Spouses with low sperm count.

[suzi]

Harvey, normal is 20million for sperm count and motility of 50%, hope this helps.

 

[suzi]

Hope you don't mind me butting in, not all tests show morp, we had a sa at a hospital and it only showed count, volume and motility, only the one done in our biggest hospital here does all the analysis which is why the fertility clinic sent us there for the last test, we are patiently (not) waiting for the results.

 

[harvey]

hubbys dun his sa this mornig,, we r gettin results on 23rd xx

 

[HappyBunnyAB]

Good luck Harvey! I hope they are good results!

 

[Kelly9]

Where I am 40 million is the cut off harvey so I'm not sure. I live in Canada.

Witch got me this afternoon so I called in my cycle to the fertility clinic and now I wait 1.5 weeks to find out if I get to do treatment this month. Fingers crossed!

 

[wannabeprego]

Where I am 40 million is the cut off harvey so I'm not sure. I live in Canada.

Witch got me this afternoon so I called in my cycle to the fertility clinic and now I wait 1.5 weeks to find out if I get to do treatment this month. Fingers crossed!

I am so sorry that the got you!!!

But, I hope you can start your treatments this cycle,.and that you get your BFP very soon!!!! good luck and baby dust to you hun.

 

[Kelly9]

I'm not sorry about her showing I just hope I get to do treatment and not have to see her more then one more time after this.

 

[LaineB]

I'm not sorry about her showing I just hope I get to do treatment and not have to see her more then one more time after this.

Are you doing IVF or IUI? My doctor is at a standstill. She wants us to continue trying on our own a few more months.

 

[Kelly9]

We're doing ICSI which is a step above IVF.

 

[Completingus]

Hey everybody, not feeling to good SA back with 9 mil only they want us yo test again to see if it's always low or a one time thing. Getting stressed out TTC but will keep wishing for the best

 

[Kelly9]

Sorry for the low counts. Most of us have been there so we understand.

 

[SLD]

Please listen to my low count story!! I,too, felt completely hopeless!! My husband's sperm count was as low as 6 million, 10% motile!! We only had 500,000 sperm (and only 350,000 motile sperm) for our first IUI. Well, he consistently had washed counts between 500,000-1.2million for our IUIs. I then had him take 3 fertility blends a day, a great gnc multivitamin, vitamin C and 50-100mg of zinc per day and guess what? His June count was 77 million 73% motile (14 million after the wash) and his July count was 102 million, 77% motile (52 million after the wash)!! I should also add that he has consistently low volume at only 1.6 and still had that much sperm. Sperm counts can go up and I believe diet, exercise and vitamin supplementation help tremendously!!!!!


*I should also add that my DH had a varicocele surgery in April 2010, but his counts actually went down in the months after the surgery---pre-surgery counts were about 30 million, 10% motility and after about 6-8 million 10-20% motility until April 2011. I am not sure if the surgery made a difference or not, especially since the urologist found another one on the right side in December. I strongly believe the vitamins were the key!!

 

[GeorgiaBelle]

Good Morning, Ladies!

So far, I haven't had any definite pregnancy signs. My breasts have been more tender than usual but the last couple of periods, I noticed that my nipples would be sore in the mornings during the week before I started. Only a couple times that I can remember, when I was younger, that my breasts hurt during PMS. A couple of times, during this week they can feel much heavier than normal.

I usually get some kind of cramping about a week to a week and half before I actually start. I think I may have had a few twinges, but I think that I've had periods with no cramps beforehand and just a bad headache right before it begins. I have been having headaches on and off.

A couple of times, this week, I've felt nauseated. This first time, I felt it was Monday morning but it could have been because of my work schedule. Sunday, I had to close the Library where I work, at midnight, and then be there to open at 7:00 on Monday morning. Whenever I have to do that, I don't get very much sleep and maybe that caused my stomach upset.

My hubby was so cute Monday. He noticed how extremely heavy my breasts were and that they were tender. My DH excitedly asked me if maybe he could have done this time. He was so genuinely hopeful. I wish I could be.

 

[HappyBunnyAB]

Good luck GeorgiaBelle! When is your period due? DH's are so adorable! Imagine how he will get when it happens!

 

[HappyBunnyAB]

Please listen to my low count story!! I,too, felt completely hopeless!! My husband's sperm count was as low as 6 million, 10% motile!! We only had 500,000 sperm (and only 350,000 motile sperm) for our first IUI. Well, he consistently had washed counts between 500,000-1.2million for our IUIs. I then had him take 3 fertility blends a day, a great gnc multivitamin, vitamin C and 50-100mg of zinc per day and guess what? His June count was 77 million 73% motile (14 million after the wash) and his July count was 102 million, 77% motile (52 million after the wash)!! I should also add that he has consistently low volume at only 1.6 and still had that much sperm. Sperm counts can go up and I believe diet, exercise and vitamin supplementation help tremendously!!!!!


*I should also add that my DH had a varicocele surgery in April 2010, but his counts actually went down in the months after the surgery---pre-surgery counts were about 30 million, 10% motility and after about 6-8 million 10-20% motility until April 2011. I am not sure if the surgery made a difference or not, especially since the urologist found another one on the right side in December. I strongly believe the vitamins were the key!!

Thank you for sharing your story! I hope to share one too!

 

[Pamplemousse]

Hi Ladies,

I signed up to this site only yesterday. DH and I have been TTC for 14 months. We ahve begun the usual round of tests, so far everything is ticking over nicely with my bits. DH submitted a sample last week. The consultant has asked for a further sample, she won't discuss over the phone, but wants to clarify some things with a second sample.

Needles to say DH and I are very anxious, fearing the worst and the unknown etc. I have to say I have read some of your stories on this thread and they have giving me so much hope for the future. If there is a problem then I know I can deal with it and all is not lost.

Apologies if writing on this thread seems like I am jumping the gun and assuming that there is sperm problem with DH, but I would really like to get support and offer to support to any other Ladies who have been trying a while to get a bundle of joy.

 

[GeorgiaBelle]

HappyBunny,

Thank you for the sweet words! The last two months, I've started on the 14th. I'm regular but can vary a day or two each month.

My hubby is a softhearted gentleman. He already won't let me lift heavy things and is very chivalrous. Once I brought home some of the childbirth videos we have at the medical library where I work. On the video, one couple started crying together when their baby was born. My sweet hubby cried with them. He has always been like that. I really believe he would cry happy tears if I were able to tell him that yes, he is going to be a daddy.

 

[anniehope]

hi there, I'm new here. I thought I posted before but now I can't find it. My DH has had two tests, the second was worse than the first. I asked what the results meant, like 1:100 chances of falling pregnant or worse and he said he just can't say. He has referred us to a clinic, so will see what happens there.

Does anyone know if stress can impact the number of sperm or volume of semen. Last time with the test he did not want to do it into the test tube and there was not really that much for them to do the test on. He's started taking supplement as we read it can be good, but Dr says that is only really good to improve things, but it won't help the low count. I'm upset as well as it's connected to an op he had when he was little. His parents never told him it could problems later in life with having children. Feel like life has to be put on hold - no holidays etc because you can't fly if you did get pregant and also we might get a letter through soon about the referal. I wish I could just be told, one day you will have children then I could focus, or for someone to say you will never have chilldren which would be so horrendous but then we could start to deal with this and live our lives, or consider adopting.

Does anyone know what tests they do at the referral place, the place you go before they do IVF??

 

[anniehope]

Hi Ladies,

I signed up to this site only yesterday. DH and I have been TTC for 14 months. We ahve begun the usual round of tests, so far everything is ticking over nicely with my bits. DH submitted a sample last week. The consultant has asked for a further sample, she won't discuss over the phone, but wants to clarify some things with a second sample.

Needles to say DH and I are very anxious, fearing the worst and the unknown etc. I have to say I have read some of your stories on this thread and they have giving me so much hope for the future. If there is a problem then I know I can deal with it and all is not lost.

Apologies if writing on this thread seems like I am jumping the gun and assuming that there is sperm problem with DH, but I would really like to get support and offer to support to any other Ladies who have been trying a while to get a bundle of joy.

I know exactly how you feel, we were waiting in the same way before Christmas - thought we were going to be told 3 days before christmas bad news, I was so down. I believed there were no sperm then the Dr called us and asked for us to come in, low count but that still gives hope.

 

[Traskey]

Vitamins can absolutely help your DH sperm count. That's not true at all. Lots of us on here have seen improvements in the SA after taking Fertilaid or Wellman or any other combination of vits.