What is a realistic normal sperm morphology %?

[fluffystar]

Hi Ladies!!
MrsG - Have you only had the one analysis done? It is worth repeating as things can change. Saying that, there is nothing there that shouts terrible swimmers! We repeated after 6 weeks as our morph was considered low at 8% but it was then the same. We were then told to give it three months as this is how long it took to produce fresh sperm. It came back at 4% and we were referred for IUI. When at the fertility clinic, the specialist said 4% morph was not low and therfore unlikely to be the problem so IUI wouldnt be of benifit. He said move straight on to IVF, though that didnt work.

I would definitely ask if you can repeat the test and then go from there.

Good luck! x

 

[Sophe]

Ok so latest thing is its meant to be 4% ... but if like us its 1% its totally fine and don't worry about it.??? accoring to my DR, do you think i need a new dr?

 

[leylak]

DH's kruger morphology is 4% with 3 day abstinance. He just recovered from some kind of infection/inflammation which was diagnosed a month ago. His motility was very low back then. He used some meds and motility improved but now his morphology is poor (this was not checked last month)
I am hopeful that since the inflammation is treated, his morphology will improve too, it just needs some time.

 

[rosababy]

My dh's first SA was end of March, and his morphology was 3% on the WHO, 7% on the regular (can't remember the name). I got him on pycenogol (not sure if that's how to spell it) and later, the RE put him on a special fertility supplement. He had another SA a few days ago, and the WHO was still 3% and regular scale went up to 8%. Doc said it's fine. It should not be the reason we're not getting pregnant. His count is very large (80 mil) and motility is a average to a little on the low side.

Doc said we're perfect candidates for an IUI, so we're looking into that. I was really hoping for some major improvements after 3 months of supplements, though.

 

[razzledazzle]

This is a minefield. I thought all these tests were going to make me less confused!! My DH's results came back and we were told 'this is a good result' but his morphology was 10% normal. I'm guessing it depends on combined factors. I think I'm going to stop analysing for a while.

 

[leylak]

DH's kruger morphology is 4% with 3 day abstinance. He just recovered from some kind of infection/inflammation which was diagnosed a month ago. His motility was very low back then. He used some meds and motility improved but now his morphology is poor (this was not checked last month)
I am hopeful that since the inflammation is treated, his morphology will improve too, it just needs some time.

As I hoped, his morphology improved (to 15%) in 4 months! Maybe the treatment of the infection, maybe coenzyme q10 and GNC antioxidant formula pills, maybe all Now we have only female factor

 

[Sophe]

My DH is on vits now and will be retested in the new year I will let you all know if we get an improvement!

baby dust to us all

x

 

[dodgercpkl]

My DH's SA scored him in the 7% morphology range. My OB said that everything looked good on there though because it was still within the normal range (for the SA my DH had done, the normal range was 5%-13% with anything higher being excellent.

We sat down when we got home and crunched the numbers for fun. The SA showed that he had 131mil concentration, with 59% rapid forward progression, and another 8% slow forward progression. 131x.67x7 = over 6 mil good normal swimmers to do the job. And I think I vaguely remember reading that you multiple that number times the sample size, which would double it to 12 mil, but I could be wrong on that.

Either way, 6 mil (or 5 mil if you discount the slow swimmers) is still a pretty high number, so it makes sense that our OB wasn't worried about it.

Oh and in the interests of the original op's question, he abstained for 3 days prior.

 

[lovie]

hello

I know this is an old thread but i was wondering if anyone can help me..

my oh's sa came today and our fs is crap and didnt tell us anything about it, just that it was umm fine (her own words)

the count was high 451 million,
the mortility was fast moving 31% slow moving 24%
and morhology 4 % (previous sa in 2004 2%)

do you think that that is an ok sa.. the morphology is low.. but does anyone know if the count makes up for that?

thank you

 

[leylak]

Hi lovie,
I think his motility is fine and count is great. Morphology seems to be borderline. DH's SA was similar to yours'. My ob gyn thought %4 morphology was fine (he said above 2% is good). He also thought our problem was rather "me". He said only one sperm is enough so those numbers are not so important, my womb being baby friendly is more important. I think he is right because DH's SA improved (see my post on nov 15th above) and we aren't still conceiving. But your OH's sperms can use some improvement so why don't you try some supplements in the meantime? It already has improved so it can improve more. Good luck!

 

[korink26]

My DH's Morph. was 4% and they told me everything was normal----when I realized how low his morph actually was, I questioned them but they said it's on the lower end of normal, but still fine. There's a Morphologoy/SA thread in this forum, might be on the 2nd page now but a lady named "snowglobe" posted so much good info on the thread that really helped!

 

[lovie]

Thanks ladies it gives me hope that your fs have said 4% is ok,my fs is rubbish we called he regarding the sa and she said she didn't know how to read a sa that woman seriously needs a career change!!

 

[BPicton1]

I have the same exact story and I hope it works out for us!

 

[291]

1 % with less than 48h abst.

 

[WhiteOrchid24]

291 - My DH's last SA was 0% morphology (it had been 3 or 4 days abst. I think). I was sent this link and think it is really helpful. Hope it makes you feel a bit better.

Low morphology means nothing!

 

[CaliDreaming]

291

I totally agree with WhiteOrchid 1000%. My hubby had 0.5 morphology on his last SA, and he has fathered four kids, including one with me--and I was over 35 at the time with other issues making conception more difficult to boot.

One doctor I went to looked at my hubby's SA and concluded he would never be able to a woman pregnant with those numbers. You should have seen how red he got when I told him that he had already fathered a gaggle of kids.

From what I can gather, the only thing that is important is that the man have enough moving sperm to reach the egg. If his sperm can reach the egg, then morphology doesn't matter one bit. It's only when the sperm are so abnormal that they can't function that it makes a difference.

So don't let any doctor make you feel down if morphology is your only issue. Easier said than done I know!

 

[ababytogether]

There hope for me yet then?!

On a real downer atm, 30 months TTC and not a hint of a BFP happening anytime soon

OH is going to get a sperm test in the next week, as he's been taking fertilaid and motility boost for 3 months so will be interesting to see if it has improved any of it!!

 

[WhiteOrchid24]

I would like to think there is still hope! It's so hard because there seems to be so many conflicting advice/stories out there but I have read quite a few from ppl whose OH had 0-4% morphology and they got pregnant naturally. I think it might just take time but who knows!

I'm trying to stay positive and hoping that we will see some changes when my DH has his next SA done or perhaps even get our BFP! FX for you too. Let me know how his results are after taking the vitamins. Keep your chin up! My DH got me pregnant before I know it can happen again

 

[kazzab25]

Our dr said 4% is normal, we had 1%

 

[fluffystar]

Hi ladies, so glad to see that 3 years after starting this thread ill still comes up and the info we have all collectively put in is still useful to people.
Wishing you all the best of luck and heaps of baby dust.
Fluffy x x x