Low sperm count?

Hey rachb, we have one lot of sperm frozen too-not sure about doing more with the public funding....maybe we would have to pay for it? We haven't needed to use it yet anyway but it's nice to know there is a back up!
I terms of getting yourself ready-the general guide that I got from other people was around 3 months before...certainly in terms of vitamins and folic acid etc. I think I completely cut out alcohol one month before, and had already cut out caffeine since we had started ttc.
I also started walking a few times a week-especially when we were actually doing IVF as I was told to stop the gym for that time...the walking was great thought and helped clear my head!
I was doing acupuncture for quite a few months before we started too.
Just do what you can though-I found if i was too regimented with everything it put more stress on myself anyway!
So you're starting in November?The way this year is flying by it will be here before you know it!

Not here this often but just seen your thread, yeah, we're in a similar boat.
saw FAW last week and found out DP has count of 4 million. He had a sperm test last year and when he got the result (5 million) googled all the ranges for count, motility etc, and came back and told me it was all fine!! So I didn't even worry about that (even though I google everything for fertility, I let him take some part in this!)

When we first got together he told me that he might be infertile, as one of the side-effects of his condition (AS) is low sperm count apparently, and he had been tested when ttc with previous girlfriend and count had come back low.
Just before we moved here, I asked him to get this done again, as if we were going to have issues ttc, I wanted to know there and then, he did, and told me the result was good. Didn't question that. I think he's just made honest mistakes though, not tried to pull the wool (if my post is coming across like that!!)

But the odd thing is we have got utd 3 times, twice not trying but not preventing!

Oh and whoever posted about menevit, thanks! I was under the impression that increased count too, so its good that I'm not going to waste money on it! (DP has lots of vits etc, he's a bit of a freak with that stuff!!)

Sunshineswife...I dont think there is much more you can do regarding sperm counts. Research has shown that menevit/diet etc can improve quality of sperm, but not necessarily count.

Has DH stopped drinking?

FYI - your counts could always have been that low. Labtests are not that reliable when it comes to SA.

We have MFI too - but in the 1-5 million range (depending on which test you want to count). But our quality was quite low. It worked for us. All they need is one good sperm with ICSI. It has been successful when there were one or two sperm to choose from!

Hugs sunshine wife. We are similar DH has low count and I think low quality. He has been on menevit for last 2 months - I know it is meant to increase quality not count or quantity .. DH doesnt take other vitamins so thought it was a good one for all.

We did ISCI in November last year and he had a pitiful result ... so pitiful that the embriologist rung him and said could he come and do another test - luckily in the second one they got enough to ISCI 10 eggs - 4 fertilised.

Since then we have cut out caffiene - he has occasional decaf coffee and I drink green tea during the day and reduced alcohol intake - not that we used to drink much anyway .... We have also been easting better and healthier. If the count is real bad you know they can always do TESA - where they do the biopsy and get some out that way.

I also know of poeple worse off than myself and others that have zilch like zilch and TESA for them is the only way to go.

We havent yet gone down the natropath or acupuncture route.

Best of luck.

Just remember, you only need 1 little sperm to fertilise an egg with ICSI, so whether you have 1, 100, 1000, 1 Million, or 10 Million there is still a good chance of fertilisation!

Also, apparently acupuncture can increase sperm numbers, as well as increase the number of healthy sperm and motility rates ... might be worth a try?!

and another bump for Booboo...

Hi, I wanted to share my story and ask you for advice. The fact is that my husband can not have children. And we want to use donor's sperm. I know this is a pretty popular procedure. But that's what I'm worried about, right now my husband agrees to this procedure. By the way, I can say that he himself proposed to do so, I was ready to live without children. But I worry that then he can abandon the child. Suddenly, later, he will say that this is not his child and will leave me alone with the child. What will I do? Of course, now I can not say that my husband is irresponsible or does not like children. On the contrary, he always says that he wants a lot of children. But I do not want many children, because just imagine an IVF - it's a stress for the female body. And in general - pregnancy is also stress. I even think about the surrogate maternity. I have not told my husband about this yet, but I'll try to find out more information and then I'll tell him. I would like to hear your comments, what should I do? Do we agree to donate sperm? The second question I will have about the surrogate motherhood. We live in the Netherlands, here commercial surrogate motherhood is prohibited. Where is commercial surrogate motherhood allowed? Where is it regulated by law and in which country will it cost less? I just wanted to know all the information about this. What is needed in order to use the program of surrogate motherhood, what documents? How much is it? Maybe my husband will support me and we will decide. Perhaps then the procedure of IVF should be done already by the surrogate mother when using donor sperm. But honestly speaking, I would not want a surrogate mother to live in our apartment or even near her. I would like, that she would live in her country, and all the care for her medical support was taken over by the clinic. By the way, is it recommended to fly to Ukraine? I just read a lot of reviews that commercial surrogate motherhood is allowed in Ukraine. And not only allowed, but also very popular. They say that many foreigners go there and that it is cheaper there. But I'm interested in the process of selecting a surrogate mother. And also a very important point is the drawing up of an agreement with a surrogate mother. Please tell us about it.