Sperm count and motility

[jaskie]

Does anyone know what else may cause these major semen problems at such a young age??

About the same time that my DH and I discovered we were not able to conceive naturally I watched a documentary on TV called 'Men In Danger'. I was shocked by what I saw. We have over 85,000 chemicals in the modern world and most of them have never been tested with regards to their effects on human health. Since watching this film I have done my own extensive research on chemicals and their effect on the developing foetus, babies and children.

In the last 20 or so years a number of researchers have discovered the following:

Mens fertility is declining at a rate of about 1% per year in Europe and America. In france where thay have exact records on sperm count for tha last 20 years they found a drop by 40%

The effects on fertility start in the womb. researches have discovered that endocrine disrupting chemicals (BPA is the most famous of these) can effect the developing foetus at extremely low levels (parts per billion), at levels considered 'safe' by most governments. We now know that it is not the amount of the dose but the timing and duration of exposure that can do the most damage.

These chemicals pervade our everyday life. They are so common and are found in so many different products they are almost impossible to avoid. Among them are PCB's, DDT and pesticides. The plastics in baby bottles (heard of BPA?), the ingredients in cosmetics, the wrapping used for food could all be contributing to endocrine problems.

[milly's mummy]

oh dear, my DH does all the chemical spraying at his work with pesticides, even though he does use masks and things, I can't help but wonder how its effected his count!

[oneday86]

Thanks ladies you have all been very helpfull! I guess it prob is something he was just born with although refering to Jaskie's comment my acupuncture lady wants us to do a 6 week detox if this cycle dosn't work, she said this will clean the system out to get rid of anything causing infertility problems. It makes me wonder maybe there is something causing these problems in male infertility??

[Persephone1]

My DH had the trifector sperm issues like your's and we wondered about mumps, etc. The FS said it was likely to be "genetic" but we were never given any other explanation.

Um...there is a possibility that my DH's drug use during his teens and early 20's may have affected his sperm quality and count. But no one ever talked to us about that, we just thought it might have had something to do with it. I guess we'll never know.

FWIW, my DH's brother also has fertility difficulties, but different to my DH. We had to use ICSI, my BIL and his wife didn't use ICSI. They conceived through IVF, but they've also since conceived naturally.

Good luck with the journey hun

[oneday86]

Thanks persephone1! yeah we also worry about my DH's brother, he is only 21 though and not wanting kids for some years to come but i think we will reccomend him get tested when the times right so he dosn't have to go through as much as we did. It just shocks me to think a young male can have such bad semen when there is no reason behind it. My DH tried pot once so we cant put it down to that so i guess i just have to let my head rest thinking it is genetic. DH's uncle (his mothers brother) is infertile so my local GP said he may have heredited it but his uncles issues were unknown as they were trying 40 years ago when there wasnt any technology or IVF so once they had tried for years the DR just said they coulnt concieve natrually so they adopted. But im unsure if he would have ended up with this problem from his mothers side and his dad had no issues at all. Anyways sorry for my blabber lol. Thanks again ladies x

[CrazyCat]

My husband, extremely low count, he's 24. was a heavy, heavy drinker since late teens and also experimented with drugs.

[oneday86]

Well we have hit another brick wall! I went to see my fertility DR today about ahving test done on me, im having Karotype, lupus ( inhibitor, protein, c&s, At3,apcr)
factor V leiden, gliadin & anti-mysial antibodies, TSH, LH, FSH, testosterone, SHBG, insulin, Hba1c, BSL, full blood count, ACA and homocysteine! Hubby is having another sperm test for DNA frgmentation and he had 3 blood tests today aswell. Basically what my Dr said was he dosn't think im the problem he thinks its because DH's sperm is such bad quality thats effecting us to still not be pg. For the first time today i actually really thought it might not ever happen for us and believed it all these tests are costing us $638 and non of it is claimable on medicare!!! I feel like we are on this dead end road, i always believed that one will only be put through so much crap in life and then the good will come but we are still here 2 yrs down the track with no certainty! I think life is really cruel sometimes.