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maybeamommy
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Morphology vs. Abnormal Morphology... and other questions!
Is there a difference?
I am confused about these two terms.
On our results sheet for DH's SA, it says:
Abnorm Morphology: 4% [Reference Range = 0-10]
Our RE said he likes to see 14%.
I'm just confused! When we first saw the SA, we didn't think morphology was an issue since it was in the reference range - but can someone explain what these numbers mean?
Thank you!
Our RE said he'd consider us "slighltly MF." but really unexplained. (HSG = normal, CD 3 b/w = normal, but elevated AMH meaning high ovarian reserves, normal ovulation on my own)
Also - we are doing injectables with IUI. Will this help? How many cycles would you do before moving onto IVF?
Thank you!
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dm24angel
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Re: Morphology vs. Abnormal Morphology... and other questions!
That morph is very low. My Dh;s is also 4% and we have MF. He saw a Male infertility urologist to rule out anything controllable. We still did IUI's though.
I think the 0-10 range is for the low? I dont know actually but I have heard 14 or better is best.
Wait? does it mean 4% are abnormal?
Im confused? My dh has 4% normal.
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Kissy331
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Re: Morphology vs. Abnormal Morphology... and other questions!
Hmm, I know on our SA's it says Morphology & not Abnormal...If I was reading it with the abnormal, I would think it would be 4% abnormal & 96% good.
In any case, we are MF IF & DH has a morphology of 2%. He too went to a fertility urologist to rule out anything we could. We did discover he had low testosterone, so he is on Clomid.
We did 2 IUI's with me on Clomid & they didn't take. Our RE told us IVF is the best thing for us bc they can bypass the MF with ICSI. So we are moved forward this cycle.
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| Posted 10/29/08 12:04 PM |
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maybeamommy
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Re: Morphology vs. Abnormal Morphology... and other questions!
Posted by dm24angel
That morph is very low. My Dh;s is also 4% and we have MF. He saw a Male infertility urologist to rule out anything controllable. We still did IUI's though.
I think the 0-10 range is for the low? I dont know actually but I have heard 14 or better is best.
Wait? does it mean 4% are abnormal?
Im confused? My dh has 4% normal.
This is exactly why I'm confused!
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mishmosh
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Re: Morphology vs. Abnormal Morphology... and other questions!
Blog Article
I remember searching for info when DH's SA showed 4% morphology. This article/blog came up and it was the most practical information I found about the issue.
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LaurenExp
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Re: Morphology vs. Abnormal Morphology... and other questions!
Posted by mishmosh
Blog Article
I remember searching for info when DH's SA showed 4% morphology. This article/blog came up and it was the most practical information I found about the issue.
Wow, that was really interesting. DH's came back at 4% too...
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mishmosh
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Re: Morphology vs. Abnormal Morphology... and other questions!
It made me feel a lot better reading it! I'm sick of searching for info and having the same generic, textbook information come up. I liked that this guy is a doctor and pretty much spoke from experience and said the average was 4-6% and gave a practical, common sense reason for it.
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DRMom
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Re: Morphology vs. Abnormal Morphology... and other questions!
my DH's was 4 on the morning of our IVF and you know my outcome
ETA we did not do ICSI we did do assisted hatching
Message edited 10/29/2008 6:50:58 PM.
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maybeamommy
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Re: Morphology vs. Abnormal Morphology... and other questions!
Posted by mishmosh
It made me feel a lot better reading it! I'm sick of searching for info and having the same generic, textbook information come up. I liked that this guy is a doctor and pretty much spoke from experience and said the average was 4-6% and gave a practical, common sense reason for it.
Thanks for the article.
I'm still not really understanding though what is meant by 4% abormal morphology. In my mind, I felt like that would mean 96% were normal! But I guess not
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dm24angel
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Re: Morphology vs. Abnormal Morphology... and other questions!
Posted by maybeamommy
Posted by mishmosh
It made me feel a lot better reading it! I'm sick of searching for info and having the same generic, textbook information come up. I liked that this guy is a doctor and pretty much spoke from experience and said the average was 4-6% and gave a practical, common sense reason for it.
Thanks for the article.
I'm still not really understanding though what is meant by 4% abormal morphology. In my mind, I felt like that would mean 96% were normal! But I guess not
You wont know I dont think...so I would ask. Call and ask a nurse or to have the Dr. Call you back so you know for sure 
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