My husband went in for a semen analysis last Tuesday. He was referred to a place that was almost an hour away from where we live, so he did not have the option of bringing a sample in. Thus, the whole situation was very awkward for him. He kept saying he felt bad for complaining about how much he hated it, because he knew what I had to go through with my HSG.
Anyway, today he had an appointment with his doctor to go over the results. I wanted to go with him but was unable to make it because of my work. So, I told him to call me as soon as he was done. So he did...and it wasn't good news.
His concentration, morphology, and motility were all low. The concentration was listed as <5 X 10E6 (less than 5,000,000, from what I understand). According to the information his doctor gave him, the normal range was 20 million or more (20 million being on the low end of normal). So 5,000,000 is apparently pretty low. His motility was 25%, where 50% is considered normal. His morphology was 6% normal. According to the WHO (World Health Organization), you want it to be at least 30%.
So, I'm not really sure where to go from here. It doesn't look like our chances of conceiving naturally are very high. I left a message with the infertility nurse at the Women's Clinic earlier, but it was late in the day so I may not hear back from her until tomorrow.
Needless to say, I think we have a long road ahead of us.
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