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Info on male factor that I didn't realize:

"Sperm may lack the ability to fertilize an egg for one of a number of reasons:

Count: Contrary to what you were told at school, it actually takes a minimum of between half and one million healthy, rapidly-motile sperm to fertilise a single egg. This equates roughly to a post-wash count of five to seven million sperm per ml. This is because sperm work together to navigate their way through the inhospitable environment of the female reproductive tract. It's physcially impossible for a single sperm to make a successful journey all by itself. So much for "it only takes one"."

Ain't that lovely??? :/

I had my second acupuncture appointment today. I've been sick the past couple of days (either the flu or food poisoning...) so I was afraid I wouldn't get to go but I made it. I had a hard time actually relaxing throughout it but it was still good and I came home with some herbs to start taking.

Oddly enough, my acupuncturist shares an office with a branch of the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine (who had the first IVF program in the US and who did our sperm washes for our IUIs). Today while I was waiting, I noticed a flier letting people know that if you are considering IVF, the Jones Institute is holding clinical trials to try a new drug. You get all study medications, study-related visits/exams and partial reimbursement for the IVF procedure. Hmm...