A sperm count is a way to measure the number of good, viable sperm that are able to reproduce within your semen. A sperm count is something that has to be done by your doctor or by your fertility specialist, and isn’t something you can typically do on your own. While a sperm count is just one of many possible different things that are measured when your sperm is being tested by your fertility specialist, it’s important to understand that the largest percentage of male factor fertility problems are due to a low sperm count.

But, what exactly is a low sperm count, and what’s considered regular? According to the World Health organization, there are some specific statistics that should apply to your sperm for it to have a normal sperm count:

• There should be, at a minimum, 20 million spermatozoa per ml.
• When testing, you should have at least 2 ml of semen.
• Of the spermatozoa in your semen, at least 75 percent should be alive.

There are other measurements that the World Health Organization recommends for regular sperm. For example, they say that at least 30 per cent of the spermatozoa should be of normal shape and form, at least 25 per cent of the spermatozoa should be swimming with rapid forward movement, and at least 50 per cent of the spermatozoa should be swimming forward, even if only sluggishly.

Understand, however, that a regular sperm count will often be much higher than these minimum numbers. Many men will average somewhere between 40 million sperm and 300 million sperm per ml.

Plenty of different things can keep you from having a regular sperm count. From smoking to nutritional deficiencies to exposure to heavy metals or varicocleles, these things can interfere with your ability to conceive. If that’s the case, you may find some hope through aggressive fertility treatments.

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