My advise would be do NOT let them put him on testosterone therapy. This was given to my hubby and his sperm production went from 20 million to ZERO. We have now 4 months later gotten it up to 1 million and IVF is our only option now.
do ur research like u seem to be doing.
Good Luck!!
Just know ur not alone and u've come to the right place for support

Hi Nicole, My DH also has low sperm count and he also has high abnormal forms. Is it just his count that is low? My DH's count has gone up with lifestyle changes (no alcohol, no hottubs, loose clothes, better diet and vitamin therapy). Unfortunately, his morphology (abnormal forms) are still high so we have moved on from IUI to IVF with ICSI. There may or may not be ways to increase the sperm count or quality as it depends on what is causing it, but IUI or IVF with ICSI are ways of dealing with male factor infertility.
Good luck!

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My DH also had low sperm count. Our chiropractor told us about L-Argenine - he now takes this 3 times a day and stays away from hot showers and his count has increased dramtically.

Janice

thanks all who replied. DH sperm count was 1 mil, and motility on the low side (40). His volume and morphology is normal. I am trying to get him to change some things that may cause low sperm count. Like alcohol. He drinks about 4-5 light beers a day and thinks there is nothing wrong with that. I disagree, but I really don't know what would be considered a lot???

i am sorry to hear about your DH & infertility issues. My DH has morphology and motility issues so IVF w/ICSI is our only option. While it stinks and is disappointing, we've realized that w/out IVF our chances to become parents won't happen. I too have some issues that hopefully surgery will repair. In the meantime, DH is taking vitamins and L-Cartine (which has helped). He's on thyroid medication and is eating better etc. Good luck to you.

Okay, girls. Hold on to your seats. My DH had a vericocele, which causes low count, poor morphology and poor motility. His urologist prescribed CLOMID. I was shocked. Our RE was pretty surprised. But, he has been taking it since April. We just did our second IUI and we had a specimen of 20mil.

Hi, also in the same boat. We are doing Ivf/icsi. We were told nothing really "proven" to increase counts too much. My DH was under 1 million. Urologist did say try zinc also. Good luck

My dh had surgery to correct bilateral (both sides) vericocele in March. It is basically a vericose vein that blocks blood flow to the testes. Anyway, all of his factors improved and we are now 9 weeks pg. DH was also told to take Zinc and the doc did mention Clomid, though hd never took it. BTW, if he does need surgery, make sure the doc bills it as a medical necessity instead of a fertility tx so that your insurance will cover it. Good luck!!!!

Tiffany-congrats, its nice to hear some good news. I am really feeling down about this, to the point of obsession. I am reading everything I can on the subject and its driving me nuts! Going clothes shopping today to take my mind off of it. Thanks to all that replied

This may sound strange but a couple of things our doctor told my dh to do to improve his levels was to eat pumpkin seeds, eat more soya, no hot baths, showers etc adn where loose clothing...you never know it could help....good luck

I've never heard about the pumpkin seeds or the soy. But, our doctor told my DH the same about hot baths, loose clothing, etc.

You'll find that a lot of RE's tell us totally different things when we compare notes. Our urologist was terrible, he only tested DH once, didn't even suggest more testing and immediately referred us to RE- who said there really isn't anything proven to help. He mentioned something about Robitussin, but again nothing sure. Try not to drive yourself crazy by spending all your time on the internet because there are so many contradicting things. I'm sure there are tings out there that help improve sperm, but it's a matter of wanting to spend all that time experimenting and waiting if it worked or not. We did 2 IUI unsuccessfully and are now in the middle of an IVF with ICSI cycle.

My DH had an unexplained low count and high abnormalities. His first test cambe back 5mil w/ 94% abnormal. His urologist couldnt find any reasons for the problem. Some time later, because he was having some other symptoms, he went to a endocrinologist and we found out that he had an overactive thyroid which was speeding up all his body processes so his body was making and releasing sperm before they were mature. His overactive thyroid was also acting like a furnace in his body which was killing sperm. His endocrinologists told him they didnt think that this condition had any effect on his sperm (all above info came from my own research and my doctor) but... the proof is in the pudding - totally gross analogy, sorry- after 2 months on the medication to correct his thyroid his count went up to over 20 million and abnormalities were cut almost in 1/2!!! My doc said that any thyroid issues - even small ones- can have a big impact on fertility for men or women. Good luck!

My DH husband has the same, low count, after more tha 6IUI he went to a urologist, he has and inflammation on his prostate, and that could be the reason of his low count, right now he is in treatment and after 6 weeks, we will know of his inflammation is gone and if his count its better.