86 million in 2018. 0.65 million in 2022. Then the verdict.
In 2018 my semen analysis showed 86.08 million sperm per mL. Four years later it was 0.65 million. In November 2023 it was 6.63 million, and 87% of what was there didn't move. The diagnosis had a long name: oligoasthenozoospermia.
"At your age, there's not much we can do."
If you're reading this, you've probably heard some version of that sentence. Your numbers might not look like mine. The feeling underneath them usually does.
The verdict
You hand over a sample. Someone hands you back a number and a shrug. Age, they say, only goes one way.
The failed IVF
We had five blastocysts and transferred four. Each time we waited for the beta result, and each time it was a no. Over time, that cycle of hope and disappointment took a heavy toll on my wife.
The shame
After seeing those results I felt like "less of a man." Then you're sent to the waiting room while your partner carries the rest. Nobody gives you anything to do.
I decided I wasn't going to sit in that waiting room. I wanted a plan with inputs I could control and a number that would tell me the truth. The 50 Protocol is that plan, written down so you can run it too.






