Abnormal SA results :(

mrsransom

I found out today that DH has a low count & motility.  She didn't say morphology was low, so I am assuming it's normal.  It was one of the assistants who called & she didn't have the numbers in front of her, just a message from the doctor about those things being abnormal.  I should be able to get the numbers tomorrow...but it didn't sound too good! 

 Part of me is relieved just to know, because I suspected this a long time ago.  DS took almost a year and a half, & at that time, everything was normal with me...regular cycles & always got positive OPK & temps showed ovulation.  Now it's been 2.5 years & no luck again.  I am so thankful & feel so lucky that we were able to get pregnant with DS on our own.  He may have been a miracle! 

Next step will be a urologist.  Does anyone have any similar experiences?  Can they do anything to help with count & motility, or is IUI usually the answer to this?  Any input is appreciated. 

74dragonfly

Lurking

I know several ladies whose husbands used fertility blend vitamins and or Clomid which helped.

mrsransom

Thanks, I've never heard of men taking Clomid for that.  Good to know that there are some options for us to fix this! 

mlamping

Sorry to hear that. Yes there is several things he can try, so meet with the doc and see all your options. My DH was on injections and some other things.

 

Best of luck.  

kofmkg

We are dealing with morph and count-- and some motility issues.  The Re recommended some supplements-- we are in the waiting game to retest to see if they worked.  If not, we'll move to Clomid.

In the beginning, when it was just motility and morph issues, our RE laid out options for us, including IUI.  Unfortunately, when the count turned out low, the RE advised that IUI might not be worth trying until we could pull up the count again.  The waythe RE put it:  of course, IUI is an option at any time, but the odds of success with a low count did not make the procedure seem like a realistic chance.

AprilDrew04

My DH had both a vericocele repair and low testosterone, which is why they put him on clomid.  Both of those helped us to conceive DD.  Unfortunately, the clomid didn't help for #2 and we are on to IUI.  Hope the urologist has some answers for you.  DH's urologist was wonderful and we are so grateful to him for helping us conceive our DD.

ekc0630

DH went to the urologist who ran a genetic test and found he was missing part of his Y chromosome.  We too tried Clomid for him and it did not work.  It took them 6 years to figure out what it was.  One trip to the Urologist and he knew.  I wish that the RE's sent us to the urologist first instead of us doing 5 unsuccessful IUI's.