's sa's! I hope they have healthy spermies!
x

 

[Hopingitwill]

Hi girls.
I am in my 12 month ttc. Dh has just sa done. He is 34 and I an 32 ( both in next couple of months). We are hoping for a referral. His sperm count was 22mil per ml, by his motility was 26% and his morphology 10%. They didn't go into detail about progressive etc... The doctor was going to refer us but we need to meet with the doctor that owns the practice which is happening on Monday. I just want to feel something is happening. I had an ultrasound done over summer because I went from regular periods to skipping for 3 months without reason. My uterus appeared normal but that is as far as our investigations have gone. Fx we all get bfp's soon x

 

[jesica]

hi there all i still dont seem to understand much about this whole thing thou been trying for 7 yrs
my name is Jesica and i'm 28 yrs old hubby is 26yrs old and
we have had 12 miscarriages together previously i had a stillbirth with exfiancee back in 2004


but now we have actually ran into a small issue here are his test results from his 1st semen collection

Volume 2.0 Ml (2.0-6.0)
Viscosity (low) (Low)
Liquefication complete

non specific aggulation <10 %
Motility 37% (>40%)
Progressive 31% (>32%)
Immotile 63%

smerm count 90 x10^6 /ml (20-250)
abnormal forms 70% (0-70)

sperm motility <40% is associated with decreased fertility.


the Dr was very hesitant to telling him the results to me it didnt look very good but to be hones i dont exactly understand much of this

 

[justonexxx]

Hey jesica

the sperm results actually look pretty good..

Volume 2.0 Ml (2.0-6.0) (normal)Viscosity (low) (Low)
Liquefication complete

non specific aggulation <10 %
Motility 37% (>40%) (not far off the normal range)Progressive 31% (>32%) Plus you are 1% off here so not much...the progressive are the good uns!

Immotile 63%
smerm count 90 x10^6 /ml (20-250) (90 million per ml )abnormal forms 70% (0-70) (these are good results as anything 4% and over normal forms is considered normal so 96% abnormal...) In your case 30% are normal forms which is good
sperm motility <40% is associated with decreased fertility.

 

[jesica]

Hey jesica

the sperm results actually look pretty good..

Volume 2.0 Ml (2.0-6.0) (normal)Viscosity (low) (Low)
Liquefication complete

non specific aggulation <10 %
Motility 37% (>40%) (not far off the normal range)Progressive 31% (>32%) Plus you are 1% off here so not much...the progressive are the good uns!

Immotile 63%
smerm count 90 x10^6 /ml (20-250) (90 million per ml )abnormal forms 70% (0-70) (these are good results as anything 4% and over normal forms is considered normal so 96% abnormal...) In your case 30% are normal forms which is good
sperm motility <40% is associated with decreased fertility.

i wish my body thought it differently thou seems to be liking the abnormal sperm after my 16 week pregnancy that was the furthest we got in 2008
very rare and abnormal no legs everything else perfect dr was telling me that we should terminate and than the heart stopped beating on the screen of the Ultrasound :'(

 

[justonexxx]

Hey jesica

the sperm results actually look pretty good..

Volume 2.0 Ml (2.0-6.0) (normal)Viscosity (low) (Low)
Liquefication complete

non specific aggulation <10 %
Motility 37% (>40%) (not far off the normal range)Progressive 31% (>32%) Plus you are 1% off here so not much...the progressive are the good uns!

Immotile 63%
smerm count 90 x10^6 /ml (20-250) (90 million per ml )abnormal forms 70% (0-70) (these are good results as anything 4% and over normal forms is considered normal so 96% abnormal...) In your case 30% are normal forms which is good
sperm motility <40% is associated with decreased fertility.

i wish my body thought it differently thou seems to be liking the abnormal sperm after my 16 week pregnancy that was the furthest we got in 2008
very rare and abnormal no legs everything else perfect dr was telling me that we should terminate and than the heart stopped beating on the screen of the Ultrasound :'(

How awful for you jesica xxxx
Have you had any blood tests or investigations such as your AMH levels, FSH levels etc?

 

[jesica]

Hey jesica

the sperm results actually look pretty good..

Volume 2.0 Ml (2.0-6.0) (normal)Viscosity (low) (Low)
Liquefication complete

non specific aggulation <10 %
Motility 37% (>40%) (not far off the normal range)Progressive 31% (>32%) Plus you are 1% off here so not much...the progressive are the good uns!

Immotile 63%
smerm count 90 x10^6 /ml (20-250) (90 million per ml )abnormal forms 70% (0-70) (these are good results as anything 4% and over normal forms is considered normal so 96% abnormal...) In your case 30% are normal forms which is good
sperm motility <40% is associated with decreased fertility.

i wish my body thought it differently thou seems to be liking the abnormal sperm after my 16 week pregnancy that was the furthest we got in 2008
very rare and abnormal no legs everything else perfect dr was telling me that we should terminate and than the heart stopped beating on the screen of the Ultrasound :'(

How awful for you jesica xxxx
Have you had any blood tests or investigations such as your AMH levels, FSH levels etc?

i have had 7 years worth of test and never heard of them terms can u dumb it down a little for me ?
lol

all my tests come back fine and even in the miscarriages after the d&c they say they are perfect

 

[scerena]

sorry for your losses hun

Your oh's results seem absolutely fine just motility which is pratically average and 90mil count is really good my oh's only 34mil i think the last one was...
I really hope the docs help you more have you been to a fertility specialist?x

 

[macca197831]

Hey ladies, I was hoping you could help me with my husbands latest sperm results. His first SA was:

1.7ml
49 Million Count
35% Motility
Morphology - Normal

Second test was

1.7ml
19 Million Count
45% Motility
Morphology - Normal

We were gutted to hear that his count had dropped but it seems that motility has improved quite a bit. He has a final SA to provide in January.

How bad/good are the second lot of results and do we have a good change of getting pregnant naturally with these numbers?

Any advise you can give would be hugely appreciated!

 

[scerena]

Your oh's motility is normal >40% is classed as normal on my oh's results.
His count is ok as oh fs says anything above 15mil is classed as normal (although some say 20mil) So it seems normal to me...

My oh's latest SA was-

Volume- 1.4ml
Liquefaction- yes
Viscous- no
Sperm concentration- 34 million per ml (yay highest yet)

Percentage motile- 38%
percentage progressively motile 35%
Forward progression rating- moderate

Morphology 93% abnormal (which is better than before)
antisperm antibodies IgG 0% binding
Aggregation and agglutination- 20

(normal ranges: count >15/ml, motility >40%, progressive motility >32%, abnormal forms <96%)

So I dont think you have anything t wrry about really hun, relax, wait until your final SA as the count can always vary, even due to being ill.

My oh is taking-
Maca
1000mg vit c
Horney Goat Weed (increases blood flow)
l-arginine
wellman conception
NO hot baths and loose underwear...
x

 

[Hopingitwill]

Hi I posted my hubbies results above. Is 26% motility from a 22 sperm count and a10% morphology terrible. Could we still conceive naturally or is our only hope ivf? We have been referred to a fertility clinic and they are testing my progesterone levels next month. I have had an ultrasound and it said my tubes looked normal and my uterus was normal size but this is as far as investigations have gone. What is normally the process that I can expect in fertility clinic are they certain tests everyone gets done before ivf? Any advice would be appretiated. X