Chinese traditional culture makes Chinese men have strong self-esteem. Among the people who come to consult about pregnancy preparation, expectant mothers are usually eager and cooperative in asking me to give them as much advice as possible. But once I talk to expectant fathers about how to ensure the quality of their sperm, they are often puzzled and embarrassed, as if asking them to improve their sperm quality has seriously hurt their self-esteem and made me doubt their sexual ability and fertility. .
If the expectant mother providing a healthy egg is the most critical step, then the expectant father providing a healthy sperm is equally important. In this article, let us discuss how to let expectant fathers provide the best sperm for our babies.
When it comes to healthy sperm, I still have to mention the friend who makes organic vegetables that I mentioned in the previous chapter. She has had many conversations with me about why the miscarriage rate is so high right now.
Once, she said to me: \”All things in the world and all living beings are really equal. This can be seen from the gestation of the next generation. Mother is the soil and half of the factors that provide healthy seeds. It occupies the position It is so important that everyone thinks that the failure or unsuccessful pregnancy is due to the mother. On the contrary, they ignore the more important half of the factors that the father plays for healthy seeds. And this half of the determinants of a healthy child The number of fertilized eggs is no less than that of the mother. Over the years, agriculture has attached great importance to the research of seeds, but many people have forgotten to emphasize how human beings determine their own seeds.\”
This lady said Metaphor: \”In agriculture, when we breed new varieties, we usually strictly select the father and mother. Whether the finally cultivated variety is excellent depends on analyzing the reasons for both the father and the mother. If the genes provided by the father themselves If the mother\’s body is not good, then no matter how good the mother\’s body is, it may affect the quality of the next generation of plants. If the quality of the father\’s body is very poor, it will be difficult for the next generation to successfully breed. Therefore, if the mother\’s body is compared to the soil that breeds the next generation, the fertilized egg If it wants to grow in this soil, then the father\’s body is the soul of the fertilized egg. Without a soul, the egg is useless no matter how strong it is. Just like a very good egg, if it has not been favored by the sperm, it can only be an egg. Laying an egg will not turn it into a chick. Therefore, without a father and without sperm, there will be no continuation of life.\”
What this lady said touched me deeply. I met this woman in the outpatient clinic. Visited a woman who was severely damaged physically and mentally.
I have a lot of outpatient patients, so I didn’t notice this patient the first few times. Then one time, it was only when he examined her that he saw the bruises on her body. It was almost dusk that day and there were no patients, so I asked about the situation carefully.
It turns out that this honest rural woman suffered severe domestic violence and discrimination because of two unsuccessful pregnancies. Her two pregnancies were terminated due to stillbirth, so she was labeled \”unlucky\” in the village. Because I was not responsible for the first two pregnancies, I asked her carefully about what happened before and after, and finally told her if she could ask her husband to come over for a checkup.
This woman is obviously very afraid of her husband\’s family: \”Doctor, I dare not tell him. Now if I say something wrong, he will beat me.\”
I sighed, Tell her: \”Domestic violence is illegal. Just say it was me and ask him to come over and cooperate with your treatment. Don\’t you just want a child? Talk to me carefully. As long as he comes to see me, I will always help you.\” I will try my best to help you have a baby.\” For patients in rural areas, general principles are of no use. Try to start from their actual needs.
A few days later, the woman did bring her husband. In fact, he was also an honest and honest rural man. I think his domestic violence was also an extreme step taken because he could not withstand the pressure of gossip in the village.
I first told him that whether or not she can conceive a child is not a matter for the wife alone. Just like farming, it requires the joint efforts of the land and the seeds.
He retorted me submissively: \”But she was pregnant. The family served her well and well, but she still tortured my baby to death. The seeds were sown on the ground, and seedlings grew. There is a lot of water, is it because of the ground?\”
I suddenly realized that this was also a very interesting man, so I followed his words and said: \”We all know that mules are a cross between a horse and a donkey. What kind of horse and donkey you choose directly determine the quality of the mule, not simply who gave birth to it. When you mate a mule, do you look for the strongest one for the mule? Dad?\”
\”That\’s true, but is she pregnant?\” He just repeated this sentence again and again.
\”So we need to find out the reason. Aren\’t mules also divided into horse mules and donkey mules? There is something wrong with a mule that is finally matched. Maybe the horse is bad, maybe the donkey is bad. ”
He opened his mouth and stopped talking.
I continued: \”Now you want a baby. Your parents want to have a grandson, right?\”
He nodded.
\”That\’s good. Now, the three of us have the same wish. So we first need to find out why the baby can\’t sit still? Let\’s check your sperm first. If your sperm is not Question, can we treat your wife specifically? She is not young anymore, can’t we all cooperate together?”
The rural man obviously had not heard such straightforward words, he blushed, After hesitating for a long time, I finally agreed.
The inspection results are the same as my basic judgment. This honest rural manIs an oligospermia patient. I analyzed the reason again. He is usually in good health, but he often stays up late playing mahjong with friends in the village. His life is very irregular and he is addicted to smoking. I prescribed a systematic treatment plan for them based on his situation.
In fact, such cases are not uncommon, but they are generally concentrated among urban white-collar workers, such as those who work overtime all year round and have high work pressure, while there are relatively few cases in rural areas. In 1980, the World Health Organization\’s semen analysis standards showed that the sperm density of a normal male should be 60 million per milliliter. Today, the normal male sperm density has dropped to 20 million/ml. In other words, in 30 years, the male sperm density standard has shrunk three times.
Good sperm and excellent eggs are the most basic foundation for creating a human being. If the man\’s sperm quality is poor, his sperm count is low, his sperm motility is poor, and there are many malformations, it will lead to poor embryo quality, miscarriage, stillbirth, fetal malformations, and the probability of premature birth will be much higher than normal.
However, oligospermia and weak sperm are often ignored by patients, because most of these patients will only develop problems after pregnancy, and according to traditional Chinese concepts, they will be regarded as Work is the reason why women\’s \”land\” is not good. One of the reasons that is most easily overlooked is that maybe the man\’s sperm count is basically normal during premarital and pregnancy check-ups, but during the process of pregnancy preparation, the sperm count is affected by various adverse factors. At this time, people will Target innocent women.
Having said this, I remembered something my daughter told me a few days ago. A girl in her daughter\’s work unit lost her pregnancy inexplicably after becoming pregnant. In order to get pregnant again smoothly, she went to a pre-pregnancy clinic for consultation. As a result, I met another patient who had suffered three miscarriages. She told her daughter’s colleague: “I always treated her as if it was my problem and took a lot of medicine, but in the end I didn’t retain any of them. This time, the doctor was very experienced and suggested My husband came for a checkup, and it was found that he had low sperm. Because he works in IT, often works overtime, and is exposed to servers. Now it seems that he should be the reason for my having so many miscarriages. In fact, it was our first pregnancy. I also had a pre-pregnancy check before, and he was fine at the time. Later, he kept traveling on business, which delayed it. It took a while to have a baby, but who knew that there would be problems with the quality of the sperm.\”
My daughter\’s My colleague was very worried at the time and asked my daughter to ask me whether she should also ask her husband to check. Her husband had been traveling intensively and working overtime recently, and he was seriously sleep deprived. After asking, I felt that even if I don’t check, I should take good care before getting pregnant again.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that \”kidneys store essence and govern reproduction\” in the human body. Oligoasthenozoospermia is mostly caused by insufficient kidney qi, deficiency of both qi and blood, dampness and heat, qi stagnation and blood stasis. Insufficient congenital endowment, long-term illness and kidney damage, improper sexual intercourse, etc. will all lead to kidney qi damage in men, resulting in a reduction in sperm count.
The time from sperm appearance to death is only 3 months. Therefore, even if the sperm quality was very good,There is no guarantee that pregnancy will be healthy. Therefore, expectant fathers should pay more attention to the process of pregnancy preparation than expectant mothers, because during the process of pregnancy preparation, all living habits and natural environment will have an impact on sperm.
So, what kind of sperm is healthy? Sperm quality is closely related to fertility status. The analysis of sperm quality cannot be determined solely from the semen indicator. A comprehensive analysis of multiple indicators should be conducted. Commonly used indicators to evaluate semen quality include the following.
Semen volume: Refers to the volume of semen ejected in one ejaculation. The normal amount should be more than or equal to 2 ml. If it is more than 8 ml, it is too much. At this time, not only the sperm density becomes lower, but also it is easy to flow out of the female vagina, resulting in a decrease in the total number of sperm, which is common in patients with seminal vesiculitis. If the total volume is less than 2 ml, the semen volume is small, which may easily lead to infertility.
Color: The normal color of semen is off-white or slightly yellow. After liquefaction, it becomes translucent milky white. It may appear slightly light yellow in those who have not ejaculated for a long time. If the semen appears yellow-green, it indicates that there may be inflammation in the male reproductive tract or accessory sex glands (such as prostatitis and seminal vesiculitis); if the semen is red (including bright red, light red, dark red or soy sauce color), it is highly suspected that the semen contains Blood (hemospermia), which can be diagnosed as hematospermia if it contains a large number of red blood cells, is common in patients with accessory sex glands and posterior urethral inflammation, and occasionally in patients with tuberculosis or tumors.
Liquefaction time: Semen is in a gel state when it is first discharged from the body. After a period of time, it turns into a liquid state. This process is called liquefaction. Liquefaction time is the time it takes for newly discharged semen to change from a gel to a free-flowing state. At room temperature, normal semen specimens are completely liquefied within 60 minutes. If the semen is still not liquefied after 30 minutes of discharge, it is abnormal. The liquefaction of semen requires the participation of a series of proteolytic enzymes. If the semen is not liquefied or is not completely liquefied, the motility of the sperm can be inhibited, thereby reducing the woman\’s chance of pregnancy.
Viscosity: Use a glass rod to touch the liquefied semen, and after gently lifting it, semen strands will form. If the semen is normal, the semen length should be less than 2 cm, otherwise it is considered abnormal.
Acidity and alkalinity (pH value): Semen is weakly alkaline, with a pH value of 7.2 to 7.8.
Sperm density (concentration): The normal sperm count should exceed 20 million/ml.
Sperm motility:The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that sperm motility be divided into four levels based on the movement speed of sperm: Level A, active forward movement, rapid linear movement; Grade B, moderate forward movement; Grade C, sperm swinging in place; Grade D, inactive. However, the new version of the WHO experimental manual is based on the sperm motility function.According to their different abilities, regardless of the speed of sperm movement, sperm can be simply divided into PR type (Progressive, forward movement), NP type (Non-progressive, non-forward movement), and IM type (Immotility, completely immobile).
Sperm morphology: Abnormal sperm refers to sperm with abnormal shape. Due to changes in inspection standards, its percentage should be below 30% (according to the fourth edition) or 96% (according to the fifth edition). If the abnormality rate exceeds the above standards, it is an abnormal phenomenon and is called highly abnormal sperm, which may affect fertility.
This article is provided by Baidu Reading. It is excerpted from \”Very Good Pregnancy: You Can Get Pregnant by Doing This\” Author: Yu Yue\’e