Got pregnant with very low sperm count

Hi all,

I decided to write this post for all couples going through the difficulties of getting pregnant with low sperm count.

In August 2018, my husband and I were trying to conceive naturally for only a few months, however, as I was 36 we decided to do all fertility check ups to make sure nothing was wrong. Unfortunately, my husband sperm count test showed only 4

million :( We were devastated with the news. All doctors told us that the only way to get pregnant was through ICSI, nothing else we could do as he was “infertile”

On February this year we did our first ICSI in London: 8 eggs were retrieved, 4 fertilised and 2 implanted, but 10 days after a negative pregnancy test was again making us miserable. It was such a sad and difficult time that we decided to take a few months to relax and pull ourselves together before starting a second ICSI.

Meanwhile, we moved to Frankfurt, found a new clinic here and booked second ICSI for June the 12th. However, we made a decision to do every single thing that friends recommended to get pregnant naturally before June, and we only had two months.

I changed my vitamins to Femibion. I started doing the ovulation test on day 10 of the cycle, my cycle is long so some times I had to use many tests till ovulation day. We also didn’t have sex for many days until peak day to have better sperm quality. We had multiple sessions during the ovulation day and the day after. Legs up every time after intercourse!! We didn’t drink alcohol whatsoever and most importantly we believed in it!!!

On Monday, I did a pregnancy test and it was positive! We’re 5 weeks pregnant now. We’re over the moon.

Fingers crossed for you all, don’t loose hope and keep trying while waiting for your next ICSI, it worked for us ❤️