[lovingwife]

We just got back DHs 2nd SA results. I didn't get his #s on the first one, but was wondering if this sounded normal. The nurse said his numbers were fine:
175 mil sperm count
48% motility
still waiting for results on morphology.

I was reading online that you need at least 60% motilty to be normal BUT if you have a very high sperm count that 60% doesn't matter as much.

The nurse said when you take the motility into consideration he really has a sperm count of 84 million. Does this sound right?

[crob]

goodness gracious!!! what are you feeding that boy? 175 million!!!! wow!! since anything over 20mil is considered "normal" by WHO and 60-120mil is what our dr says is normal, i would think that if you cut the 175 in half and you only had, what, 88mil motile...that if you look at it that way, you have 88mil w/ 100% motility. that sounds better, huh? i agree w/ the nurse that you should look at it that way. (are ya'll taking supplements or anything? a magic pill? please, please, please, let it be a magic pill... )

[HollyC]

My DH just had a SA done today. His count was 126mil with 42% forward motility but 90-some% were mobile. Basically majority of them were moving but 42% of them were moving forward, which is what matters the most b/c those are the ones that move forward into the uterus and tubes. His last count was 63mil with 42% forward motility and our RE was happy with both his SAs. It sounds like your DH's SA is great!!!

[lovingwife]

Thanks girls. I didn't talk to the nurse myself, so I was getting the info second handfrom DH. The info I was finding online was so confusing. They all kept saying it has to be 50-60% motility to be normal. I guess the count makes up for the motility. Wait til I tell DH he has super sperm. I thought 175 mil sounded like a lot. And btw-he's not taking any supplements. Still waiting on the morphology results.