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fiances low testerone level...

ok so i have been going to the doctors with him and everything... he is only 20 years old and i need...

Posted by An_206305

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Low Motility now on antibiotics

I am asking this question for my husband and myself. My husband's latest SA results showed that his...

Posted by mommyofselah

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Can abstaining from orgasm effect fertility?

For personal reasons, I have decided to generally abstain from orgasming. My concern is that I might be...

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VASECTOMY REVERSAL W/ LOW SPERM COUNT???

So my Husband and I have been TTC since his VR in May 2010. The MD saw a lot of sperm on both tubes during...

Posted by yayamimi

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varicole surgery?

the DH and I have been TTC for FOREVER!! we've had several sa and its been determined that he is the issue. He...

Posted by rey_bug

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VItamin intake for Sperm count and motility issue

Hello, I recently had a semen analysis done and was told my count was low and my motility was slow. I...

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How to improve sperm morpholoy percentage

Hi all, I did SA and the result showed 6% normal morphology and 3% by kurger's criteria. All the other results...

Posted by jam7986

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Low Sperm Count

I'm a male and does masturbation a lot have anything to do with low sperm count? And would it have any...

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Only one dropped ball

One of my boyfriends balls has not dropped, he is 38 years old and I am wondering if this will negatively...

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varicocele and exercise

I have a varicocele in both sides (the right is very small), so I did a fertility test and it came back...

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Varicocele Recovey

Question: My husband had varicocele surgery in February 2010. He was placed on Clomid for approxiamtely 6...

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We both had a vasectomy & ligation. Now we want to...

What is our best option for conceiving? We are both planning on having it reversed. But we have also...

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Is it me or him?

I'm 32 and my husband is 37. 2 years ago we tried to get pregnant and I started feeling all the symptoms of...

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Testicular Hydrocele

I was diagnosed with hydrocele in my testicles today. I have been doing some reserarch on the internet about...

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Swelling of the testicles

Back in 1994 I fell into a man hole and hit my testicles, and partially ripped the sack holding them. They were...

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Low libido, PE, infertility and an unhappy sex lif...

Dear Doctor Since I got married about 3 years ago (I am 31), I have found my husband(age 38) to have low...

Posted by baasleim

Dear Doctor

Since I got married about 3 years ago (I am 31), I have found my husband(age 38) to have low libido and premature ejaculation which has hugely affected our sex life and caused me a lot of depression, anger, frustration and which has now resulted in a low libido and a dislike for sex myself.
On an average, we used to have intercourse twice a month which has come down to once in 45 days.My husband does say that he is interested in intercourse but this is what we end up having. Even if I played with him sexually until he had an erection, it never excited him enough to have intercourse and I have been thus rejected countless times. When we do have intercourse, he ejaculates right after penetration (within 1-4 few seconds), even if we do not concentrate on his genitals during foreplay. He also doesn't have much of an idea on how to sexually arouse a woman as he is not much of a reader, keeps his hands off my pubic area and so I end up with no orgasm but just a penetration. I do not masturbate either as it is against our religious ethics.I also do not like always having to tell him how he can arouse me. I would like him to know himself.
He has a lot of stress from work and his family and is generally the kind of person who gets tense quickly. I do not know how much of the stress he can control since many factors are beyond his control like his bad boss, the fact that his family does not support or approve his conversion of religion and the fact that his family is unaware of our marriage. I wouldn't be surprised if it was stress that was killing his sperms.. His work schedule also gives him no time for exercise. He also has never shown much interest in going to a urologist which is what worsened the situation. He is a very good person, kind, caring and pious, short-tempered too but is not the communicative type of guy and so I have been battling it out alone, got depressed myself and have lost interest of late. However, yesterday, he asked me to find a good urologist and book an appointment for him and that he wanted to finally do something about it.
My email is about 2 things, primarily our troubled sex life and secondarily conception. I wouldn't want to have children without straightening out the first problem. However, we have had unprotected sex so far. A year ago, I had done an ultrasound scan and found out that I had been ovulating normally and then my husband got his semen analyzed and we found out that he had a low sperm count (8million per ml) but more importantly an indeterminate liquefaction time. So I really do not know if IVF is going to work in this case as his sperms are of poor quality, but then I do not know if anything can be done to improve the quality of his sperms. He was also made to do a hematological analysis,bio-chemical analysis, TSH analysis, serological analysis (HSV 1&2 IGG, IgM, Anti-Chlamydia ab IgG) of blood; urine analysis, microbiological of urine and semen and a scrotal ultra sound & doppler - all came out normal and a minimal bilateral hydrocele was noted. My husband also did say that the physical characteristics of his semen has changed over the years in that, in his late teens, it used to be more gel-like and now its more of a fluid of a spreading nature.

Yesterday, I had another ultra sound scan done (13th day after onset of periods) and the gynec saw some PCOS and asked me to do further check-up between days 1 and 3 of my next periods and a hormonal check-up. I would be following up on that even though I do have regular periods.

Dear doctor, regarding our problem of my husband's lack of interest to have sex, whom do we need to consult? A urologist? A sexologist? A marriage counseller?

Secondly, can we do much about his infertility? When and by whom should we treat that? We do not have the financial means to undergo infertility treatments, however I would still like your advice and know our options.View Thread

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Is there an age range where male fertility decreas...

My husband and I have been talking about starting a family. We have some anxieties about becoming pregnant...

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my husband has had a vasectomy

Is there a way to get pregant from my husband without breaking the bank? We do not have a lot of money. We...

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Low sperm count

I have been having problems having a baby. We tried twice and my wife got pregnant. But, both the time we...

Posted by An_206298

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male fertility problems

My husband has low mobility, low mobility progressive, low concentration, and low morphology as shown on sperm...

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Nocturnal Emission

I am a 26 year old male and I am still experiencing nocturnal emissions, but they are not all the time...

Posted by An_206297

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Vasectomy reversal

I am dating a guy that is 42 and had a vasectomy about 4 years ago. I am 37 and have 3 healthy children from...

Posted by An_206296

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Poor sperm morphology and clomid

My husband (35yr old) had SA done and has 36% normal sperm with rest being abnormal (n.b.38% is amorphous)....

Posted by mrsrachie

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Problem ejaculating while having sex

Help, I am having a problem that really distresses me. You see over the past three months my wife and I have...

Posted by malkfan

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irregular shape reported on SA

So, my husband's results came back that the quantity and quality was fine (I didn't get #s), but that he has an...

Posted by dmr959

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Huge change in SA - why???

My husband had a SA back in June with a count of 204 ml total with 59.2ml motility. Not great, but not too...

Posted by binkieblues

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Y Chromosome Deletion question

Hello My Name is Michael, After almost 2 years of tryin to conceive with my wife, i get my bloodtests...

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any help with low sperm count

My husband and I have been having unprotected sex for as long as I can remember (5+ years)…I have never been...

Posted by An_206292

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Unprotected sex for years, never gotten anyone pre...

I'm a 29 year old male. I've been in many healthy long term(2-4 years) relationships since the time i was 14...

Posted by An_206291

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2 bad SA

My husband had two SA done, the first one was borderline ok in all areas, the second was done a month later...

Posted by amyl61853

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