Dr. Malpani (in Bombay, India) also has a great website with lots of info. Who knows, if we end needing multiple rounds of IVF, we may end going there (@ a few grand a pop and family to stay with).
From his site... "Ideally, a good sperm should have a regular oval head, with a connecting mid-piece and a long straight tail. If too many sperms are abnormally shaped (round heads; pin heads; very large heads; double heads; absent tails) this may mean the sperm are abnormal and will not be able to fertilise the egg."
Pictures of sperm with abnormal heads and necks from here.
Mayo weighs in on outcomes..."If pregnancy does occur, having abnormal sperm morphology doesn't increase the risk of having a child with birth defects."
Treatments vary based on the cause, which is sometimes difficult to determine.
It could be a varicocele. Treatment of these is common but controversial.
Still waiting to hear back from my RE on our new news, but my lap is scheduled for August 9th. I guess Dr. Tu only does surgery on Mondays. So much for minimizing my time off of work that week. Thinking maybe we'll take the next week off to go to the Cape.
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