How long to abstain for?

[Littlebb2020]

Should be having egg collection this week maybe Wednesday Thursday or Friday.
How long should my oh abstain for?
He has had a release today lol, sorry don’t know how anyway else to word it. We are having icsi due to severe low count (2-3million)
So how long is best to get some good sperm? Dna wise

My clinic officially says no sex less than 2 days before but also no more than 4 days otherwise at risk of speed dna fragmentation - it's tricky as you can't go too long but at the same time it can't be too close - as if we don't have enough to stress about! 😬

Our general "rule" is usually the night of the trigger as that's 36 hours

I think I read somewhere that if you're having ICSI due to MFI issues then ejaculating as close to EC as possible is best - won't make much difference if they are choosing from 2m or 1m but they might be of better quality as less likely to be fragmented 🤷 not sure if that's true but kind of makes sense in my head!

Thankyou both for your replies @itwasalovelydreamwhileitlasted I was thinking of telling oh to do it the day/night of trigger, think I will do that and @MissHoney85 yes I’ve read the same Thankyou for your reply! I know there’s more than enough but it’s my one nhs go so just want to do all we can X

Should be two days ideally, definitely don’t do it any closer to EC or you will risk reducing the count even further.