anyone seen increase in sperm count? esp with vareocele

caz · Post by **caz** » Wed Nov 27, 2002 8:51 pm

my dh due to mumps has no sperm in regular tests. also had vareoceal (sp?!) which was removed in summer - has anyone seen counts improve after removal?? Has anyones Dh noticed improvemnt in sperm counts by doing anything clever? as always Advice really appreciated Thanks!

Michelle · Post by **Michelle** » Wed Nov 27, 2002 10:24 pm

Hey Caz My dh had a varicole op summer 01 and it improved his count by 100's of percentage points which we were delighted about. He hadn't had mumps I think was just unlucky - anyway we are told that he now has super swimmers, with great motility and has a normal count. Before and after the op I gave him vitamins and minerals - most importantly Zinc, Folic Acid and L'Argine. Also he has Marmite and Vegemite which are apparently good. The other thing is that he has got rather fit which I think helps (plus he looks yummy!). Anyway we were lucky as I know this op isn't always a success...how did yours turn out? Hope this helps any other questions please ask away. Love, Michelle x p.s. He quit smoking and cut down on the alcohol (although I think he often had a sneaky drink!)

Louise · Post by **Louise** » Thu Nov 28, 2002 12:01 pm

Hi Caz My dh had a varococele removed 1-2 years ago and his count increased from 1 million to 3 million after about a year and from about 10% motility to 30% motility. However, on day of icsi, there were only 500,000 - don't know where the rest went - probably stress kept them away!- Still they only need a few. Lots of love Louise XXX

caz · Post by **caz** » Thu Nov 28, 2002 4:34 pm

op to remove varicole went fine. but they haven't done another test after - I actually had teh feeling his urologist was writting off our chances a bit. However we are seeing specialist for first time next week and i guess they'll run all the tests agin. So we'll see. SO want to get on with it. Altho as have said am quite pessimistic about our chances - me with PCOS , him with no sperm except a few in a biopsy they did when he had teh varicole removed. Fingers crossed that ICSI might be an option for us. Thanks Michelle and Lou for your help!

mands · Post by **mands** » Thu Nov 28, 2002 5:19 pm

Hi My dh had an op '94, following the test we weren't even sure we'd be able to do ICSI. It wasn't until 2002 that a significant difference was noted. We're just about to go for egg transfer and we're hoping we can go for IVF rather than ICSI.