Dear Peter
I contacted you in September about tests prior to starting icsi (I'm 35, dh is 38 1 nat pg last yr ended in missed misc at 9 wks, 2 sperm tests revealed male factor).
Further to your advice I wrote to my clinic asking for results for white cell count, antibody and morphology. I also asked about sperm DNA frag test.
It has taken a month to get a reply which is:
white cell normal
morphology - don't know as too few to test (sperm <100,000 per ml)
antibody - this is not relevant to conception or miscarriage, so no need to test
DNA frag - not routine, only research tool, and won't tell us if more likely to misc with husband's sperm anyway
They don't feel it is worth us having any further tests prior to tx. Suggest I start on day 2 protocol to have 1 tx before Christmas (is this better/worse than day 21?)
Clinic are friendly and helpful and have very good reputation as far as I can tell and good results. Are we being 'fobbed off' or should we just get on with it
Any advice woud be a great help.
Thanks, Peter.
Imogen and David.
I contacted you in September about tests prior to starting icsi (I'm 35, dh is 38 1 nat pg last yr ended in missed misc at 9 wks, 2 sperm tests revealed male factor).
Further to your advice I wrote to my clinic asking for results for white cell count, antibody and morphology. I also asked about sperm DNA frag test.
It has taken a month to get a reply which is:
white cell normal
morphology - don't know as too few to test (sperm <100,000 per ml)
antibody - this is not relevant to conception or miscarriage, so no need to test
DNA frag - not routine, only research tool, and won't tell us if more likely to misc with husband's sperm anyway
They don't feel it is worth us having any further tests prior to tx. Suggest I start on day 2 protocol to have 1 tx before Christmas (is this better/worse than day 21?)
Clinic are friendly and helpful and have very good reputation as far as I can tell and good results. Are we being 'fobbed off' or should we just get on with it
Any advice woud be a great help.
Thanks, Peter.
Imogen and David.