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19 million post wash???????????

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DH and I just had IUI #2 today and his count was 19mm post wash. Does anyone know how good this number is? What is normal? I am looking on the web but seeing really crazy things...one site says 1 mil is good and another say 100 mil is good! I'm confused!
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What to do you mean by count? There is volume that should be 2ml to 5 ml and then there is concentration that should be 20 mil and up.
I think the 19 is the concentration which doesn't sound bad at all.
Good luck.
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That is a good number after wash. I think they like anything over 20mm, but for IUI they like 10mm+ or at least my RE. Every place is different.
I know when they were testing, if it was under 20mm they could go to IVF.
We did two IUI's one with 900k and the other about 600k
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It was (I think) the # of swimmers that were moving...after she had cleaned out all of the debris and dead sperm. Does that make sense?
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We just had ours done and dh's was 40 mil. The nurse told us 20 mil is what they look for so 19 sounds pretty good to me. She also told us motility was 45% and they look for 50% so we were still ok. We kind of didnt expect to get a pos opk test so we "tried" the day before the IUI so we didnt have the 24 hr abstinance we should have.
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I think it was the number of motile sperm! That was the term she used!
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Then it sounds like its a good number!!! Good luck, I'll be praying it worked for you guys!!!
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19 mil is excellent! Especially is there are no other problems like motility or morphology. Most clinics will not do an IUI unless washed sperm is over 1 mil. Over 5 million is usually a better minimum. Over 10 million gives you a good chance and over 20 million is excellent. My DH had 9 m the first time and 16 the second. The RE was happy with both. Good luck!
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Oh thank goodness!

Here's why I ask...

Our OB did our initial testing and dx'ed DH with MF. Well, when we moved onto the RE he said that the OB was wrong (the Ob was also wrong about a lot of things with me but thats another story) so I wanted to make sure that DH really was ok.

I sort of elaborated and told him those numbers were great without really knowing...you know how men are!
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That is really good, my husband has a low sperm count and post wash we have only had 1-5mm, we are currently getting ready for our 5th IUI. So be thankful for 19mm!
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I THINK YOUR COUNT IS GOOD BY EVERYTHING I READ.
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sounds awesome to me! we only had 600K to work with!!
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