Please recommend a FS in Brisbane for 2nd Opinion Sperm Analysis (SA) for DH

[Lady_R]

Hi ladies,

Best I introduce myself first. My name is Nicole and we're from Brisbane. My partner and I have been actively TTC'ing for just on a year, alas with no luck. Even still, we're both still holding on to the hope that it is going to happen soon, that maybe it's just taking a little while longer than usual. . . DH has a gorgeous 7 year old daughter from a previous relationship that lives with us full time. She hasn't seen her bio mother in approx 4 1/2 years (personal choice from both sides), so one would say we're TTC #2.

Back to the topic at hand. Recently I had a pelvic ultrasound, and DH had a sperm analysis. According to the ultrasound, everything inside of me seems to be 'excellent' and no cause for concern. There's a lot of follies on both ovarys however I'm still not quiet sure what this means - I find it a little difficult to pick up certain things when it comes to the whole TTC area! There's just so much information, one minute I think I'm grasping something, only to read or get told something completely contradictory on the same issue.

DH's SA results also came back good, with just a few of his swimmers appearing to be a little slow and a count of 75million (can someone confirm if this count is good??). My GP suggested it could (the swimmers being a tad slow) simply be due to the time it took for the SA to reach the lab to be tested, but just to be 110% sure of this thought, I am on the hunt for a recommended FS in Brisbane for another, more precise, SA test.

I have been doing most things the way I know how, but it just seems luck's not on our side at the present time. As I said earlier, I have full faith we will get there, it's just the constant let-downs and depressing AF arrivals that get me so down, month after month.

The amount of money we've spent thus far, just on tests and books, naturopathist just for myself for now along with the liquid herbs(recently went and saw Sharkey's Healing Centre on the GC - acclaimed babymakers featured on A Current Affair) doesn't help either.. I'm not for one second implying that it's not worth it because obviously it is or I for one wouldn't be doing it, it's merely the whole feeling behind knowing we're doing so much and not getting our much desired result. . .

Look forward to receiving any recommendations there may be!

Thanks in advance,
xox

[teddy]

hi Lady_R, sorry to hear your TTC journey has been a bit bumpy, but congrats on getting some tests done
i feel sure it helps to be proactive, and you have more to focus on then stressing ykwim.
i can't recommend a FS but i used to work in a lab before i was a SAHM. it is recogmended that the SA sample be at the main laboratory (where the test is to be performed, not a collection center) no later than an hour after it was collected.

we advised people, especially after already having a suboptimal SA, to either deliver the sample themselves to the main lab (saving time cutting out the collection center), or doing the collection at the lab . your DH might be reluctant, i know mine would be !! so i would try the first one, remember not to chill the sample try and keep it at body temp.
i would always say to get a repeat on a SA the test is very subjective, and it doesn't take much to upset the and they may have just been having an off day.
best of luck, HTH

[Lady_R]

Thank you for your post Teddy, much appreciated. . .

To our knowledge, the sample should have been at their main lab in the city for sampling at 9:50AM. I was advised he could do it at home that morning, but that I had to get it to our local Sullivan Nicolaides within the required time frame so as their courier could collect it to get it in the city, which I did all correctly..

Seems a 2nd opinion is really the only way to confirm... Does anyone else know / have a recommendation??

[teddy]

sorry didn't mean to suggest it was your fault
your GP is right, logistically getting the samples from a collection center to the lab is a nightmare, when the clock is ticking. and this can cause slow swimmers. it is my understanding its not the FS that does the testing but the lab, so when you find your FS he may suggest a repeat SA to rule this out.
it takes a massive effort to get the sample collected, big shame if the courier gets stuck in peak hour traffic, or something equally silly. sulli and nic's are a good lab (i worked for then when i lived in bris vagas ) and they make every effort to do the right thing.

hope you get some answers. its sooo0 stressfull this TTC. i don't know if its physiological or biological but once you decide you want to be UTD, you want it NOW
my DH and i have been trying for #3 for more than a year, with an along the way.
best of luck

[Maruschke]

Howdy

I live in Brisvegas as well. We got an initial SA done, and when the results weren't fantastic, we did a repeat SA (again, got the slip of paper from the GP) and these results were much better! Apparantly SA's can fluctuate quite a lot. My suggestion is to use a GP for a repeat SA rather than seeing a FS, and if the repeat results are low, take the results to a FS for interpretation.

I saw Glenn Sterling at Life Fertility in Brisbane. He was a nice guy. Also, acupuncture has helped quite a few women achieve pregnancy after waiting a year. It worked for me first go after 12 months of trying with no success.

Best of luck!

[Leemar]

Hi,

we went to Dr David Molloy at Queensland Fertility Group My Dh swimmers were slow and not normal and he got us pg. Wishing all the very best