how to read Spermogram?

July 22, 2008

My husband and I are having fertility tests done. While my doctor says he has some problem with his sperm, his doctor says he is all good. It's a military clinic, so that's how thing work there. Anyway, what would you say about these numbers?

volume=2.5 ph semen = 8 sperm cnt= 53 sperm m/tot= 47.4 sperm rap/100= 24.7 sperm rapid/100-sperm slw/100= 13.5 sperm slow/100-sperm np/100= 9.2 sper nonprogressive/100= 29

We have a consultation scheduled with a fertitily doctor, but it will be only in 4 weeks, so if you know what all those numbers mean, could you please help us? Thanks.

July 22, 2008

Hi Danah and Welcome to the site! Here is what any fertility dr and/or uroglist is looking for in all sa's:

Volume: => 2 ml

Motility: => 50 %

Count / Concentration: => 20 million / ml

Morphology: => 14 % normal

*WHO Morphology standards in 1987: => 50 % normal, and in 1992: => 30 % normal

July 22, 2008

I think he needs more motility. Either an intrauterine insemination or in vitro fertilization will help...

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