Dealing with azoospermia?

[SunUp]

Hi Ladies,

So we finally have a date for my husband's mTESE...Sept. 7th.

My question to you all is...how did you get through that day?? What did you do with yourselves during the surgery? How did you get through waiting for that phone call?

And for those of you who got that call that they found nothing...how did you handle that?

I just can't even stand life right now, and need to fast forward a year from now. Whichever way this surgery goes, I know I won't feel this way next summer.

Thanks,
Carrie

ps. SunUp said she invited me to the private facebook page, but I didn't get it for some reason. Can someone private message me about this?

I need you to accept my friend request before you can be added to the group... I can send the friend request again...

OooooOOOHHh!! lol Are you LB? I just accepted you!! I had no idea who that was, and I was looking for a page invite! Thanks so much!! I knew it wasn't you...I'm just a FB idiot. Thanks!

Lmao, yeah! I added you I was so confused as to why it wasn't working, I thought you never got my friend request! Hhaha, sorry about that!

 

[Stinas]

hope everyone is doing well!
Quick crummy update on me....BFN after transferring 2 (5aa & stage 1 blast) embryos. Planning on FET mid oct.

For those of you who did FET....is it better to wait for second period or go on BCP's this coming period? Doc gave me these options and I dont know which to take.

 

[Deb111]

So sorry Stinas

We were advised to wait a cycle in between the ICSI and FET but were told there was no reason we couldn't go for it straight away but that was an unmedicated / natural cycle. Will yours be medicated or natural?

As it happened, I wouldn't have mentally been ready to go for the FET straight away and with finances and christmas in between, it ended up being about 3 months. I personaaly think it did my body good to have a rest from the drugs etc

 

[Stinas]

Thank you Deb.
She said if I wanted to start with this period, I would be on BCP's for about two weeks, then estrogen pills, then PIO after transfer. If I wanted to wait until the next cycle after this one, we would not need the BCP's. Is that what you mean by medicated?
I think I am leaning more towards the second cycle...it seems flushing all these drugs out of my system and having time to heal might be a better choice.

 

[Deb111]

Stinas - when i said medicated i meant in terms of daily injections to time ov as opposed to just timing the fet to match your natural ov and using scans to determine ov and timing when to transfer. I did end up triggering just as a precaution - they suggested it would be an ectra back up to make sure things were spot on.

I think giving your body a month off from meds, scans abd retrieval procedures can o ly do it good x x

 

[cbergs]

Sorry Stinas

Hugs and prayers for you.

C

 

[Stinas]

Deb - Im not sure exactly. We just briefly went over whats next and to tell you the honest truth, I was not fully paying attention because I was holding back the tears and anger.
I will know more once I call with CD1 of my next period.
I have decided to wait until the second one. I need a little break from all of this.

 

[CanadianMaple]

I'm so sorry Stinas. Lots of hugs.

A quick update, I am in the trailer camping for the last time before I go back teaching on Monday. The clinic called to say that DH is Hep C NEGATIVE!! I cried when I found out. AF never did come after I stopped the pill, so now I have to wait for it to finally come and then start the pill all over again. I don't care, I am so glad we can move forward again.

 

[MoBaby]

Yippie cm!! Bout time for good news!!!

 

[rdleela]

Yea, Becky! Great news - and you got the good news quicker than you thought, right?! Best of luck moving forward!

 

[WANBMUM]

CM!!! Brilliant, that is amazing news! I hope back being on the pill this time is easier for you, did you ask about switching pills to see if that helps?

 

[Stinas]

CM - CONGRATS!! Thats AMAZING news!!!!! Yay!!!!!

 

[wibble wobble]

Canadian Maple brilliant news that you can get on with things again... it must be such a relief that the result came back negative. Good luck for your cycle x

 

[wibble wobble]

hope everyone is doing well!
Quick crummy update on me....BFN after transferring 2 (5aa & stage 1 blast) embryos. Planning on FET mid oct.

For those of you who did FET....is it better to wait for second period or go on BCP's this coming period? Doc gave me these options and I dont know which to take.

Sorry to hear you got a bfn

 

[raelynn]

CM - That is great news!

Heading to the dr tomorrow for baseline blood/ultrasound and then starting Clomid Sunday. I'm starting to get excited again!

 

[cbergs]

CM- YES! good news! Love it!

Rae- So happy that you're getting excited again! Time heals all wounds, and just know that everything is going to turn out great in the end.

Good luck to all!

Me...I'm just waiting for school to start and then it's the countdown to the 7th. (Day of mTESE for DH...)

C

 

[Arimas]

Hi Ladies,

So the RE says that instead of using the frozen sperm vials from the original TESE (last October) we should do a fresh MESA for the next IVF cycle. That gives me a bad vibe. Does that mean she things the sperm they have is gonna not work? I feel like its already over before it has begun.
If nothing happens this time around then I think we will go to another clinic.
Sending good vibes to everyone on this thread, take care ladies

 

[Stinas]

Arimas - what is a fresh MESA?

 

[tigerlily1975]

Stinas, I'm so sorry about the BFN.



C xx

 

[Stinas]

Tiger - Thank you! How are you doing?