[*KittyCat*]

DF just got the results of his SA, and it's not good, but i don't know just how bad it is, i was hoping you ladies could help

PH 8.0
motility, excellent 29%
motility, sluggish 10%
motility immotile, 59%
viability 52%
volume 3.2ml
conc 15.40 x 10^6/ml
morphology 7% normal

I know most of the count is low, but not sure just how bad it is. The biggie is the morphology.

Just how bad is it? DF is distraught and i'm now terrified we may never become parents.

Any help or advice would be great.

[~April04~]

I'm horrible at reading these things when people type them out --- but usually right next to your results - there should be what they consider normal...

Morphology and motility percentages vary by clinic but it's usually..

morphology - at least 15% normal forms
motility - anything over 40% is considered normal

The concentrated count is a little low (they like it to be 20 million per ml) -- but the total count which is over 49 million is perfectly fine.

I'd suggest starting him on a vitamin regimen (I always liked GNC's Performance and Vitality vitamin packs) -- and having him tested again in 3 months (since that's how long it takes for new sperm to form).

Good Luck!

[Brandiwine77]

And if you are very concerned about the count and if you've been trying for a while with no success, I'd make him an appt with the urologist so that they can rule out physical causes and can also recommend any other tests. Good Luck!

[*KittyCat*]

thanks for your replies girls. We've been TTC for a year without success, so these were the first tests we've had. I need to go and speak to the doctor myself to try and find out what we do next

[cnote]

I hope nobody minds me posting. My DH and I had/have MFI and I posted our Success Story in the Miracle Sticky. We had 2% morphology. I was just lurking and saw a few of you with low morphology questions so I thought I'd chime in.

[BeckyM]

I don't know anything about the numbers because my DH didn't have any sperm to measure so I'm just chiming in to say Good Luck!!!