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We are ttc since last two years and hubby recently did SA and blood test. Here are the results:

Comprehensive Metabolic Panel:

Glucose - 123 mg/dl ( normal is below 100)

Lipid Panel:

Cholestrol - 239 mg/dl (normal is less than 200)
Triglycerides - 321 mg/dl (normal is less than 150)
HDL Cholestrol - 33 mg/dl (normal is greater than 39)
Calculated LDL Chol - 142 mg/dl (normal is less than 100)
Risk ratio ldl/HDL - 4.30 ( normal is less than 3.55)

Semen Study:

Semen Volume - 2.0 ML (normal is 1.5 - 5.0)
Sperm Count - 233 millions/ML ( normal is 60 - 150)
Immediate Motility - 20% ( normal is greater than 50)
3+ Slow, Linear
% Normal Sperm - 32% (Normal greater than 30)
White Blood Cell Count - 60 Minutes
Microscopic Bacteria - Negative (normal neg-1+)
Testosterone - 227 NG/DL (normal is 241 - 827)
Free Testosterone - 9.00 PG/ML (normal is 6.5-28.1)
Sex Horm Bind Globulin - 8 NMOL/L (normal is 13-71)

How to increase motility and other problems? I have researched and have put DH on vitamins like C, E, Serenium, Carnitine etc.

Thanks! archie replied. Pooja,
First of all an urologist should deal with semen data and have him/her advised upon the same. You or your spouse getting excited and nervous and confused would not help, may be I should not start off response this way but thought you need to be reminded that \" calm down\" .

your spouse is suffering from polyspermia and also a very low motility. Lets say this way, if there are 20 millions of that 50% are motile means normal semen consists of 10 million sperms/ml which are somewhat helathy. Why somewhat because, motility does not take into account for structural deformities.
with 233 million sperms/ml and only 20% motile means your spouse has nearly 46.6 million sperms/ml which are motile. Some of which are moving slow and are in linear pattern.

Because your spouse bears healthy sperm in the standard amounts and that hormonal balance is there his semen analysis on a whole is not that bad.

What worries is his lipid panel, almost everything is above the normal values and he needs to work on that.
Following are suggestings:
no fat at all for him, tea or coffee with fat free milk, fat free cheese. He can eat nuts those contain monosaturated or polyunsaturated fats. No cakes, no pies and no pastery at all.
Keep the carbs in limit as well and if possible he can try to include Fish Oil Pills in his diet. He should live a stress free life and enjoy things he is doing.

Meanwhile you can ttc and there is no problem for that.

If you plan on intercourse timing around ovulation there is possibility that you will conceive.

Archie pooja replied. white blood cell count - less than 1 Pooja replied. The result which I posted above has a mistake. Here is the correct value:

white blood cell count - 60 minutes (normal is 20 - 30)

What should be our plan of action now? Any success stories with vitamins?

Thanks.