Have you tried fertilaid for your dh's count? It helped my dh count and morphology.
thanks everyone. We got the sperm manually but I did find out (from the results after the washing) that it really didint effect the count). My last IUI it was low and so was it this time. Crossing my fingers that it still was enough to work.....was only 5.
Saliva is a big no-no while trying to conceive as it can kill the sperm. Possibly you could get one of the collection condoms and do it through that?
From what I have read & also heard on other forums, saliva isn't good for sperm. I think it kills them but not sure to what extent. To be on the safe side, I would suggest not getting saliva "in the mix". Good- luck!
My instructions were always that it had to be obtained manually only. And no lotion, etc as well. Not so easy but I guess it has some effect. Good luck.
I have no idea if this can affect the specimen or not since they do wash it and spin it down but to be safe I would definnitely ask your Dr's office.