Hi everyone,
My lovely partner and I have been TTC for about a year. We found out yesterday that he has a low sperm concentration (1.5 million/ml) and slightly low motility (40%). Morphology was 7% I think.
What do you reckon - could lifestyle changes and vitamins increase the count enough for us to conceive naturally? It seems a big jump to the 15 million/ml count cut-off that the doctor said would be normal. Is there any evidence, or do you have any stories, of how often a jump of this size does or doesn't happen?
He doesn't drink a lot of alcohol, or smoke, but he does sleep quite irregular hours (and often very late - say 3am to 10am), his diet could be better and he does almost no exercise... His job is sedentary and he spends a lot of time in the evenings and at weekends on his computer, often with his laptop on his lap. (He says it's on his thighs, not the jewels... )
I am 32 and he's 34 so he's said he'll try for at least a few months to improve things through supplements, diet, exercise and better sleep habits, before getting a second analysis. We will see how disciplined he is about sticking to these changes!!
Ultimately I suppose we would go to ICSI if the count doesn't improve, but if we can avoid the cost, stress and medication of all that, obviously I would be very happy!
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Male factor - natural improvement possible?
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Archduchess · 12/02/2016 07:29
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