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[quote=Anonymous]I think it's a really crap shoot whether poor morphology will effect a man's fertility.   Like the previous poster, my husband had 2% morphology (in his case on about 4 different semen analyses).  His count and motility were always perfect (and in fact, count was very high).  My testing has always come out 100% normal and I was in my late 20's/early 30's at the time of the conception of our now 3 children.  
We tried for 2 years to conceive #1 (and 2 as we ended up having twins) and then did IVF with ICSI.  As predicted, I had a great response to the medications and we had a textbook cycle.  Created "perfect" embryos.

After this, tried another 2 years to have a 3rd child but never got pregnant naturally.  I would ovulate every month like clockwork, we'd have sex on every possible schedule and nothing ever happened.   Again, the only issue found on fertility testing was poor morphology.  Count and motility were well above average.  Did another cycle of IVF with ICSI (textbook results again).  Embryos looked spectacular.  We put one back and now have a singleton. 
So for us, poor morphology seems to have inhibited fertilization.   I think it depends how the sperm are misshapen.  If the defects are primarily on the head of the sperm, they may not be able to fertilize eggs.

I hope you find what works for you!

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