Hello :)

I made a few comments in another post about post wash sperm counts... here is an article I found about sperm counts:

https://www.shadygrovefertility.com/blog/why-shady-grove-fertility/sperm-count-<a href="https://glowing.com/glow-fertility-program">iui</a>-pregnancy-rates/

“For the average couple in this study who underwent <a href="https://glowing.com/glow-fertility-program">IUI</a> with a post-wash total motile sperm count of at least 9 million, the chances of a clinical pregnancy with one <a href="https://glowing.com/glow-fertility-program">IUI</a> cycle using “washed sperm” was 16.9 percent. If the count was above 9 million the same chances of success were observed. In other words, it didn’t matter if the sample used for insemination had 9 million, 10 million, or 20 million moving sperm, success rates didn’t increase further.”

I’ve also said in my comments that this research was carried out by a fertility centre but it explains things well - I’ve also read primary research and there are many studies supporting similar findings

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4156954/

I think it’s important to highlight this as I think it’s easy to feel a failure and hopeless when your gentlemen counts are in the single digits and you compare yourselves to gentlemen with counts in the double digits. The literature shows that even counts of <0.5 million can achieve pregnancy!!

My clinic cut off is 5 million and there seems to be an acceptance in the literature I’ve read that this is an acceptable number. My clinic is part of the national health service.

Baby dust to all ♥️