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Hi Archie,
I have a question to you.My husband's sperm motility is low and also it is abnormally shaped and the count is 32M/ml.Is there any treatment for the above to improve the chances?He is turning 39 Is it because of the age?Secondly the Doc whom i visited gave me two options 1.to take the superovulation therapy and trying the natural way (my results with the 3rddayUS were really good and the blood test results came normal except for the prolactin level being slightly elevated).
Now my question is When I am on the Superovulation how far is my egg hostile to the sperm which has a lowmotility/abnormalshapes
when iam already ovulating and everything is fine with me?and if I go for an IUI which iam planning to do so in the coming months what are the chances of conception with this sperm morphology? I am eagerly waiting for your reply.Thankyou for helping me in this regard. Nambikkai replied. Dear Archie,

I am extremely sorry for the confusion. I was only citing our case to aid the conversation. You are speaking to Lucky only. I cited our case as Doctors in Scandinavia deny that any help can occur due to the intervention of a Urologist.
And I was interested in any general opinion that a urologist could help.
Sorry again Archie. Please go on with
Lucky....

Warm Regards,
Nambikkai archie replied. dear lucky,
rarely I get concerns coming from real medical trouble and not due to emotional outbreak. your's for sure is medical problem and would have to be addressed in same manner.
I am against both, superovulating agent treatment to you or IUI. It's because the real problem of failure lies in your spouse side and not yours. Although you did not mention about your cycles and ovulation status I think it's sufficient for me to know that his sperms are of abnormal shape and are slow motile. These are two major problems and unless they are fixed I would not recommend your to go for Clomid or stuff like that to superovulate, neither I recommend IUI.

His sperm count is not bad but motility and quality of sperm is bad that's as good as worse sperm count.

It would totally be luck if you get pregnant with either superovulation or IUI. I know some of them right on this board got pregnant with low sperm count and by natural method, where we helped playing on timings.

I could help you timing given that you tell about your cycles a little bit, regularity and length.

IUI and clomid are both expensive and I would hold before getting your spouse treated.

He needs to be seen by a professional Urologist who would guide him treatment on improving motility and may to some extent getting sperms in shape.

No, the shape and motility both factors can't be attributed to his age, he is just 39, could be but not a major factor at this moment.

Get him to Urologist and bring exact percentage of bad shaped sperms and motility as well.

Archie