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The Numbers

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4 8 15 16 23 42.

Ok.  That’s out of my system.

Stacie’s not the only one with ability to share TMI.  This post is all about my stats (I’m talking about semen… you know that’s required to make a baby, right? Don’t let it scare you.  Let it free you.).

From the chart below, you can tell we’ve been at this for a long time.  On May 22, 2008, I went to see a urologist specializing in male infertility.  He knew immediately that I had a bilateral varicocele (Which basically means varicose veins of the balls2) . He had me do two semen analysisesesS’s two months apart. Count was ok, but morphology (shape) was horrible. Not a normal looking one in the bunch, plus they were a little slow (motility) based on that first analysis.

SURGERY.

In September 2008, my doctor performed a bilateral varicocele repair. It was a success. Though my count has been fairly wonky (that is the scientific term) since, my morphology has greatly improved.  So really, I should be good to go.  What’s the hold up?

SAchart

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You had me at “4 8 15 16 23 42.”

  • Nice graph!

  • I found it helpful to look over the “stats” I actually studied the no’s. I appreciate the info. Thanks for sharing!

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