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Partner has low morphology

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Lilybluexmoo1 · 23/08/2024 19:23

Hey, has anyone had any luck conceiving naturally with these SA results. I know the others are in range but they arnt particularly good either are they and then obviously the morphology is really bad. I’ve been TTC for a year now so I was just wondering if anyone had any positive stories with similar results as I’m thinking I’m wasting time trying naturally and should start looking into IVF..

days of abstinence was 5 days btw that isn’t written on the results

Partner has low morphology
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MuchTooTired · 17/03/2025 18:56

@Lilybluexmoo1 congratulations!! 🥳

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Lilybluexmoo1 · 17/03/2025 18:54

@Apple101101 icsi ivf I mean

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Lilybluexmoo1 · 17/03/2025 18:51

@Apple101101 not naturally, I’ve just recently had a successful ivf cycle that I feel so so lucky to have worked

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Apple101101 · 16/02/2025 08:48

Did you have any luck lilyblue?

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Lilybluexmoo1 · 03/09/2024 21:27

@MuchTooTired sorry I've only just seen this but OMG I think I put peas with every meal I didn't know this 😂😂

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Elisabeth3468 · 28/08/2024 19:58

Bobbilennard · 28/08/2024 19:19

Proxeed?

Yes I have a box spare

Bobbilennard · 28/08/2024 19:19

Proxeed?

MuchTooTired · 28/08/2024 18:59

Dh had this. He followed a boost sperm diet (can’t remember what he had to eat exactly, I know peas were off the menu as they’re a natural contraceptive and there were walnuts and multivitamins) that we found online. We were going for icsi anyway as they’d said it was male factor infertility.

When we started ivf and he produced his sample they made him do it again as they were worried there’d been a mix up, but there wasn’t - he had super sperm thanks to the diet!

I think it takes 90 days to see results out of it, so we did 4 months I think.

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Lilybluexmoo1 · 28/08/2024 18:48

@Elisabeth3468 omg I'm in my tww and my partner has been taking it just over a month now so hopefully it's not a coincidence! And aww that's lovely I've just ordered another months worth, see if @Bobbilennard previous comment wants to try using it x

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Elisabeth3468 · 28/08/2024 08:47

My partner was taking proxeed for a few weeks and I fell pregnant! I honestly don't know if it was that or a coincidence but we'd been trying nearly a year and our first baby was IVF. I've still got a box left if anyone wants it. It's 2 weeks worth.

Bobbilennard · 27/08/2024 14:00

I’m in two mind about which one to try first! I see Impryl good for like motility but I’m not sure if it will make any difference for morphology

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Lilybluexmoo1 · 27/08/2024 13:51

@Letitbe24 when you work it out like that it does seem better because I was worried about the 23 mil even though it's in range the morphology makes it quite low but for your partner to have 130 mil with low morphology it kind of balances it out so that's good to know you got pregnant so quick! The letter I got said to do 2-6 days I think maybe it was more the 4 days, wish I left it less though so it was more accurate because we have sex mostly every day especially around my fertile window so I'm not going to be having 4 days abstinence x

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Lilybluexmoo1 · 27/08/2024 13:45

@Bobbilennard yeah from Amazon! Thought I'd give it a try for 3 months if not going to go to welman and it was just the one doctor that done my scan and his SA he just said that one but I've read soooo many Mumsnet forums and I've seen that impryl be mentioned a lot as being really good

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Letitbe24 · 27/08/2024 11:32

My hubby had 2% morphology and we conceived naturally in 5 months and now 17 weeks pregnant. He had a high count (130 million) and good motility of 53%. If you think about it that’s still 1.4 million decent sperm per ejaculate or 0.9m for you DH, so plenty in theory.

Can I ask why he did 5 days abstinence? The instructions for my DH were 2 days abstinence and test on the third day. I think sperm can go bad if left in the pipes too long.

Definitely ditch the vape and take the best vitamins and in the meantime I’d continue down the NHS ivf path, in case you don’t manage to fall naturally. I don’t think there’s anything in those results to suggest it can’t happen though!

Bobbilennard · 27/08/2024 11:31

Omg is that how much is it?? The other one I’ve seen is impryl, have you ever been recommended this?

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Lilybluexmoo1 · 27/08/2024 10:31

@2sisters thank you for your response I'll definitely take all that into account, I was looking into acupuncture as well to help my stress levels.. yeah we've both had the full fertility check ups and I've has a hycosy as well. My amh is also slightly low for my age at 12.9 I think it should be 13 or higher (measured in pmol I think)

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Lilybluexmoo1 · 27/08/2024 10:24

Bobbilennard · 26/08/2024 13:39

Has anyone can success stories for improving low morphology (0.5%) with proxeed?

I'd like to hear these too, it was the one product the fertility doctor recommended to my partner to improve his morphology and it's so expensive compared to others it's £38 every two weeks

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Bobbilennard · 26/08/2024 20:46

Oh wow that is great congrats! Anything he did in particular? I’m so desperate for conceiving naturally more for the fact of how expensive private is. But we’re at a year and I’m starting to lose hope

Luluem · 26/08/2024 20:08

Hi - anecdotal obviously, but my partner had low count and low morphology, and am about 2 weeks off delivering our second. Both in mid 30s

VioIetMoon · 26/08/2024 19:58

@marmaladeandpeanutbutter exactly. That's the advice we were given by consultants when trying naturally

VioIetMoon · 26/08/2024 19:58

@Bobbilennard we tried everything and nothing improved his results. Tbh I think a good multivitamin , diet and exercise is sufficient . I truly think products aimed at improving sperm and egg quality are just marketing and as far as I was told none of claims have been medically proven. Alot of the companies that make claims aren't independently tested by reputable labs so it's easy to make claims.
I threw everything at it and still produced poor quality eggs and we still needed icsi and only advice I was ever given by all the fertility consultants was a good pre natal, folic acid and vitamin d
I wish I hadn't as I spent an absolute fortune foolishly thinking they were going to solve our fertility issues

marmaladeandpeanutbutter · 26/08/2024 14:15

You only need one single sperm, look at it that way.

Bobbilennard · 26/08/2024 13:39

Has anyone can success stories for improving low morphology (0.5%) with proxeed?

2sisters · 26/08/2024 11:28

Just wanted to add, if you go down the IVF route I found acupuncture and fertility counselling very helpful. The acupuncture helped to keep me centered and the counselling gave me someone external to vent to.

2sisters · 26/08/2024 11:26

Lilybluexmoo1 · 26/08/2024 10:35

I'm 29 and have been trying for almost a year and my partner is 37. We was recommended by the doctor to use proxceed, we both eat healthy and are active but he does vape 😡 we rarely drink as well it's been 2ish months since his SA so I'll see if there's any improvement soon but I know the vapes deffo need to go

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He definitely needs to ditch the vape. I'd get him Wellman conception plus vitamin. He needs eating a fertility friendly diet. No drinking or smoking. Are you taking perinatal vitamins?

Try to have fun with the baby making. I remember that sex become very stressful and boring when we were trying. We were desperate for a baby but not each other if you get what I mean. It was functional rather than loving.

At your age I'd wait. As long as you're fertility tests are normal. You can have a fertility MOT for about £500 if you haven't already done one. Honestly, I'd avoid IVF if possible. It's very traumatic, in my experience, and it doesn't end with having a baby. It had a huge impact on my relationship and my mental health.

I had 2 fresh cycles of ICSI and 5 or 6 frozen cycles. I had 2 miscarriages or 2 sets of twins during the process and I was on the verge of a nerve breakdown. I had DC1 at 40 and 9 months later found out I was pregnant with DC2 without intervention.