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Ttc two and a half years - any vague hope after all this time?!

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Wideeyedcarrrot · 25/04/2015 21:15

Dh has very low normal forms of sperm. We've had unsuccessful infertility treatment and although the consultants all say the chance is low they also say to keep trying as there is a small chance of success. They also say sperm can change but have to say despite vitamins / very healthy diet dh has only ever had a max of 2% normal forms.

Any hope after all this time. I don't think it's ever going to happen for us. I envy friends who plan not only to have babies but also when to have them (preference for autumn born). They then fall pregnant at the drop of a hat. One friend said she'd have a boy aborted as wanted a girl so much (don't think she meant it), how can people say these things?! Don't they realise how lucky they are just to be able to get pregnant in the first place? Although I've started to think of them as just 'normal' and me as unlucky given that in the time we've been ttc most of my friends have had at least one baby or have one but are now pregnant again etc.

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Looseleaf · 25/04/2015 21:18

Does your dh avoid hot baths / putting computer on his lap as it sounds silly but I think heat is bad for sperm. I do hope it works out soon, we waited 3 years but for different reason

Wideeyedcarrrot · 25/04/2015 21:22

Yes, we've tried basically everything we can and we've never had more than 2% normal forms on any sperm test.
I am giving up hope I must admit.

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Illiria · 26/04/2015 03:02

Did you have icsi? My husband and I are just starting fertility treatment. He has had his test and his count and motility are really good but morphology sucks at 3% I'm sorry I can't offer any sold advice on how to improve it other than stuff you are probably already doing like force feeding him zinc and vitamin C. I have seen tales on here where the couple have been trying for ten years and it has just worked one month randomly.

LastOneDancing · 26/04/2015 08:16

A colleague of mine has just had her first daughter after donkeys years (10+) of trying & treatments - it was so unlikely for them that she didn't even realise she was pregnant until 24 weeks!
I hear (on the old office grapevine) that she might be pregnant again very quickly after.

But to answer your thread - no, a lot of people who conceive easily don't realise how lucky they are, and no, it's not normal and definitely not funny to joke about aborting your baby because it's the wrong sex Angry it's vile, especially if she's aware that you have fertility issues.

Good luck OP Thanks

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