Dealing with azoospermia?

[MJ73]

Sar, so good to see you here How lovely that you're having a baby shower soon

Wecome Chick, sorry you find yourself here.

Suzanne, my DH is on Anastrazole & in terms of libido & hormone levels all seems good. Although only a TESE will tell if it has helped with , although our FS seems pretty sure they will be maturing more now that his levels are better.

Sun, you know I'm thinking of you hun, my 2ww buddy

raelynn, so pleased all your tests came back good. Not long till you start now.

Deb, great news about team pink & sorry again that the U/S was not a pleasant experience...

AFM, I'm currently in the middle of our 2ww; this time next week I'll know if this little emby has made it I'm going to test soon, on saturday I'll be 11dpo & 4 days before my expected period. I know it's early, but I just feel like I have to be doing something, so I don't go crazy

 

[wibble wobble]

Hey everyone

I've been away for a few days, couldn't log on to reply as I don't know my password

Deb yay a little girl

Welcome Chick

Sar nice to see you, sounds like you're very busy at the minute

Raelynn yay to starting stimms saturday, I get to start mine tonight, possible egg collection 25th so 2ww will be from around 30th June onwards (my clinic always aim for 5 day blast transfer)

my heads like mush can't remember most of the 8 pages I have read!!

Canadian happy that you and hubby are making progress at last

Sunup sorry your iui wasn't right... got my fingers crossed for you

hi to Snd,Rdleela, Silver,Suzanne,MrsC,Tigerlily sorry if I've missed someone didn't mean too

 

[wibble wobble]

Sorry Mj missed you hope the 2ww isn't driving you too insane.... I'm not sure if I'm brave enough to test early, part of me wants to so if it's bfn I'll have a chance to get used to it before af arrives but I've read stories of women getting a bfp but then on OTD it's a bfn it's not really good either way... I've got a few weeks to think about it still

 

[Sar187]

rdleela- I'm thinking that is why we were given such low chances of the corrective/bypass surgery working. They said that the scarring on DH would be in and around the vas deferens because of where his incisions were for the hernia surgeries. The scarring was actually worse than they expected when they went in for the TESE surgery as the urologist told me after that there was a lot of scar tissue around the epididymis as well. Hoping the surgery will work for your DH since they have given you such good odds!

MJ-2ww's are torture! I tested out my trigger and continued testing until OTD with both IVF cycles. I got my BFP at 10dpo with my 2nd cycle. Hoping 11dpo will be good news for you! Just remember not to give up hope if its BFN, I know a lot of people who didn't get BFP until OTD.

WW-my first IVF cycle was a CP. I tested out my trigger and then 2 days later at 9dpo had a BFP. By 11dpo it was gone and by OTD definite BFN. I still tested early my next cycle though. It all depends on how you think you will handle it, some people feel worse when they see the negative tests, for me it gave me something to occupy my mind with.

 

[Sar187]

Rae-I had to google Lupron trigger, had no idea lupron could be used for that. I had only ever seen HCG used as a trigger and Lupron used as a suppressor. Sounds a lot closer to how natural ovulation happens than with the hcg trigger. I hope they get the meds straightened out for you!

 

[raelynn]

Rae-I had to google Lupron trigger, had no idea lupron could be used for that. I had only ever seen HCG used as a trigger and Lupron used as a suppressor. Sounds a lot closer to how natural ovulation happens than with the hcg trigger. I hope they get the meds straightened out for you!

Thanks Sar! I had to google it originally too They have me on it since I'm a high responder so I'm on low doses of meds with a lupron trigger to prevent OHSS. It is extremely unlikely to get OHSS on the lupron trigger but it doesn't support pregnancy as well as HCG so they'll give me a shot of HCG after ER and up the progesterone and estrogen support as well.

My nurse called back this morning and let me know they didn't order the lurpon yet because it is only good for 30 days so they want to order it later and also I heard in injection class today that if you aren't responding the way they want you to towards the end of stims, they may switch to an HCG trigger instead.

 

[rdleela]

rdleela- I'm thinking that is why we were given such low chances of the corrective/bypass surgery working. They said that the scarring on DH would be in and around the vas deferens because of where his incisions were for the hernia surgeries. The scarring was actually worse than they expected when they went in for the TESE surgery as the urologist told me after that there was a lot of scar tissue around the epididymis as well. Hoping the surgery will work for your DH since they have given you such good odds!

oh, wow, on the scarring....my DH did have a hernia repair as a newborn and also un-descended testicle at around 2yrs old, both on the same side. They aren't sure on the cause of his blockage yet, won't know until they go in. But surgeon said there is a chance they can correct one side, and not the other, so really, it's up in the air until they get a good look inside. We definitely don't have any guarantees whatsoever, but a good chance! So more wait-and-see!

 

[Sar187]

Rae-That makes a lot of sense. Hoping the cycle goes well for you!

rdleela-DH's first surgery was the left side and the 2nd was the right side. luckily they only had to go in on one side for the TESE.

 

[deafgal01]

My DH says (first thing) this morning to me "I'm so horny, I can't wait for the SA to be over with". I guess I foresee some play time tonight... I will probably be out of house when he gets home from his appointment.

Truth of moment today. I'm nervous... We'll find out if the medicine is really making sperms come out of there or if we need to look into surgery.

 

[tigerlily1975]

Keeping everything crossed for you, deafgal

C xx

 

[Deb111]

Hoping for some good news DG xx

 

[deafgal01]

No good news 0 count. I will be back later for proper update.

 

[Stinas]

DG - Im sorry!! Hopefully you can do a biopsy to find some?

 

[Deb111]

So sorry DG - I know it would have been fab, but it doesn't mean they're not there. Terry's meds didn't help him to produce anything in a SA, but they still found some xx

 

[snd80]

Aw, sorry DG! Hopefully the can find them hiding in there!!! Hugs!!

 

[rdleela]

Awh, so sorry DG!!! Hoping you are already working on the next step and waiting to hear more details....

 

[MrsC8776]

So sorry it wasn't good news DG.

 

[MoBaby]

So sorry DG

 

[CanadianMaple]

I'm so sorry DG. Did they have any other suggestions for you to try? I know how much you were looking forward to getting hopeful results.

 

[deafgal01]

Thank you ladies for your empathy and sympathy. You're really wonderful and probably the only ones who really understand what I'm going through.

As I've said before, they still found no sperms again in the SA even though DH's been on the medicine for 3 months already. So plan of action (it seems) is that they'll do a biopsy to see what's going on- if it's blockage or if it's just sperm production not working correctly. DH decided that if it's blockage, we'll pursue the option for surgery to fix it, but if it's not blockage (just lack of sperms and stuff), then we'll seek the route for donor sperm procedures. So now, we've got to schedule the biopsy (I'm hoping we can get it done early, either end of this month or early July so that DH has me play "nurse" to him over the 4 to 5 days it takes to recover from it at home- and it takes a full up to 10 days to really feel normal again).

I was sad when DH texted me to tell me (I was on way to work somewhere). Then when I got to the home where I was going to visit with a family, I toughened up and said to myself I had to be a professional and not let my emotions show (well on the way there, I was telling myself that). As soon I walked in the door when the kid let me in their house, she gave me a HUGE hug... I totally felt loved.

Anyways, got home from my "dinner" date with a girlfriend after my home visit with a client, I asked DH to sit down with me and explain to me more (so I would be able to absorb everything that I had read but make sure I fully understood it too). He had drew up a picture to show/explain to me... Here it is...

My reaction to that picture- that sperm guy looks like a dead pirate. We both had a good laugh at that.