Similar anecdote from a UK-based late-30s guy with a BMI in the 30ish range:
- no background health/illness issues. Non-smoker, occasional drinker (2-3 glasses a week).
- trouble with getting pregnant - checks on female were all A-ok.
- sperm analysis on me done.
- count & motability fine.
- morphology was low at 1% good-forms (minimum is IIRC 3% or above).
Several months later and re-tested: morphology was then at 4% - count & motability largely unchanged. DNA fragmentation was "normal" but not amazing (not tested initially)
What I did:
- significantly upped my standing desk usage - from sporadic use a few times a week, to perhaps 25-50% of every working day at a standing desk.
- changed underwear from tight-fitting "trunks" to looser "jersey" (not boxers - personally I hate boxers)
- slept naked instead of wearing trunks.
- almost entirely eliminated alcohol and caffeine, apart from the odd glass/cup maybe once or twice a month.
- anti-oxidant tablets ("condensyl") taken daily
Notable:
- exercise & weight largely unchanged (I ran a few KMs maybe once or twice a week - this remained unchanged)
- diet (apart from caffeine and alcohol) largely unchanged - perhaps some small mild "improvements" in cutting back on sugar & fat and having more veg but nothing drastic or wildly different really.
I now have a naturally conceived 1 year old boy. Pregnancy + birth + delivery totally normal, baby all A-ok. It can happen - don't loose faith if the results are "bad". Good luck.
Hey thanks for replying and massive congrats on the little guy!
Weird how similar that was to me. Wonder how many other people there are like this where just that bit of advice + minor action could have made such a big difference to their lives instead of being told there’s nothing they can do.
Similar anecdote from a UK-based late-30s guy with a BMI in the 30ish range:
- no background health/illness issues. Non-smoker, occasional drinker (2-3 glasses a week).
- trouble with getting pregnant - checks on female were all A-ok.
- sperm analysis on me done.
- count & motability fine.
- morphology was low at 1% good-forms (minimum is IIRC 3% or above).
Several months later and re-tested: morphology was then at 4% - count & motability largely unchanged. DNA fragmentation was "normal" but not amazing (not tested initially)
What I did:
- significantly upped my standing desk usage - from sporadic use a few times a week, to perhaps 25-50% of every working day at a standing desk.
- changed underwear from tight-fitting "trunks" to looser "jersey" (not boxers - personally I hate boxers)
- slept naked instead of wearing trunks.
- almost entirely eliminated alcohol and caffeine, apart from the odd glass/cup maybe once or twice a month.
- anti-oxidant tablets ("condensyl") taken daily
Notable:
- exercise & weight largely unchanged (I ran a few KMs maybe once or twice a week - this remained unchanged)
- diet (apart from caffeine and alcohol) largely unchanged - perhaps some small mild "improvements" in cutting back on sugar & fat and having more veg but nothing drastic or wildly different really.
I now have a naturally conceived 1 year old boy. Pregnancy + birth + delivery totally normal, baby all A-ok. It can happen - don't loose faith if the results are "bad". Good luck.