Has your hubby had a SA tests done?

Hi there... my understanding is that in Tauranga they dont do specific tests as my husbands tests came back ok (so we thought...) until we got referred to fert assoc in hamilton and within the hour we were told he had antisperm antibodies - why didnt we have this confirmed in tga????? We had no idea at all - my husband had a vasectomy reversal and we were told all ok... but in actual fact was not! The only way now is IVF for us because of this...
I would definitely recommend a thorough test if possible.. still cant work out why this was not tested for us before?? hmmmmm.

The SA you get done through the standard labs (as in Diagnostic Medlab) will only give you basic information (count, motility, morphology etc) and even then their results tend to be more optomistic than the fertility specialists (simply because, as it was explained to us, they don't necessarily write off things that should be written off), they don't test for antibodies etc. Fertility Associates (or presumably Fertility Plus) run the SA through their own labs and look at things much, much more indepth. The cost through FA when we had this done was around $90, and the result was quite different to the DIagnostic Medlab result. The difference is that FA are dealing with semen/sperm and issues all the time and they know exactly what they are looking for.

ETA - Purple Dragon, getting the tests done through your GP is likely, unfortunately, a bit of a waste of time. If I was you, I'd fork out and get them done through FA or F+ - it is definitely worth it!

Edited by ginger

Yup Ginger is right. We also had clear sperm tests post vas-reversal through our GP, but as soon as Fert Associates sent us for tests the antibodies were discovered.