Male Fertility Awareness

Male Fertility Health DIGenea genea.com.au f /geneafertility @geneafertility WORLD LEADING FERTILITY The sperm The pituitary gland is responsible for producing LH and FSH which prompts the male testes to produce sperm and stimulate spermatogenesis. Interestingly FSH is the hormone responsible for nurturing the egg in females. Through computational modelling it has been estimated that the DNA information in a single sperm contains capacity for 35MB of data. On this basis, the average ejaculation contains: 1,500TB 1.5PB ot data or the capacity for Sperm were discovered in 1677 by Dutchman Antony van Leeuwenvbhoek. 10 billion Facebook photos. (At the start of 2013, there were only 240 billion on Facebook.) The term sperm is derived from the Greek word "sperma" meaning seed Sperm counts According to the World Health Organisation an average male produces 1.5 ml of ejaculate approximately the equivalent of Sperm is the smallest cell in the human body. The egg is the largest cell in the human body ½ teaspoon An immature sperm is called a spermatid. On average semen analysis shows that sperm represents only approximately Sperm motility 10% of the total volume. 40% 15 million/ml The minimum percentage of sperm cells moving in a sperm sample to be considered normal. The minimum number of sperm needed to have what is considered the best chance of pregnancy. 0000- Sperm swim in both a straight line and in a corkscrew manner progressively. Studies found that men with a history of disturbed sleep have lower sperm counts by 29% Sperm morphology 15% 4% The minimum number of normally shaped sperm your sample needs to be considered normal, of men with very low or absent sperm counts suffer from micro deletions, a phenomenon where the Y chromosome is missing key genetic information. ICSI (Intra-cytoplasmic Sperm Injection) If a male has poor morphology (sperm with non-normal shape), poor motility (movement), or low sperm counts, IVF alone may not prove successful. In this instance a procedure called ICSI may be utilised. Sperm cells This assisted reproductive technique is more often used to overcome male infertility. Other cells in the body Sperm (Haploid) cell KININAOT !!! 23 chromosome pairs Under this procedure sperm are literally inserted into the egg by scientists. 23 chromosomes 18.5-24.9 Body Mass This is what is considered the ideal and normal range for your Body Mass Index (BMI). If you and your partner are trying to fall pregnant, it is important you try and stay within this range as studies have found improvements in sperm quality for males with a BMI within this range. Index