A tubal ligation, also know as getting your “tubes tied,” is a common sterilization technique that many women choose. Having your tubes tied closes the fallopian tubes, through cutting, burning, or blocking with clips, bands, or rings. This blocking keeps the egg from traveling from the ovary to the uterus. In addition, it prevents sperm [...]
Sperm motility refers to the way in which the sperm has an ability to move forward through the reproductive tract, by swimming through the vagina, passing by the cervix, and arriving finally at the fallopian tubes where it has the potential to fertilize an egg. Sperm motility is measured by your health care provider as [...]
When we think about fertility problems, we most often tend to think of the various problems that women face in terms of fertility. However, the fact of the matter is that things are rather equitable, statistically speaking, when it comes to male and female fertility. Around 40% of the time, fertility problems are due to [...]
Problems with sperm motility can be very frustrating. The fact of the matter is that, in many cases, a man may never know exactly why he has low sperm motility. In addition, the solution to low sperm motility is often a complex fertilization procedure, such as ICSI. The good news for the man with low [...]
Low sperm motility, while it is not the most common of the possible causes of male factor infertility, can be one of the most frustrating causes of male factor infertility. Sperm motility refers to a measurement of how the man’s sperm are moving. It measures, as a percentage of the total sperm, how many sperm [...]
Having low sperm motility, which is a low percentage of sperm that are moving forward and at a pace fast enough that they can live through the entire journey on the way to fertilize an egg, is a relatively common cause of male fertility problems. While it is not as common to have a problem [...]
Having a low sperm count can be an extremely frustrating condition. Because of the many factors that can contribute to having a low sperm count, medically trying to address a low sperm count can often be a long and complicated process. In the end, medicine does not always provide a positive answer, either. Fortunately, there [...]
Low sperm motility can be one of the most frustrating fertility problems that a man can experience. While other problems, such as a variciole, may be address through surgical or medical means, there just are not yet many, effective and proven medical answers to low sperm motility. The bad news is, of course, taht there [...]
Homeopathic medicines are one way that many people have found to treat a variety of illnesses and conditions. In a very basic sense, homeopathic medicine relies on using small doses of the cause of a problem to actually solve the problem itself. This is loosely based on the same idea that is behind vaccinations, where [...]
Low sperm motility can severely impact a couple’s ability to conceive. Sperm motility refers to the rate and which sperm move “forward” after conception, up through the fallopian tubes where they can fertilize an egg. If sperm motility is low, especially if sperm motility is extremely low, a couple will not be able to conceive. [...]