Farie

for you and you DH
I cannot think of anything other than the measures you have already put in place, my DF uses the Radox Vit C with added Zinc effervescent tablets and they are meant to be fab.
As other's have said, lots of fresh veg, organic etc and keeping his 'bits' cool.

FJL

A week is definitely a LONG time to abstain for when it comes to fertility testing. It would've affected his results i'm sure. Next time round if he does 3 days and in the meantime loads up on all things healthy and his vits, hopefully the test will come back much better. If Dr didn't mention motility or morphology I would assume that they're normal...you an always get the rates for your own peace of mind though.

Another thing he could take is folic acid. My FS had DH go on that as well as other ones. He said around 1000mg daily, so around the same that you'd be taking.

I can certainly understand your disapointment with a 3 month break because you spend so long trying and to have to wait even longer really sucks.

I hope your DH is feeling better knowing that there is a good chance his results will really improve next time around

rachelle1975

Hey lovely ladies - thank you so much for all of your nice words!

DH eventually came home and had a big cry. We went to Sainsbury and bough Zinc, Vit B complex and 1000mg effervescent Vit Cs as they didn't have any of the Wellman tablets there. He stopped taking his propecia this morning too!

Dr rang him back yesterday arvo and said that his motility and morphology was normal so that's gotta be a bonus right? He was gonna do another SA straight away but doc said to wait a month since he was on the hair pills to give that a chance to start flushing out of his sytem. He was also drinking 2 cans of lager a night - not bingeing at weekend just 2 every night so now he's gotta stop that and maybe only have 1 or 2 a week!

3 months isn't such a long time i guess - i think i worry too much about my age! Plus, it gives me a chance to get fighting fit, lose a few pounds so that if we have to go down the IVF route i'm good to go!

At the end of the day there are worse things that happen to people so i'm counting my blessings that my husband is lovely and he wants to buy me another cat!

Mendy

Hello rachelle1975,
My DH has very low sperm count as well...his best sample was a total of 6 million sperm but only 2 and 3 million have had good motility/morphology. They suggested we do IUI, but from the beginning, the RE told us not to get our hopes up because anything under 5 million sperm for IUI usually doesn't work.

Well, here I am, just had my 3rd IUI and this time his count was one million. I am not feeling hopeful at all...but you never know, it only takes one.

So they suggested IVF or donor sperm from this point on....

BTW, he's taken all kinds of "sperm enhancing" vitamins, and nothing has helped. He got checked out by the Urologist who said everything came back normal, they just don't know why he's not producing a normal amount of sperm.

I wish you lots of luck on your journey!

Angela855

Stay strong huni. I'm sure the test results will improve next time.

As many of the girls have said - it only takes 1 and I've read about many people who's other halves have had low sperm count and have gone on to concieve naturally so it can happen!

Stay positive and let us know how things go after his next set of tests xxx

rachelle1975

Thanks Angela - i'm trying to be very positive and you are right, it only takes 1!

I will remain positive by listening to the majority not the minority, but it's quite hard when some people (not you) reply to my post and it ends up sounding very negative and not very supportive. It just paints a very bleak picture and really want support not other people's negative experiences which help no-one when you have had bad news - sorry for rant

HAYS

i hear ya mate!!! nothing worse then hearing someone else go on about theirs when your feeling crap

xxxx

tickledpink

I can't really add much else either but I believe the Zinc does work! My OH had a sperm count of 12 million and motility of 5%. But now after just four months and another SA it's gone up to 15 million and 10% motility!! We've still got a long way to go but it's given us a small bit of hope! The doctor has also suggested a small operation for Variocele??? No idea if it will help, but he said it's worth a go, so we're now waiting for an appoinment. Wishing you both luck

rachelle1975

tickledpink - at the risk of me sounding a bit thick, is the varicole thing to do with varicose veins in the scrotum?!?! My MIL is an ex-specialist nurse and she said that this can be a cause of low sperm count and having that checked can really assist? Excellent that things have increased so much for you.

I am kinda hoping that since DH was taking pills for his hairloss, this is why it dropped so low and that hopefully, when he goes back in weeks to do another SA - the results will be more positive. If they aren't then he is off to the urologist for more tests. We can't try until end of November anyway due to the pills in his system so fingers crossed it will be all good.

Holiday on 20th September so we can chill out x

tickledpink

Yes, it's to do with the veins. I had no idea what it was until the OH explained it to me. I don't think he knew what it was either and why would he? lol. Apparently he has a large vein on one of his testicles but it's never given him any trouble - yet the Doc seems to think it can affect the sperm count by making the area around it too hot and that's why the sperm is 'sluggish'... so let's see what happens!

And here's hoping November comes quickly for you and that it's good news!