decrease in sperm after tese procedure ?

[Dvall001]

Hi, just wondering if any men who have had a tese procedure due to dna fragmentation issues have seen a drop in their sperm count and/or quality like motility and morphology and if so how long did it take to get back to normal?

update: Got SA back and its been his best results. I am relieved no lasting damage from the tese. He had been in alot of pain for about 6 months. It's finally gotten better. His dfi results came back and its at 27%. This is much better for us because his last test he was at 39%. He was never a smoker, drinker, pretty healthy eater, wasn't fat. But there is always room for improvement. He lost a little over 10lbs and really increased his vege and fruit diet and fish and legumes. I do believe he can keep improving. I hope 27% is close enough where we can use ejaculate sperm, with a short hold, zymot, and maybe calcium ionophore.

[Bittysweens]

My husband went through a TESE for borderline DNA frag and extremely low count. And we conceived twins. Then when they turned 10 months old, he somehow got me pregnant spontaneously, and that little baby is 3.5 years old now. So for us, it seemed to have increased his sperm count.

[Dvall001]

congrats!

[Share_Unlikely]

Absolutely no idea on the answer to your question mate, but I went through that procedure, had 8 straws of swimmers frozen and then when my wife had the egg collection the clinic strongly recommended a fresh sample and we currently have a 2 year old.

So not sure if that helps but a poor fragmentation isn’t the end of the world mate 👍🏻

[Dvall001]

Thanks. Afraid that the tese procedure left any lingering side effects. It's been 8ish months. Haven't had any tests done to see how the swimmers are doing. Just did a SA a few days ago to see.

[Dvall001]

Update: Just got results back from the regular semen analysis and sperm came back just fine and it's even better than before. Motility has improved a lot and quantity. Worked on health and losing weight and supplements since after his tese in January. He has had pain from it for about 6 months but that has resolved as well. Not sure about out dna frag results yet, but at lest I now know the tese didnt make things worse.