TTC rainbow baby low sperm count

[Tracey36]

Hi, I'm hoping u lovely ladies can help.. been TTC our rainbow baby for almost a year now. DH has low sperm count.this is my 1st month using the Clearblue fertility monitor. We had been dtd every other day. But this morning my monitor picked up my peak ovulation day. And we had already dtd yesterday morning. So we dtd again this morning to cover all basis.i am now worried that due to low sperm count this morning wasn't a good idea. I'm sure I'm not the only one obsessing!?

The cycle I got pregnant we DTD two days in a row - day I got a peak test, and day after. It's encouraging you got pregnant before though, fingers crossed for one that sticks.

Is your dh taking all the supplements that boost sperm count? They can really help

Thankyou for your replies. Yea I'm holding hope that we managed to concieve in 2022. Unfortunately we lost our beautiful boy at 20 weeks. I then went on to have a PUL.. (pregnancy of unknown location) which had to be flushed out. But I was definitely pregnant again as my HCG levels kept rising. I guess I'm just worried because on the one peak day I have.. we dtd the morning before.so DH only abstained for one day before we saw the peak. I'm annoyed because it's probably not going to be enough build up and it was our peak day.

I think there not much in it if you do it every other day or every day - i think its more so around if you do every day non stop for like 4/5 days.

Plus if you did it yday the day before OV - that means the good sperm would be waiting for the egg to ovulate anyway :)

Also my husband took proxeed plus sachets as recommended by my consultant and there were significant improvement across his sperm. I would recommend - it expensive £45 a box per month but well worth it IMO.

Optimistic66 thanku. That brings me some hope reading your message. :) we dtd every other day right up until our peak day,Should we continue every other day or now we have our peak just go all out? How long have u been TTC? I'm sending u lots of luck for this month x it's made so much harder for those that don't have a massive sperm count 😕 x

Rosesanddaises did ur DH have low sperm count when u concieved? We were only dtd every other day due to sperm count being low. But im reading that there isn't really much difference in fertility rates either way?

We've never had any tests so I don't know. Assuming things are OK as have had conceived twice within 6 months each time. I've never seen anything decisive about frequency, NHS says every 2-3 days throughout the month. but that seems like you could miss peak window.

There's lots of conflicting info isn't there. Thankyou so much for your replys! We shall continue holding onto hope and fingers crossed we get our little sticky bean x

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Definitely hold out hope - it definitely promising that you fell pregnant before - and volume is only one factor - morphology, motility etc all matter too. It only takes one sperm!

Thankyou. Now to decide when to next dtd as I'm sure I will have another peak in the morning. It's hopeful we dtd yesterday morning too. But having low sperm count makes it harder when u see that peak day on the monitor.. as we wouldn't usually do everyday. But don't want to miss my peak days if that makes sense. If only TTC was able to be scheduled in 🤣

Oh don’t worry! There are studies to say that daily intercourses increases morphology and mobility and although count goes down, it’s the other factors that are the hero’s. I think you’re good! Better than missing the window :)