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**thiswillbe**
So I think that sperm count numbers are confusing (or can be) because the numbers can be translated several different ways. On the day of my IUI I was told we had 13.1 million swimmers ready to go. I was happy with that. Yesterday when I asked for the specs the nurse said the donor had 25% motility. My heart sank for a second as I thought...geez that's only 3 million good swimmers. Well she quickly explained that the 13.1 million was the 25%. So originally my guy had over 50 million, but they spun it (post-wash) at the REs office to just get the good swimmers and came up with 13.1 million. Does that make sense? I think I'm finally getting it.
I was going to page you and ask whether your numbers might be figured the same way. Maybe you're 10million+ were all the good swimmers. Not just 35% of those. No?
Re: **thiswillbe**
This makes my brain hurt and I feel clueless starting this process.
Did you guys read books on this or simply ask lots of questions?
I'm a little overwhelmed and uneducated.
I read the usual suspects...TCOYF, The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians, etc, etc. But a lot of it has come from asking questions of both my RE and IRL friends (straight couples) who have gone through infertility treatments. And I still feel clueless a lot but I just keep asking more questions.
I think the books are a huge help. I have the Bla Bla Bla Lesbian Getting Knocked Up Guides written by Stephanie Brill and Rachel Pepper (2 different books). I really think they are worth buying. You don't have to read/learn it all at once, you can just check out the chapters one step at a time (like - right now I am immersed in ovulation tracking, since that's where we're at, and I don't really need to start getting in depth on sperm counts yet).
And then of course asking lots of questions of whatever healthcare provider you are working with too.
sahm ~ toddler breastfeeder ~ cloth diaperer ~ baby wearer
no worries, you'll learn it all when the time is right. I havent read any of the books and we're still muddling along just fine
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Two*-- I do think that the 12 million we had was the actual number that were ready to go. That 12 million was 35% of the total 33.5 million in the vial. After googling a bit, I am less concerned about the % (12 million sounded so low since I've heard of 23 million+ on bfp cycles, but I guess that's maybe the exception rather than the rule).
I'm still a little worried about the progression, but not enough for us to find a new donor for this cycle. I found this site that explains progression, and according to their explanation of progression scores our donor's swimmers were "slow and undirected." We're waiting to see how this next sample is then reassess if necessary. Depending on which sample they thawed last time, we might be using a sample from a different "donation" this time around-- the new vial we purchased this cycle was donated on the same date as one of our first two vials, but I don't yet know which vial (the same-date one or the different-date one) they used last time. Ack! So much to keep track of!!
IUI #3 gave us the best 2nd anniv. gift ever: 2 babies! (born 03/09/10)
Peanut and Little Man are getting so big! 2 years old already!
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