Low morphology

@HopefulMo20, I know this thread is dead, but I'm just after getting news that my husband's morphology is 1%. Like you, everything else looks great. I'm combing for success stories, as I am feeling so low after already TTC for a year. Doc has advised that IVF may be the best route. I am wondering if his SA came back with better results second time around, and perhaps if you have had any success in the meantime? Clutching at straws here 😔

@HopefulMo20 hi hun, the referral through the NHS for IVF is based on whether the mum to be currently has children of her own. Women have a maternal instinct and the fathers paternal instinct is no where near as strong so it doesn't matter if he currently has children as in these circumstances it's always the women's needs that are considered.

Long story short.. you should get referred for IVF on the NHS because you have no DC.

@HopefulMo20 i don't think it's on prescription.

Here is the supplement
www.suplments.co.uk/spermotrend-90-capsules

We just bought it from some pharmacies but we are outside of the uk.

The twice in an hour was definitely not usual for us haha! Nor even is everyday tbh! It was just interesting to me when I read a few articles stating the supposed increased chances for subfertile men.

If IVF is an option I would keep it in mind, if we had the money for another few rounds that is the route we would take.

Unlike @AutumnDays90 our fertility doctor advised we stopped sex everyday and do every other day instead.
And it worked

My DP had 3% not the greatest count and motility not optimal either.
He got antibiotics treatment for ureaplasma infection (so did i) and took something called Spermotrend twice a day. We conceived two months after starting.
So there is hope!!!

Sorry that was so long!

My husband had a morphology of 0.5% the first time he did a SA. The other aspects of his results were well within normal range.
His second SA came back as 3%.

We were set to have ICSI. On the day his sample was given, they said it was of good quality so they were going to do standard IVF rather than ICSI. We conceived first round and had a successful pregnancy.

Now, two years later we have conceived naturally which has unfortunately ended in a MMC.

In the wake of the miscarriage i have been reading how men who are sub fertile may produce better quality sperm if they have sex every day. One news story suggested that having sex again within an hour improved the quality even further.

This rang true for me as the time I conceived naturally was the only time we had sex in a 10 day time frame. However we did have sex twice within the hour, funnily enough.

Might be something, might be nothing! I suppose anything is worth a try just in case!

Wish you all the best

Yes my DH had a low count and 2% morphology. I also have PCOS. It took us many years but we eventually had our two DC without any fertility treatment.

When we were TTC I read a fact that said that all the sperm needed to produce the entire world's population could fit in a matchbox. I've no idea if that's true but it gave me some comfort that I just needed one to get to where it needed to go!

DH took Proxeed and Pycnogenol + started wearing loose pants etc It made zero difference as he’d already had a healthy lifestyle. So if your husband eats plenty of fruit and vegetables, doesn’t drink much alcohol etc then he could take supplements just to make sure but I wouldn’t necessarily expect dramatic changes.

I meant to see if the additional COQ10 has helped, as that's only a recent addition. I think we've seen from his previous results that the other supplements are worth a go!

@HopefulMo20 would you mind posting on here when he gets his results to see if there's an improvement? My DH has had 3 SA so he won't have anymore but I'm really intrigued to see if the supplements have helped! Of course it can depend on lots of factors but I would be interested to know!

Yeah (still) currently TTC. Been at it nearly 2 years now 😒

@HopefulMo20 my DH had 1.5% on his first SA. He started taking proceive max men and on his next SA his results had improved to 3%. There are of course other factors which could have caused this but it might be worth a try! I've got pregnant with him twice (both unsuccessful, no idea if that's down to his sperm, my eggs or something else) but the fertility specialist said as PP did above, that low morphology alone isn't a problem, because 3% of xx million sperm still equals xxx good sperm (I can't remember the numbers but you get what I mean!) he's also been adding a COQ10 supplement and an omega 3 DHA because these are apparently supposed to improve sperm quality (according to the book it starts with the egg)

www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/infertility/cooper_et_al_hru.pdf

These are the reference values.

Low morphology is certainly a criterion for infertility but for whatever reason it tends to be played down by doctors which seem to focus on female reproductive health.

We’ve had one BFP in 6 years of not using contraception. DH has a normal count (150-200million) and very high motility (85-90%). On another forum, there was a guy with a count of about 500milllion and finally got a BFP after 2 years due to low morphology.

Personally, I’d just crack on with IVF if you’ve been trying unsuccessfully for a while.

My dh's morphology consistently came back at 2%. After three years of ttc with no luck, we went down the ivf route. Our consultant advised icsi because of the morphology issue and it worked. Twice!

Good luck.

My DH has 2% morphology and borderline low sperm count (but good motility) - we've been trying for 3 years with no success as yet but our fertility specialist says there is definitely hope. :)