Dealing with azoospermia?

[raelynn]

MrsC, Wibble Wobble, Snd - I think we'll all be 2wwers around the same time. We can get through the horrible wait together! ER is set for 6/28 for me right now so ET should be right around the beginning of July.

Stinas - I am seriously one of the biggest needle wimps. I cringe just thinking about them. So if I can get through them, anyone can. I expect them to sting each time but I've felt absolutely nothing so far.

My arm is bruised and sore from my blood draw this morning which is ridiculous since I didn't even feel the needle. This tech is really good, I've had her twice now and those are the only times a blood draw hasn't stung at least a bit. Now I'm worried since both my arms are now bruised and I have to go back in again tomorrow. Ouchie! My E2 was at 120 this morning so they're lowering my already low dose of Gonal f to 75iu. Guess they were right in anticipating me as a high responder. Hopefully we can keep it in check. I go in for my first ultrasound since starting stims tomorrow! I'm excited to see the progress because I can definitely feel little twinges today.

 

[snd80]

MrsC and WW- I would LOVE to be 2ww buddies!!!!! I felt sooo left out last month! =)

 

[MrsC8776]

I'm excited for 2ww buddies!

WW~ Thats so exciting that you are going in for ET around the same time!

raelynn~ Yay for having a date set for ER. Sorry to hear about the bruising. That is never any fun. Good luck tomorrow!

 

[Stinas]

raelynn - that makes me feel better!! My doc told me the stomach shots do not hurt...she said getting blood drawn "hurts" more. Im most worried about the progesterone shots since that will be daily and will continue after bfp....BUT...by that point she said you will be so excited it wont make a difference....which is true. Got to do what you got to do lol

 

[raelynn]

raelynn - that makes me feel better!! My doc told me the stomach shots do not hurt...she said getting blood drawn "hurts" more. Im most worried about the progesterone shots since that will be daily and will continue after bfp....BUT...by that point she said you will be so excited it wont make a difference....which is true. Got to do what you got to do lol

Yeah, I'm worried about the trigger which is like the progesterone but my nurse said most people say they're shocked that they don't even feel that one either. My clinic does progesterone suppositories instead of injections so the trigger is the only big one for me.

 

[Stinas]

oh....mine said it hurts, but you get used to it.
At least you just have to do the trigger once?

 

[deafgal01]

Maybe it depends on amount of fat vs muscle. Who knows?!

 

[raelynn]

oh....mine said it hurts, but you get used to it.
At least you just have to do the trigger once?

I've seen a couple youtube videos where it didn't hurt them so I'm hoping that is how it goes I just trigger once but I get a separate injection of HCG in the recovery room after egg retrieval since I'm on the lupron trigger. Hopefully I'll still be out of it so I won't care at that point

 

[MJ73]

Gosh I feel lucky/blessed to have all my lovely Azoo girls Thankyou so much for all your heartfelt congratulations, it means so much to us I'll feel we can really start celebrating when I get that lovely high beta on thursday (to be honest I have constant butterflies in my tummy, I'm so nervous). Tang & I are looking forward to cheering on all Tang's Azoo Aunties... (I'm so scared to celebrate, but I feel a sense of peace in my heart about this)

 

[SunUp]

Good luck MrsC!!! And Rae too!!! And WW! Gosh, this thread is fixing to start mooovvvviiinnnggg!!!!

Today is CD4 for me. Start my first upped round of clomid tomorrow and u/s is set for June 29. HOPEFULLY we will be going back to Jackson either June 30 or July 1!!!! And I have decided to let myself get excited this round!!! I may regret it, but I gotta keep the PMA this time!!!!!!

to anyone I've missed!!!

Yay! Not too long now! Really hoping this is it for you! We will be your cheerleaders!

Just a quick update... CD1 today. Baseline on Wednesday and hopefully starting clomid for IUI. FX everything looks good and theres no cysts.

Yay!!! Good luck! Let us know how things go!

Deb- can you update the front page to say this for me....

My tests all came back clear but not as lucky for DH- 0 count in SA 3 times so far by urologist. DH currently on Clomiphene Citrate along with Anastrozole. Biopsy scheduled July 5, 2012.

Good luck with the biopsy. Thats good that you have a date. If you have any questions, let me know. I am hoping for good news from you!

 

[Deb111]

Good luck for your scan tomorrow rae!

 

[deafgal01]

good luck Rae!!!!!

 

[deafgal01]

Deb- can you update the front page to say this for me....

My tests all came back clear but not as lucky for DH- 0 count in SA 3 times so far by urologist. DH currently on Clomiphene Citrate along with Anastrozole. Biopsy scheduled July 5, 2012.

Good luck with the biopsy. Thats good that you have a date. If you have any questions, let me know. I am hoping for good news from you!

Actually, how do I explain to my girlfriends/other bnb ladies about what they'll do exactly with the biopsy? One of my ladies in my journal asked how that would work in figuring out if it's a blockage issue or not. Best I could do was say that they'll be making an incision in one of the testes and gathering tissue samples to test in the lab... I'd appreciate your help in explaining this for my friends.

 

[SunUp]

Actually, how do I explain to my girlfriends/other bnb ladies about what they'll do exactly with the biopsy? One of my ladies in my journal asked how that would work in figuring out if it's a blockage issue or not. Best I could do was say that they'll be making an incision in one of the testes and gathering tissue samples to test in the lab... I'd appreciate your help in explaining this for my friends.

It is a small incision, where they take a small piece of tissue directly from the site, then stitch it up. They take the sample and put it under a microscope to identify if there are any sperm. If there are a BUNCH of sperm then it is usually thought to be a blockage. The only 100% sure way to tell if it is a blockage is actually identifying a blockage, but this actually skips those painful tests and jumps right to the best question - is there actually sperm. If there is a small amount of sperm, it is thought to not be a blockage, and if there is no sperm, then you have options for mTese. If they find ANY sperm, it can be used for ICSI, however testicular sperm doesn't do well frozen, so they would have to time your IVF cycle and get more sperm then... at least this is the case most of the time.

 

[deafgal01]

Thanks!!!!! I'm gonna copy and paste that to my journal for the ladies over there. That helps a lot!

 

[raelynn]

Well I didn't get any measurements today (boo!) but the doc did count 12 follicles on one side and 15 on the other. My e2 is up to 280 so I'm staying on my low doses of meds. I start Ganirelix tomorrow morning (and every morning after) to keep from ovulating so I must be progressing well. I go back in Thursday for my next scan. I'm bloaty and crampy and can definitely tell there is something going on down there. I also had a terrible headache all day, I'm assuming it is a reaction to one of the drugs. I'm already ready to be done and I still have a week to go if we end up sticking to original trigger date.

 

[deafgal01]

Rae- sounds like there's good progress! Too bad they didn't measure, that would have been interesting. Good luck!

 

[tigerlily1975]

Wow, Rae! That all sounds great! Sorry to hear about the side-effects, I hope they're not too bad. Can you believe you're finally almost there? Exciting!



C xx

 

[raelynn]

Tiger - No, I can't believe it. But I'm so ready to just get to baby time

 

[MrsC8776]

raelynn~ I'm glad things are going well. Good luck tomorrow.

AFM~ I had my baseline done today to see if I could start the clomid. Everything looked good. Although the lady doing the u/s couldn't find my right "tube" as she called it. I knew she wasn't going far enough over but she wouldn't listen. She just kept saying it was hiding. A different dr came in and she found it right away. Everything looked good so I can get started. I took my first clomid today and as my sig. says I'll take it until CD7. I'll go back on the 29th (CD12) to see if we are ready for IUI or not.