Hi :)
My partner has a lower count due to various issues and was suggested by our fertility consultant to Try some vitamins. He takes zinc and vitamin c among others for general health etc.

You seem to be doing everything else perfectly right, good luck and sorry I don't have any more suggestions

You could try Proxeed or Profertil in addition to a healthy diet. It will probably help a bit. Having said that, the average count is 250million...

It would also help to see a urologist specialising in male fertility as fertility clinics can be very female focused with little grasp of male issues.

my husband used proxeed (recommended by our clinic and a private urologist) and it has made a difference.
we still are doing icsi but we have more to use now.
you dont really see a difference until after 4 months use though.

good luck

Hi @steveomc209
I’m sorry to hear about your fertility issues you are doing everything you can right now and it’s best not to put too much stress on yourself ( easier said than I done I know!)
Me and my husbands infertility is down to him as he has very low sperm count (3 million) and low motility ( we don’t know morph as said was too low to read)
So we both know exactly what you are both going through, can I ask who advised the medication was it a doctor? Just asking as we have only just been referred from our gp to the hospital. I can also understand your wife’s saying she doesn’t want to try ivf because it is very invasive for a woman from what I’ve read. Me and my oh have been trying 7 years so even though I wouldn’t want to I am more than open to ivf know as I doubt we will ever conceive naturally, it is not unheard of though! It only takes one!
Has your wife got any fertility issues? As I’ve also read if it is only male factor then ivf with icsi really does do the job for you and apparently has higher success rates than people with both factors, Good luck to you and please open up to your partner if you need to talk
As my husband doesn’t and I’ve really had to get him to share his feelings about it all which was really hard for him to do but it has made us closer x

Have they checked to see if you have a varicocele? Correcting that can help a great deal.

Also to your original question exercise and healthy eating really does help but it did only help my oh a little bit his count was under 2 million and his motility was only 6-8percent from what I can remember on his first test
He then started supplements and exercising and ate a handful of walnuts everyday as well as spinach smoothies and his count only went upto 3 mill but his motility really improved to 36percrnt so overall even if it is only a slight improvement it still does show lifestyle changes do help

I think my husbands brother has the same issues but they don’t talk about it and don’t know our situation but I do know he was married and they tried for years and they split up and she is now pregnant so I just assume that he might have the same problems as my oh, can I ask if they have found a cause?
Yes a holiday is a great idea! As much time together as possible is a good idea as something as hard as this can take its toll.
Maybe you could both join the gym together or start just by cooking healthier meals. My husband is a rubbish eater and I have to really kick him up the arse to eat well 😂he has really made a commitment lately and we are know relaxing a little over Christmas and then we are both starting the gym again and a healthy regime after Christmas

It’s also a good idea to have a healthy bmi even if you are both not going to have ivf

My husband had similar issues, let me tell you sometimes miracles do happen, as my now seven year son attests to, my gynaecologist did not believe I was pregnant ( if you saw the look on his face) when we told him, due to my husband's low sperm count and low motiltility, it only takes one sperm. I know it's hard to be told to be relax, but I really think it helped my husband and I we knew there was not much chance of conceiving but we kept trying and I know me being relaxed helped me conceive even though he was he one with the problem.

Might sound ridiculous, but do you eat a lot of peas? My dh had a low sperm count and before ivf we went on a get ready for ivf diet. We googled ways to increase low sperm count, and apparently peas can be nature’s contraceptive, cut out peas, ate a lot of walnuts and whatever else the Internet said was good (I’m sorry, I can’t remember!) for a minimum of 90 days before we started, and when he did his next test they asked him to do the test again because his results were fab and they wanted to do additional testing.

We still went ahead with ivf icsi because I had some issues too. He’s convinced it was stopping the peas that worked, but obviously we’ll never know for certain, but our DTs are now 10 months old. Good luck ttc!

Please ask to be referred to a Urologist. My partner finally did after 5 years and they found a varicosele. They have operated on it and we are hoping for some success! So many men havd varicoseles and it often is a big cause of poor fertility. Good luck

Have you had any further progress @steveomc209?

Hi op, I know you posted this a while ago but just wondered how you're getting on now? My DH had results back and has a similar count to what you had so I'm just looking for some advice and support really.