Community› The Bump Message Boards› Trouble TTC
Trouble TTC
New Discussion

completely different SA results

Durham1008Durham1008 member
in Trouble TTC

DH had two SAs with completely different results. I am super confused about what the cause of this could be. I don't think he was sick three months ago. I can't come up for any explanation for the difference.

 

First SA: 3/6

Count: 31.4 million

Motility: 24%

Morph: 5%

The comments for this one said the results were severely abnormal.

 

Second SA: 3/19

Count: 57.7 million

Motility: 57%

Morph: 6%

The comments for this one said the results were mildly abnormal (because of the morph).

 

So...any ideas? Both had three days of abstinence.

Report Reply to Post

Re: completely different SA results

  • maggie2324maggie2324 member

    Looks like the first one was a fluke. It could have been anything from hot showers, an infection he was fighting and didn't know about, sexual arousal, or basically anything Obviously, he should have a 3rd to confirm the good news.

    Why have 2 SAs within 2 weeks of each other to begin with? That's the strangest part to me.

    Photobucket
    Report Reply
  • Loading the player...
  • Durham1008Durham1008 member
    Should it not have been done that way? They said the first one was abnormal and he needed a repeat. I assumed it was just to verify that the first one was correct. There were no treatments.
    Report Reply
  • jessi1988jessi1988

    imageDurham1008:
    Should it not have been done that way? They said the first one was abnormal and he needed a repeat. I assumed it was just to verify that the first one was correct. There were no treatments.

    That's also what my RE did.

    I think for the most part they wait for at least a month or two to re-do a SA though. Just incase your H was sick or something recently and that's what they suspect was causing the bad results, they wouldn't want to do another one before the effected sperm was gone. 

    However, I'm far from an expert on this. Huh?


    Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
    Report Reply
  • Durham1008Durham1008 member
    Thanks, Jessi. I didn't think about that. Now that I think about it, he was sick last month. But that shouldn't affect his sperm yet, should it?
    Report Reply
  • jessi1988jessi1988
    Honestly, I'm not sure if you would see the effects of him being sick a month ago yet. I suppose it could. But, I bet Maggie would have more info on that than I do.
    Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
    Report Reply
  • ungraceful13ungraceful13 member
    There was a big difference in DH's first one and his second one about a month and a half apart. No real advice except maybe a third to be the tie breaker.
    imageBaby Birthday Ticker Ticker



    Report Reply
  • maggie2324maggie2324 member
    Being sick can affect the sperm for up to 3 months. Not just starting 3 months later. There really is no way to know for sure with one bad SA, but I'd assume that it was from him being sick. Hopefully the 3rd shows a normal result too (anything above 4% strict morph is normal although not every lab uses those standards).
    Photobucket
    Report Reply
  • violetmarie61516violetmarie61516 member
    This sounds similar to our experience.  We did our two SAs about 2-3 wks apart because they didn't say not to.  The results were not as different as your but they were enough for our Uro to want a third tie breaking SA done.  The third one came back right in the middle of the first two so he's now on Clomid.  I hope you get some answers.
    TTC #1 Since May 2011 ~ Everyone Welcome
    Me (34): DOR d/t chemo/radiation, Immature Endometrial Lining, Hypothyroidism
    DH (35): MFI d/t testicular torsion and removal, Low T, Oligospermia, Anti-Sperm Antibodies, Currently on T supplements
    Sept '11-April '13 ~  Testing, failed multiple MFI treatments, saving & TONS of praying
    January 2014 ~ IVF/ICSI & PGS ~ no response to stims ~ converted to IUI ~ BFN
    February 2014 ~ On to donor embyros ~ 5 blasts!!! 
    March 2014 ~ FET #1 ~ Transferred 2 blasts ~ BFN
    July 2014 ~ Kliman's mock cycle with endometrial function test
    Sample too small for EFT, HE slide showed immature cells
    New protocol planned, saving for another biopsy for EFT
    January 2015 ~ Considering adoption options
    April 2015 ~ Privately arranged adoption of planned pregnancy
    DD#1 ~ Lillyana Violet Marie born 6/15/16, Finalized adoption 12/20/16
    July 13, 2018 ~ BFP....WTF?!?!
    7/16 Beta #1 ~ 466...7/18 Beta #2 ~ 1,077...7/23 Beta #3 ~ 5,291
    7/23 US #1 ~ 1 gestational sac seen and yolk sac
    7/30 US #2 and 1st OB appt ~ 1 perfectly round gestational sac, 1 perfect yolk sac and 1 teeny tiny heart beat seen!!!
    Lilypie Maternity tickers


    Report Reply
  • Durham1008Durham1008 member
    Thanks, y'all. I have my HSG tomorrow so I will ask the RE about doing another SA and if he thinks we need to wait longer this time.
    Report Reply
This discussion has been closed.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards
"
"