Husband has fever do we cancel the cycle?

[Jmfl]

Hi everyone,

We’re three days into our injections and my husband is ill and has a fever, I have not caught what he has (touch wood). We’re doing ICSI and his numbers aren’t great, all below range besides morphology. Do we cancel everything or does anyone have a similar experience and can share. Many thanks xx

[JA-fnuk Partner Nurse Fertility Network UK]

Might be an idea to ask your clinic this question as they know your history But as a rule this is more likely to affect his sperm results in 3 months as men make sperm in 3 monthly cycles

Take care

Janet-Partner

[soccerkt6]

Hi lovely,

If it were me I would cancel the cycle. The fever will likely fry all the sperm currently in production so when he gives his sample in ~week's time, those sperm will have been affected. There is, of course, the chance that everything will be fine, but given that you're already dealing with male factor it's not something I would want to risk.

As Janet said, it takes 3 months for sperm to develop, so you'd want to delay your next cycle for 3-4 months to make sure you get a good batch of sperm.

Sorry, I'm sure that's not what you want to hear.

xx

[Endofitall]

I’m so sorry. Awful stress. We ended up doing a back up freeze sample for DH as he has to travel a lot with work and always seemed to pick something up at the wrong time. It took the stress out in future cycles that we knew if we couldn’t use a fresh sample we had the frozen sperm to use. Sending hugs

[Jmfl]

Hi everyone!

Thank you all for your responses. We have spoken to our doctor and the best course of action is to postpone this cycle and wait for a 4-6 week window where he is clear of any fever/Covid. Our andrologist said there’s a new study out proving that 12-18 hour abstinence window will produce less sperm but it’ll be better quality and if doing ICSI (due to grade 1- 2 varicocele). So waiting and proceeding with shorter abstinence period is the way forward. 👍