Just had SA result - Can you help?
Hi Ladies,
My hubby has just had his SA result from the surgery they have told him that he needs to do a re-test because the sample wasn't enough :?
I'm so confused does this mean that there is a problem? I'm not sure what to think I haven't heard of this before.
Any help would be great, I'm driving myself mad and I don't want to bring it up with hubby and make him worry I'm trying to act as if I'm not concerned x
My hubby has just had his SA result from the surgery they have told him that he needs to do a re-test because the sample wasn't enough :?
I'm so confused does this mean that there is a problem? I'm not sure what to think I haven't heard of this before.
Any help would be great, I'm driving myself mad and I don't want to bring it up with hubby and make him worry I'm trying to act as if I'm not concerned x
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Doesn't necessarily mean there is a problem. My OH has done three now, and his first was the lowest quantity - to be honest, I think he was freaked out by the process, which is understandable! They'll normally want to do a couple, a few months apart to ensure that there are no freak results.
Hubby is ringing the surgery back on Thursday to try and push things along, our surgery receptionist doesn't know how to make a referral for him apparently !
Thanks for the response x
But just telling you it's not enough is not really helpful and unfortunatley GP surgery's aren't very good where SA are concerned as we've found out!! We've got to back tonight to discuss the results of our repeat test at the request of our GP, so v.nervous today!!
I'm going to ask my hubby to make an appointment with the doctor to discuss his results or ask for them to be posted to him.
My surgery has been useless so they're not filling me with much hope. My DH has the hospital today to ask for a referral just to call the surgery back and prove to them that the doctor needs to refer him as they told him he can just ring up and make an appointment himself - even I know that isn't the case it's feels like we're doing their job for them.
Can I ask how long you had to wait between the first and repeat test?
Good luck x
Your GP surgery should be able to give you the results they were sent still. Ours gave us a full print out of his results compared to the WHO guidlines so we know his first sample was pretty bad! Count was only 2 million, 2% morphology and 2% motility. So I'm hoping there's a miracle and there's a vast improvement!
These are the WHO guidlines:
??????? volume: 2.0 ml or more
??????? liquefaction time: within 60 minutes
??????? pH: 7.2 or more
??????? sperm concentration: 20 million spermatozoa per ml
or more
??????? total sperm number: 40 million spermatozoa per
ejaculate or more
??????? motility: 50% or more motile (grades a* and b**) or
25% or more with progressive motility (grade a) within
60 minutes of ejaculation
??????? vitality: 75% or more live
??????? white blood cells: fewer than 1 million per ml
??????? morphology: 15% or 30%***
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* Grade a: rapid progressive motility (sperm moving swiftly, usually in a straight line).
** Grade b: slow or sluggish progressive motility (sperm may be less linear in their
progression).
*** Currently being reassessed by the World Health Organization. In the interim, the
proportion of normal forms accepted by laboratories in the UK is either the earlier
World Health Organization lower limit of 30% or 15% based on strict morphological
criteria.
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Hope your hubs gets some answers as there's nothing more frustrating than not knowing!!
MrsCupcake87 yes I know what you mean hun x
Vickster hope all goes well with your gp this evening got my fingers crossed you get an improvement
Hope all went well Vickster x