Saturday, May 29, 2010

Semen Analysis

The World Health Organization has developed the following values for normal semen analysis:
  • Volume (how much ejaculate): 2 millilters or more
  • Concentration (how many sperm there are): 60 million (per milliliter) or more
  • Motility (percentage of sperm that are moving): 50% or more
KD's Results:
  • Volume: Great (produced enough sperm for two intrauterine inseminations, IUIs)
  • Concentration: >70 million sperm
  • Motility: 20%
When Dr. B called with the results he gave me two options: a) take fertility medicine to produce 3-4 eggs per month or b) In-vitro fertilization, or IVF. In my case IVF is just not needed, not to mention it is very costly. I will begin fertility medicine with my next cycle.

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