 [ Symptoms ] whats the medical term for when sperm swim backwords  in my husbands first marriage he was diagnosed with something to were his sperm swim back words they told him he could get it corrected but with surgery or is there a cheaper way for me to get pregnant like maybe say ivf or icsi i already have a son from a previous relationship [ Disease ] sperm do not swim backwards but a man can have a condition called retrograde ejaculations where semen goes into the bladder instead of the penis your husband should be carefully examined by a urologist and then you should both see a fertility specialist