We've been ttc dc2 for quite a while. Ds was conceived first cycle. I thought it was something to do with me as I had an infection after the birth. However all my tests have been ok and my cycles etc are normal.
Unexpectedly dh's sa was bad. Very bad. Count pretty high but rapid motility 8% with 82% completely dead and 1% morphology. We have to repeat the sample especially as I took 80mins to deliver the sample and didn't keep it warm (no one told me and I stupidly thought cold would preserve better than heat so didn't put heaters on in car or anything and was -1).
However I'm assuming that it couldn't have been that bad when we got pregnant four years ago with ds. What could cause it to be this bad? Dh has had no infection or accident (no infection as far as we know anyway) so unless we were just super lucky with ds I can't understand it.
Would age make a difference? Could sperm quality decline over four years? Can we improve it in anyway? Dh was drinking a lot around christmas, stressed, smoking and overweight! He has stopped drinkjng and smoking, improved his diet, exercising and lost weight. Although he is still stressed. That said plenty of men who drink and smoke more than my dh was have children so I can't believe that would have such a dramatic effect. I know we won't see improvement in sperm quality for three months after changes. He is now taking a supplement too.
Is it all in vain? Is icsi the only option for us? No one had told us anything except that we will have to pay because we have a child already. The consultant said that since dh had one child he should be able to have another but I'm wondering if ds was a complete fluke.
Has anyone had experiences of sa improving (massively!) or getting pregnant with very poor sa results?
Thanks x x
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Dancingthroughthefire · 25/03/2013 17:54
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