Dealing with azoospermia?

[Deb111]

Im delighted to be asked to announce that pink lolly has had a beautiful baby boy called lewis james on 12/12/12 at 10.27pm weighing 7lb 8oz. PL and baby both doing well x

 

[Hopeful Cat]

Hi all,

I'm new to this website and to the forum. I often come on here to get comfort from reading other peoples comments but it's come to the point where I need to join in.

I am 25 and my DH is 26, married for almost 2 years, TTC for 13 months. I have polycistic ovaries and possibly PCOS. We were referred to a fertility specialist and after a SA for my husband he was told there were no sperm in the sample. I wasn't completely shocked as he had undescended testicles that weren't fixed until he was about 8 years old!!! but it has still really hit us hard. We found out yesterday and our specialist called us in to meet with her during her lunch break today as we go on holidays tomorrow.

So he had blood tests taken today and we are booked in for another SA in January. I'm not really feeling all that positive at this point. I don't know if you can come back from having undescended testicles for 8 years...

SO i think my husband and I will each have our own specialists. This is ridiculous! why is it so hard to bring a baby into the world??!!!

 

[WannabemomRN]

Hey all! I see some have had exciting/hopeful news, that's great!! Curious though if anyone has ever read the pathology report from a biopsy. I picked up DH's today: seminiferous tubules showing almost no spermatogenesis, most cells showing sertoli cell only, only rare spermatogonia encountered.... I think all hope is lost.

 

[Deb111]

Wannabe - i will check when i get a minute but im pretty sure thats what my hubbys said and look where we are now!

 

[Stinas]

Well ladies...DH and I have officially decided we are going to do surgery. He is still on clomid once a week.
All his bloods came out normal again last week.
He has to do a colonoscopy on Jan 7 and then I believe his surgery will be the 22nd of Jan.

 

[BumpHopes]

Hi all,

I'm new to this website and to the forum. I often come on here to get comfort from reading other peoples comments but it's come to the point where I need to join in.

I am 25 and my DH is 26, married for almost 2 years, TTC for 13 months. I have polycistic ovaries and possibly PCOS. We were referred to a fertility specialist and after a SA for my husband he was told there were no sperm in the sample. I wasn't completely shocked as he had undescended testicles that weren't fixed until he was about 8 years old!!! but it has still really hit us hard. We found out yesterday and our specialist called us in to meet with her during her lunch break today as we go on holidays tomorrow.

So he had blood tests taken today and we are booked in for another SA in January. I'm not really feeling all that positive at this point. I don't know if you can come back from having undescended testicles for 8 years...

SO i think my husband and I will each have our own specialists. This is ridiculous! why is it so hard to bring a baby into the world??!!!

Hi Hopeful!

Im in the same position as you. I have PCOS and my OH has Azoo. When we found out it was heart breaking and truth be told still is but we are much more positive now. Obviously everyone is different, but we decided to do IVF with donor sperm, not do any Tese or any other experimental ops - straight to donor. My Its a big thing to chose. But what i wanted to say is that we were refered by my OB/GYN to his specialist for the SA and then from his specialist to the IVF centre. i dont have to go back to my OB/GYN. Just go through the IVF clinic now.

Its not fair and i completely agree!! It should not be this hard. But there are always options. Im sorry your going through this but there are so many options available, dont lose hope just yet.

 

[BumpHopes]

Deb - haven't been on here for a while but a huge CONGRATULATIONS on the safe arrival of your beautiful baby - just gorgeous!!

 

[Chickensoup85]

I am officially a bitch . My friend announced her pregnancy at work today. I have known for a while but it's so much harder now everyone else knows. I couldn't even look at her, I practically threw her Christmas present at her... I feel so awful

Am I an awful person?

I hate azoospermia!

 

[snd80]

I am officially a bitch . My friend announced her pregnancy at work today. I have known for a while but it's so much harder now everyone else knows. I couldn't even look at her, I practically threw her Christmas present at her... I feel so awful

Am I an awful person?

I hate azoospermia!

NO, you are not!!! It's just very hard to deal with after the initial diagnosis. I befriended my VERY best friend not long after she told me she was pg... it just hurt SOOO bad to see her belly growing knowing I couldn't be pg. myself, I just did what I thought was best. There are days I regret it now, but what is done is done... Just give it time. Chin up and !!!

 

[MoBaby]

chickensoup: no its not awful. I went on vacay with my friend this summer and she was pg (i dont know why I did; it was her family trip and she was announcing the gender!) and I could hardly keep from crying and hiding all trip! a couple of times i just went into the bedroom and just let some steam off because i couldnt take it any longer. it ended up being one of the worst weeks! but i did feel bad for feeling that way b/c she had issues also but was able to do iui... But being pg now I'm like the wait was worth it and hopefully in late july the wait will be even better Sorry you are going through this

 

[Shellvz]

I am officially a bitch . My friend announced her pregnancy at work today. I have known for a while but it's so much harder now everyone else knows. I couldn't even look at her, I practically threw her Christmas present at her... I feel so awful

Am I an awful person?

I hate azoospermia!

TTC, infertility, azoo... such an emotional rollercoaster with every emotion under the sun. You are not an awful person - you are upset, disappointed, angry, envious - and we all feel these emotions.

I have discovered that my husband has azoo, we can't get pregnant without IVF and 2 of my sis-in-laws just announced their surprise pregnancies... Both 8 weeks and will deliver same time.

Now I have Christmas to look forward to with both families - knowing that they are both celebrating this new life growing in them and I am empty.

It is a hard road but it doesn't make us awful people for feeling it.

 

[deafgal01]

Chicken- you're not awful for feeling all that. We're only human, we're bound to feel all sort of emotions related to this journey.

 

[Briss]

Ladies, I hope you do not mind me joining though my DH does not have azoo, his sperm count is getting from bad to worse and I just do not know what's ahead and getting prepared for the worse.

I agree it's just too much to ask of us to be always happy for the pregnancies being announced all around, while I do not see anyone (apart from my fellow B&B members) expressing their condolences for our losses for every month we are not pregnant… I just survived a lunch with two colleagues who both have 2.5 years olds (it's like a reminder of how long I am TTC, I started when they got pregnant), trying to smile and discuss all their child related problems while being patronised like "you are so lucky you do not have these problems"… am I? really!

 

[MoBaby]

we lost our azo baby today

 

[Stinas]

Oh no mo! im sooo sorry!

 

[Shellvz]

we lost our azo baby today

So sorry

 

[Deb111]

Im so so sorry mo. My thoughts are with you and your hubby x x

 

[Deb111]

Hope everyones ok. Welcome to the newbies. Sorry you find yourselves here but you will get lots of support x x

 

[tigerlily1975]

I'm so very, very sorry, Mo. Big to both of you.

C xx

 

[BettiS]

MoBaby - I know words can't relieve the pain you are feeling right now, but I offer my deepest condolences...I can never imagine how you feel but I know that thyour baby is in heaven waiting to meet you one day. Praying that you guys will find peace and hope soon.

AFM - DH was put on Sperm-i-Prove (a sperm production vitamin) to increase chances of finding sperm in March. TMI ALERT: He has been taking the pills for 3 weeks and is saying that lately his orgasms are much more intense and says (I am a witness of the fact) that his scrotum isn't as tight anymore (it's like the sack has become bigger, lol). Really hoping this is a good sign?!!