Spouses with low sperm count.

[mickellwife]

My husband has just got his 3 month post vasectomy reversal results back

semen volume= 2.0ml
sperm concentration= 222 10*6/ml which dr said was 222 million
total number sperm= 444.0 10*6/ejaculate which dr said was 444 million
progressive motility= 12%
non-progressive motility= 10%
immotile= 78%
total motility= 22%
vital spermatozoa= 45%
normal spermatozoa= 8%

The motility im worried about. Is this a good result or not???

 

[Pinkie 33]

That seems to me to be an incredible number of sperm? I'm not an expert on motility but I would suggest you ask the FS to talk it through with you as it doesnt seem too bad to me

 

[dreaminghopin]

I don't think you have anything to worry about with regards to his sperm. Wow 400 million sperm don't think iv ever seen anyone else report such high numbers xx

 

[Briss]

ladies, do any of you make your DH tomato soup? it is supposed to improve sperm count and comes highly recommended.

 

[Pinkie 33]

Really?! Any particular recipe? I've not heard that before but quite prepared to try

Edit - Ooo just googled it, tins of Heinz Soup heading to our pantry!

 

[mickellwife]

Not quite sure what 10*6 means in sperm count and concentration. Anyone know????

 

[Pinkie 33]

Not quite sure what 10*6 means in sperm count and concentration. Anyone know????

Isnt it just ten to the power of six, i.e. six 0s making it a figure in millions? Or I might be being thick

 

[mickellwife]

i'm the thick one for asking lmao xxx

 

[mickellwife]

Our surgeon who performed the vasectomy reversal has said that we have 15 million per ml and 40% motility which means its low

 

[dreaminghopin]

Hi bit confused. Those are different results from the first set you gave. Were they done at different times?

 

[SimplicityD]

My husband's sperm count is 1 million per m/l and everything else normal.

Anyone got any tips to increase his sperm count? I feel we are in a losing game at the moment and it feels like it is taking an effect on our marriage

x

 

[Briss]

I feel the same but my hubby's low sperm count might be explained by excessive drinking and resulting decrease in testosterone levels so he can actually do something to improve it, we argue every time he drinks cos I feel he is ruining our chances with every pint. you can try vitamins, quite a few ladies here managed to improve their DH's sperm count by feeding them tonnes of vitamins every day

 

[Pinkie 33]

My husband's sperm count is 1 million per m/l and everything else normal.

Anyone got any tips to increase his sperm count? I feel we are in a losing game at the moment and it feels like it is taking an effect on our marriage

x

Hi

Does he drink much/smoke? How is his weight?

My DP is on a list of supplements including multi-vits, zinc, folic acid, alpha lipoic acid, maca root, COq10, cordycep extract to name a few. If you research you will find no end of supplements which are supposed to help. Whether they do or not is not clear but we'll try anything!

 

[SimplicityD]

he does not drink or smoke at all

he is over weight by around 2 stones, but been trying really hard to lose it over the last 3 months, he has even taken up cycling as a hobby....

 

[Briss]

I heard that cycling is not really great for spermies, testies get a lot of heat during cycling which affects sperm

 

[Prayingforno1]

Hi ladies,

I've been following your posts for the past few days and just wanted to pop in and introduce myself. DH did his first SA last week and my doctor's assistant called me on Thursday to advise his results were really low and we go into talk with my doctor on Wednesday afternoon to discuss what we need to do next. I am a bit nervous and scared for this meeting because I don't know what to expect. DH does not smoke but after doing research online, decided to stop drinking alcohol and this afternoon I will pick up a multivitamin and zinc for him. This is such a strange place to be in when I always thought getting pregnant would be so straight forward. Anyway I will keep you posted on our doctor visit on Wednesday and hope eveyone is encouraged and having a good day.

 

[dreaminghopin]

Hi and welcome... Good luck on Wednesday. My dh had another sperm test last week and should find out results in next couple of day. We have a meeting at fertility clinic next week. Xxx

 

[PinkPeony]

Hey ladies! just got the results of my DH's sperm results this afternoon.

count = 17 million
motility = 42%
progressive motility = 24%
morph = 15%

I'm so shocked honestly. I thought all this time I was the culprit (I still could have a hand in it for sure). All the tests I've had to this point have come back pretty good.

What do you ladies think? I don't even know what the normal ranges are, but the doc said the motility is pretty bad. I've already started him on a multivitamin but I'm going to buy a pile of other things that the doc suggested.

 

[sailorgirl20]

hey i have been watching this post and decided to register and messaged, i was wondering about vitamins, i have my hubby on - a multivitamin, zinc, vit e, folic , and vit C. Now my hubby is hard to get pills but he agreed to taking 5 pills, i just bought maca and horney goat weed; my question is what vitamins i listed above do you think i could get him to stop taking to take the other two pills lol this has been one big fight but he said he will only agree to take 5 pills; so now i am at a cross road to which two to take off his list to take to make room for the new two! any help would be nice.
thanks

 

[Pinkie 33]

hey i have been watching this post and decided to register and messaged, i was wondering about vitamins, i have my hubby on - a multivitamin, zinc, vit e, folic , and vit C. Now my hubby is hard to get pills but he agreed to taking 5 pills, i just bought maca and horney goat weed; my question is what vitamins i listed above do you think i could get him to stop taking to take the other two pills lol this has been one big fight but he said he will only agree to take 5 pills; so now i am at a cross road to which two to take off his list to take to make room for the new two! any help would be nice.
thanks

Hi, do you know what your DH's sperm analysis is?

You can get pre-conception pills for men (try Wellman Conception) which should include multi-vits, folic acid, zinc and maybe vit C & E zinc in one. That should help?!