Dealing with azoospermia?

[deafgal01]

good luck Step mummy!

Snd- thanks so much!

He will be seeing the regular family dr this coming Thursday about the blood pressure to get it checked out. I think it's fascinating that dentists can tell something's up with your health just by looking at your teeth and gums. Now I know the same can be applied to eyes. So cool. (not cool when there's a health issue to be aware about but still pretty neat). I'm just curious what types of stuff will have to be done- meds, diet change, etc. to help lower it. At this point, I'm just going to guess it's genetic related since there's family history of having high blood pressure but yeah it'll not hurt to figure out if it's related to all the meds he's taking recently or if it's just from genetics.

 

[silverbell]

Snd - I'm soooooo excited for you! Wow, what a result! Let us know how you get on. Good luck x x x

rdleela - glad you got some answers and finally got to speak to somebody who knows what they're talking about. 2 to 3 months seems like a lifetime, but I know I speak for all of us here when I say it's a short time in the long scheme of things and it all sounds so promising and very much like what most of us dream of. That sounds weird to put it like that, but I hope you know what I mean!

CanadianMaple - that sounds lovely about the camper van. We all need to treat ourselves while going through all of this, I agree Not long to go now!

Step Mummy - good luck this cycle!

deafgal - I hope your DH gets some answers soon about his eyes.

 

[Stinas]

Step Mummy - fx!! I hope this one is it for you!!!

This time next week I will hopefully have more answers! I hope it goes by fast!

 

[CanadianMaple]

Stinas- Your appointment is in a week! I hope yours goes well. It's so hard not to wish time away, but at this point, I just want time to fly!

Angela- I hope you have better luck with this new donor. I had read somewhere that usually all it takes is a new donor and you get your BFP. I hope that happens for you this try! Keep us updated!

rdleela- Our summers are so short, it really makes sense to get out on the weekends. Our old one sells tomorrow and we'll be taking home the new one in about a week. We needed something like this to look forward to!

deafgal01- If it is a chronic high BP situation, I am glad they caught it now and hope it can be controlled easily. It's hard having more worry/stress on our plates with everything else going on.

Can anyone believe it's May? For months and months, I figured we would see the urologist in May. I'm so relieved to flip the calendar over.

 

[rdleela]

rdleela - glad you got some answers and finally got to speak to somebody who knows what they're talking about. 2 to 3 months seems like a lifetime, but I know I speak for all of us here when I say it's a short time in the long scheme of things and it all sounds so promising and very much like what most of us dream of. That sounds weird to put it like that, but I hope you know what I mean!

lol, I know what you mean! I am so VERY lucky to still have a chance to have DH's biological child, and even the possibility to TTC naturally again after all of this! I will have to do a better job of reminding myself of that fact...I am such an impatient girl, and this must be my BIG lesson in life...I am a planner so deep in my soul, and not having "dates" booked drives me nuts! So it's been so tough to not go completely crazy through all of this. I am going to focus on being much more positive about our current situation and getting through this (hopefully) last leg!

And good luck, StepMummy!

 

[CanadianMaple]

I do so much better when I have dates circled on the calendar. I think that's why I struggled so much while waiting for the genetic tests to come in. It would have helped me mentally if they would have just booked something 3 months ahead.

 

[Stinas]

One more week! FINALLY! I am just praying for some sort of answers and testing asap!
Lets get moving!...we have waited long enough. Waiting sucks!

 

[rdleela]

I do so much better when I have dates circled on the calendar. I think that's why I struggled so much while waiting for the genetic tests to come in. It would have helped me mentally if they would have just booked something 3 months ahead.

TOTALLY agree!!

 

[silverbell]

rdleela - it's weird how many of us ladies on here are planners. I struggled myself not having dates. Once I had dates in place I could relax a bit and the wait didn't seem as bad because you knew where you stood and the date was getting closer each day. Yes, you're definitely very lucky indeed and it all sounds very promising for you, which is fabulous.

Stinas - I'm sure the next week will fly by.

snd - thinking of you today

 

[deafgal01]

CanadianM- I agree, glad they caught it now rather than later. Somehow I think I know it's not chronic though because there's a family history of high blood pressure but it's not bad enough yet- it's in the pre-diag stage so I think we can still pull out preventive measures and change some things in his diet/lifestyle to bring the pressure down. It's not that HIGH yet- last time he checked this week at a store, it was more than 120 over 85.

Totally agree with you on the waiting part. It kills me to wait for our bfps. It makes us stronger but the "getting there" part just seems so far away sometimes. There are days I feel closer to the goal and then there are other days I "lose" hope.

Ironically, during a conversation with one girlfriend tonight- she has no idea what the issue is since I told her I wasn't allowed to discuss it but that infertility is playing a role in it. She asked me how it has affected my relationship with Zach... If the infertility's hurting our relationship or not. Honestly I told her, I'm surprised it's made our relationship stronger. Seems for many of us in this group, this is only another "barrier" to climb over together with our men.

I hope to see many more bfps in this group soon, very soon from these of you undergoing ivf or any other method to get pregnant. I get so emotionally excited for you ladies when I find out you get your long awaited bfp finally. When it's any other lady (especially ones I know in real life) and I find out via fb, it makes the reality of this so much harder for me to bear at times. I don't feel the same joy for them as I do for you ladies because I get jealous that they have it "so easy", but you know what? We got it good even though it's harder for us- at least we can say, hey we're going into this together, we'll get out this together and in the time waiting together, we build up on the relationship thru both bad and good times. I look at them, and they have no idea how difficult things are getting for them- one is unmarried and very young just fresh out of high school. The other I know of, she's on her third pregnancy and always complaining about her relationship with her husband.

You ladies rock. Keep up the hoping and supporting each other. We will all get to that point where we can celebrate each and every bfp we get to see in here. We are going to be "success" stories for any infertility couples still struggling out there.

 

[silverbell]

Lovely post, deafgal.

Couldn't agree more

 

[MJ73]

Agree, beautiful post DG

Well girls, we have had a wee bit of good news today. They found DH's other testicle!!! I know this might sound funny to those of you who's DH have two, but for us, with this cancer thing hanging over our head this is huge news! They said that the reason it hasn't been found is that it is just up in the groin, not in the abdomen as undescended testicles often are. It is also of a reasonable size, only one cm smaller than the other one. And it has reasonable blood flow to the area so may well even be producing a few spermies. It could even mean that they have another testicle from which to retrieve sperm. He would have to have an op to have it brought down, but they may be able to use it to find sperm. I had a bit of cry in the ultrasound room when they found it, as it was just not in our options that they may find it at all, let alone find one that was reasonably healthy. The other good news we had was that the radiology Dr said, that while cancer is one of his options he thinks the dark spot on the ultrasound may be scar tissue or an infected heomatoma (sp?) from our IVF treatments. So, while we have to wait 2 more weeks to see the urologist we feel that we can relax a bit as it may not be cancer.

So, SO happy for SND Happy your body is co-operating. You're a beautiful girl xx

 

[SunUp]

Deafgal, you are so right! I believe we will all be success stories and maybe the next 'round' of those diagnosed with azoo will come here and get so much hope!

I totally agree about being excited for everyone on this site and not so much those that i know personally - It just seems so many people take children for granted. It doesn't help that I see that a lot in my job. But I am so excited for everyone here that when BFPs happen I am actually happy!

Great news, MJ! So glad you can relax some.

Afm, I am on day 3 of clomid today and I go in for monitoring next tuesday, so I am keeping my fingers crossed. I kind of feel weird being on clomid, as I feel I ovulate on my own pretty well, and this is really the first time of our 'trying' for real, if you know what I mean.... But I wasn't going to say no, I mean the RE knows what he is doing, I just hope that it really does work.

 

[deafgal01]

MJ that is great!!!!

 

[Step Mummy]

MJ, I am sorry to hear you are having such a tough time, as if trying for a baby is not tough enough you have had other scares to deal with too.

Great news that you have had something positive, FX for you that everything turns out ok.

 

[rdleela]

GREAT NEWS, MJ! Oh, I am crossing my fingers and toes for you!!

And yes, deafgal, great post, I whole-heartily agree!

 

[tigerlily1975]

That's fantastic news, MJ! Keeping everything crossed for you and DH!

C xx

 

[WANBMUM]

Afm, I am on day 3 of clomid today and I go in for monitoring next tuesday, so I am keeping my fingers crossed. I kind of feel weird being on clomid, as I feel I ovulate on my own pretty well, and this is really the first time of our 'trying' for real, if you know what I mean.... But I wasn't going to say no, I mean the RE knows what he is doing, I just hope that it really does work.

Woo Sun UP - we are pretty much going through the same at the moment. I am on Day 2 of Clomid and I go in for monitoring next thursday. It is my first time on clomid too, they did offer to try a cycle with no clomid, but in a way I could tell she was encouraging me to go on it, even though I ov on my own. So i said, why wait!
They are preparing me for IUI with donor, so fingers crossed for both of us next week

 

[Deb111]

Rdleela - you've done so well to get this far in such a short time. I hope you can get this sorted and get onto the next stage

Snd - hope today has gone well

MJ - fab news!

Deafgal - what a lovely post. I know exactly what you're saying; s on this thread are so much easier to take as we all know the horrendous journey each other has been on. I must admit, I do feel a little wary of posting in here sometimes and try to keep most of my pregnancy stuff to my journal and I hope you girls would tell me if it ever became an issue. I still wouldn't want to be going through this without you girls and do feel it's important to have positive stories on here. I know it helped me immensely when others got their s I popped into 1st tri a while back, but it's such a difficult place to be with people who got their s at the drop of a hat - it felt like no one 'got me'

Anyway, hugs to you all

 

[wibble wobble]

MJ that's great news hope all goes well with further results

Deb I like to hear updates on pregnancy,it gives me hope

Deafgal that was a really lovely post

Sunup and Wanbmum good luck with the clomid

Silverbell how's the 2ww going?

SND hope the iui went ok

rdleela the time will fly by, it always does when you have a date to count down to.

Canadian Maple we never have much of a summer either, hope you have some really nice weekends away in your new camper

sorry if I've missed anyone

afm AF showed up today @ 6pm or there abouts so tomorrow will be classed as cd1 by my clinic when I ring them so excited I get to order meds