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What Does Sperm Motility-76% In Semen Analysis Suggest?
Hi me and my wife are try to have a baby.I have had a semen analysis and here is what it said days post coital >2 days. examined [post collection] 0.67hrs. volume 3.0 ml. viscosity moderate. liquefaction compete. non-specific agglutination < 10% .Motility 76%. Rapid progressive 13%. sluggish progressive 45%. non progressive18%. immotile 24%.Sperm count 68% times10^6 /ml.Ans the one i am worry about is Abnormal forms 68% .I had ask my doctor he said it is all good and i all so rang up symbion laverty pathology they are the people who did the testing and the man who did the testing said all is good to.Can you please sir are they right and can me and my wife have a baby.I am from Australia they may do the test different here. Thank you and i hope to hear back from you as i am worry about this
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Hi,
It is normal. Because we need only 4% morphologically normal sperm to conceive. So 68% abnormal doesn't matter.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. B. Radhakrishnan. Nair, OBGYN
It is normal. Because we need only 4% morphologically normal sperm to conceive. So 68% abnormal doesn't matter.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. B. Radhakrishnan. Nair, OBGYN
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