Sperm retrieval

[Bump2be]

DH has a very low speed count and those that are in his sample don't move. We've been told around a 30% chance of retrieving sperm surgically - ultrasound didn't show any blockages. Anyone else succeeded with percentages like this? It's better than the near 0% chance naturally, of course but I'm wondering what our chances are and how some of your DHs found it. Sore afterwards or okay? ICSI is the next step if there are any sperm. Thank you!

Our situation was a bit different as they surgically retrieved the sperm due to high dna damage - however procedure was fine for him. I had >20 eggs collected and was in a much worse state than him! He was pretty much back to normal the day after x

Thank you for letting me know! Oh gosh, yes I probably should be worrying about me and the egg retrieval - but I guess I'm going one step at a time. I always think needles to men's bits sounds so much worse, but maybe that's just me!

Hi Bump2be, we have same issue, absolutely no sperm in any samples, urologist said no chance of him conceiving a biological child. US testes confirmed everything normal as it blood test results but our NHS consultants told us to forget the idea of his biological child. We went with TESE, successfully found good quality motile sperm, froze 2 vials and used 1. First cycle the blasts did fertilise and were good quality at day 3 but didn't make it to day 5. 2nd cycle and we used one more vial and now have perfect day 5 blasts on ice

Thank you AniSL - that sounds really promising! I just hope there are some sperm 'in there' when the doctor has a good look round  as the sample results were really, really low. Fingers crossed!

Bump2be you are welcome, DH did walk around like a penguin for 2 weeks after and I really felt for him when our 1 year old was jumping on him. I was ok after egg retrieval, drove both of us back to our hotel then went shopping whilst he relaxed. Bottom line is that the testes may be holding some viable sperm but they wont know until they surgically removed it