Lots of Questions!

[JennM]

We don't have the exact counts yet, my post-op from my LAP is on Tuesday, so we will schedule the SA on that day. We do however think MFI is our problem, so I have been reading about everything, confusing myself even more. Mind if I ask some questions, all in one post?

How long did it take to get your SA results?

If you have low counts (count, motility, or morphology) is it possible to do IUI?

What are the *average* chances for IUI or IVF with MFI?

Out of all the supplements, which do you think are best? (FB, FA, Proxeed, Conception Xr, etc)

[hopefulfirefly]

Hi,

Our SA results are available 2.5 days from when we give the sample. Sometimes the morphology takes longer, but never more than 3 days.

The other questions are really going to depend on what your MF problem is. I would wait until you get your SA results, post them here, and then people can provide more specific advice.

[jerseyjandj]

At both clinics we've been too our sa were givin to us by the end of the day.
We have low count and motilty they said our chance of concieving(sp) was less then 10 % we went to ivf w/icsi and now have a beautiful dd.. And were going back on fri for a new sa .. They think our totiscles arent good ..since they were frozen on day7

[tenseintexas]

Jenn M- we got our SA results the same day. My husband had horrible morphology (0-1%) and low numbers overall ( 6 mil count). We were given a 5% chance with IUI..after finding that out..we moved on to IVF> IUI is cheaper easier etc..but I couldnt take the month after month failure anymore

my husband took fertility belnd and there were no difference..My RE told me not to waste money on those ( though I know a lot of people love them!)

[iMama]

Originally Posted by JennM

How long did it take to get your SA results? We went to Kaiser and they took 7 days to give us a result of "no results". I was so mad. DH had 2 million motile, but a low overall amount so Kaiser couldn't analyze it. They use ProQuest labs. At our RE's clinic, we had results within 2 days or so.

If you have low counts (count, motility, or morphology) is it possible to do IUI? My doctor said all of the studies on IUI show that it takes at least 5 mill motile for for IUI to have a good chance of success.

What are the *average* chances for IUI or IVF with MFI? That's such a good question, since statistics don't really tell you how an individual attempt will be successful.

Out of all the supplements, which do you think are best? (FB, FA, Proxeed, Conception Xr, etc)

My RE's really big on health, not just technology, and he reccommends conceptionXR. However, since we'll be doing IVF with ICSI, he didn't even reccomend for us to take it, since we have enough sperm for that.

Regarding the choice between IUI and IVF with MF, here's what my research shows, and my doctor also agreed with:
IUI's have a statistically lower chance of working. Also, if it fails, you don't learn as much about "why" to help you in the future when trying.

IUI's *seem* (my opinion) to work better when your eggies are monitored and ovulation is triggered - this leaves less up to chance. Some RE clinics do offer a very low cost IUI that doesn't include monitoring or triggering. A clinic that triggers and monitors your IUI may cost you about 2500.00. When you combine the fact that you shouldn't count IUI as a failure until you've tried at least 3 times, you have then just about paid for 1 cycle of IVF.

IUI's are the best shot for some types of IF - like mild male factor and female related issues.

I know very little about LAPs or female related infertility challenges, may I ask if you had one because of a known issue inside or if it was done to make sure there was nothing inside?

HTH and Take Care,

[kkrose]

My DH has 3% morphology and 1 million sperm, 190,000 post wash. We were given a very LOW chance of success with IUI. We are doing IVF with ICSI in Aug and we were told we had a 50% chance.... wish you the best!