A partial answer, but poor DH :(

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

Where do you get it Holly, just a health shop, or is it at chemists as well?

I read a short story once, about a male beekeeper and his wife who couldn't get pregnant. One day he read about how the bees use royal jelly, how they give a small amount to the worker bees when they're babies and then withhold it, but the queen bee gets it every day. He decided to start taking it in secret, and his wife noticed that he kinda started to look like a bee. And then they feel pregnant, and had a baby girl, only she wouldn't eat anything, and she was losing weight and very sickly. So he decided to give the baby royal jelly as well, he was giving her huge doses and she started gaining weight at a huge rate, 300-400g a day! And then when the wife found out, she looked at her daughter and realised she looked just like a bee/human too, she had light brown fuzz all over her, just like her Dad.

That's totally not gonna happen to us though, right?

[PumpkinZulu]

Where do you get it Holly, just a health shop, or is it at chemists as well?

I read a short story once, about a male beekeeper and his wife who couldn't get pregnant. One day he read about how the bees use royal jelly, how they give a small amount to the worker bees when they're babies and then withhold it, but the queen bee gets it every day. He decided to start taking it in secret, and his wife noticed that he kinda started to look like a bee. And then they feel pregnant, and had a baby girl, only she wouldn't eat anything, and she was losing weight and very sickly. So he decided to give the baby royal jelly as well, he was giving her huge doses and she started gaining weight at a huge rate, 300-400g a day! And then when the wife found out, she looked at her daughter and realised she looked just like a bee/human too, she had light brown fuzz all over her, just like her Dad.

That's totally not gonna happen to us though, right?

Whaaaaaaaat the heck LOL!!!

[nothing2lose]

so that would make it a ba-BEE right????!!!!

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

I love it N2L!

[nothing2lose]

I love it N2L!

I do my best

[kass]

Hi keike
My dh also has less than brilliant sperm (and also didn't take it super well ) unfortunately unless there is a physical problem (eg veins) there isn't much that can be done to drastically change things, however if any of the following apply he could get improved results by making changes:

Avoid:
Long periods of sitting - truck drivers and taxi drivers are 'high risk' jobs
Lots of cycling
Working with chemicals
Being over or underweight
Smoking
Eating soy products
Too many beers

You probably know this already but just in case, some factors that influence the test:
How many days abstaining before hand (should be 3 or 4)
Any recent illness ( it takes about three months for them to develop)
Time between collection and testing

General things that are meant to help are:

Zinc and folate to increase numbers
Selenium, Vitamin C and E to promote forward movement
Regular, um, usage - no saving up!

Hope something in that is helpful - and get retested in 3 months - you never know - things could be a lot better!

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

I'm learning so many things you'd think I would've known after 4 1/2 years! I didn't realise he had to have 'regular usage' - it's not months, but we frequently go up to a couple of weeks with nothing, because I bleed a lot. Not lots of bleeding, but enough to stop any action. He used to be a 3 day guy, but I've broken him of that, which is probably not something to be proud of. We make the effort when I feel like I'm ovulating, but we've never actually been tested to see if I'm releasing an egg or just feeling like I am.

[Liz]

Well, the ever so serious hugs that I was coming in here to give you and your DH are now spoilt by me laughing at your last post! I remember reading that story too. It was a short story.. think we might have even done it in English at school! ETA: I just looked it up... it was Roald Dahl! I remember those stories! haha.

I really hope, as devastating as the news is, that it's actually a big step forward for you. Now you have more info to work with and can start trying to boost his numbers. *hug*