Make no mistake about it, having a low sperm count does indeed reduce your chances of getting pregnant.  In fact, having a low sperm count is one of the most common problems to affect a couple’s chances of getting pregnant.  Low sperm count is the most common male-factor fertility problem.  Other problems with sperm, such as low sperm motility and abnormal sperm tend to make up the rest of male factor infertility problems.  The good news is that, generally speaking, there is some form of treatment or another that should be able to increase your chances of getting pregnant, even when the man has a low sperm count.

It is very important to understand first what exactly is meant by having a low sperm count.  Sperm count is measured by counting the number of sperm in a certain volume of semen.  An average sperm count is between 40 and 300 million sperm per milliliter of semen.  A man is said to have a low sperm count if his sperm count is below 20 million sperm per milliliter of semen.  If your sperm count is below 20 million, the chances of getting pregnant are greatly impacted.

Fortunately, there are treatments available for getting pregnant with low sperm count.  It depends, of course, on what exactly is causing your low sperm count.  If your low sperm count is caused by excessive heat on the testicles, for example, just avoiding tight underwear, saunas, and hot tubs can increase your chances of getting pregnant.  If your low sperm count is caused by a nutritional deficiency, a nutritional supplement might do the trick.  In some cases, an illness or infection can cause a low sperm count.  Clearing up the illness or infection can usually increase your chances of getting pregnant.

In some cases, where less aggressive measures have failed to increase your chances of getting pregnant with low sperm count, there are more advance fertility treatments available.  ICSI and IVF, for example, are both used to help a couple with a low sperm count to get pregnant.

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