Dealing with azoospermia?

[SunUp]

Hey Ladies- I just wanted to give you a heads up that my Azoo Miracle should be here this week Dr is inducing within a week. It is a LONG journey but so worth it in the end! Good luck to all of you!

 

[deafgal01]

Ooooh Sunup how exciting!!!! Good luck with the labor!

 

[Hopeful Cat]

Congrats Sunup! good luck with the labour and delivery.

I have just Triggered in my IVF Cycle so hubby goes in for his mTESE tomorrow morning to see if they can find any sperm to fertilise the eggs they get out of me on Thursday. Super nervous. So far we've had not even seen a single sperm so feeling the pressure at the moment. Not sure when we find out but i'm assuming before or after my egg retrieval on Thursday. Please cross all your fingers and toes for us!

 

[deafgal01]

Good luck Hopeful!

How is everyone else doing?

 

[tulip11]

Hi girls
As I have mentioned that we got two bottles via post for sperm analysis which we submitted already so we called the surgery to know about results they said that during our next appointment we ill be told about urine, blood n sperm analysis results at once and our next appointment ill be on 31st july we are waiting for appointment letter...now I wanna know what would be the next appointment all about...as ultra sound shows normal blood flow, normal size testicles, no blockages.

 

[MrsG30]

Hopefull.
Congrats lady- your well on your way.
If thee mtese isnt a success then what happens do you have back up in place or does your clinic freeze your eggs? Hopefully you wont have this to face and hubby will have some swimmers hiding in there- Have my fingers x'd for you xxx

Congrats Sunup! good luck with the labour and delivery.

I have just Triggered in my IVF Cycle so hubby goes in for his mTESE tomorrow morning to see if they can find any sperm to fertilise the eggs they get out of me on Thursday. Super nervous. So far we've had not even seen a single sperm so feeling the pressure at the moment. Not sure when we find out but i'm assuming before or after my egg retrieval on Thursday. Please cross all your fingers and toes for us!

 

[Mikihob]

Hi ladies. Here's an update from me.

DH started HCG injections on June 8th. My doc stated that we shouldn't do a SA before two months so I think we want to wait two and a half just so that we can see if there is any improvement at all. I hope that the HCG will help his sex drive and his sperm count. A little nervous but excited and hoping that we finally get good news.

Does anyone have experience with these injections??

I hope everyone else is doing well.

 

[deafgal01]

Miki- good luck. My dh has not done that sort of thing so no advice or experience to share.

 

[Hopeful Cat]

OMG they found a wriggler already! waiting on getting the whole results later today or tomorrow during egg collection. if they didn't get sperm they were going to freeze me eggs to use with a donor. OMG I'm in shock that we have even 1 sperm! ! Hoping they find more

 

[MadCatLady]

Hopeful Cat - that's fantastic! Hope they find more too! Gives us all hope that they are in there hiding away really!
MikiHob - really hope the injections make a difference and that you get good news at next SA!
SunUp- Congratulations, good luck with the delivery and welcome to your long awaited baby - may the same be possible for all of us!

 

[BrandyRelax]

Hi ladies. Here's an update from me.

DH started HCG injections on June 8th. My doc stated that we shouldn't do a SA before two months so I think we want to wait two and a half just so that we can see if there is any improvement at all. I hope that the HCG will help his sex drive and his sperm count. A little nervous but excited and hoping that we finally get good news.

Does anyone have experience with these injections??

I hope everyone else is doing well.

My hubby started on them early May. They aren't terrible for pain or anything, he does the shots 3 times a week. The one challenge we found is that when we were on vacation, it was annoying to always have to have the mixed HCG drug in the fridge, but we made it work.

The only thing we noticed is that he's more testy (just a little grumpier than he was before). It hasn't really changed his sex drive from what I can tell.

His testosterone is up, and FSH is down, so that's a good sign. He did a SA 4 weeks after and 5 weeks after, and nothing showing up, but he'll do one again late June and late July before the surgery.

 

[Mikihob]

BrandyRelax thanks for sharing. I hope DH doesn't get testy. He has already been grumpy since stopping his testosterone injections last November. Without his testosterone he has zero sex drive, no sperm, grumpiness, tiredness and brain issues (no concentration or memory). Poor guy.

I hope that the SA's in June and July come back great for you. Maybe HCG just needs extra time to work it's magic.

 

[Rainbow123]

OMG they found a wriggler already! waiting on getting the whole results later today or tomorrow during egg collection. if they didn't get sperm they were going to freeze me eggs to use with a donor. OMG I'm in shock that we have even 1 sperm! ! Hoping they find more

That's great news Hopeful! Fingers and toes crossed for you!
XXX

 

[MrsMo]

Hi everyone, just been catching up on the last few pages. Glad they found a wriggler already HopefulCat! So glad things are speeding up for you MrsG30, we found the whole DS thing easy once we made the difficult decision to go with it. Good luck Miki, fingers crossed for no grumpiness!

As for me, I'm well into our 1st cycle of IVF now! I have to take one more FSH injection tonight and then the HCG tomorrow ready for theatre for egg retrieval on Monday morning! My scans over this week have shown initially just 3, but now 4 (one was hiding!) follicles have increased in size enough which isn't many obviously but is what they expected given my low AMH. Fingers crossed they all fertilise since we now have good (purchased) sperm! Not long now til we'll know if it's worked or not! So excited but trying not to be too optimistic!!

Have found the whole thing not too bad now the worst part of the waiting is over. Obviously the 2 week wait will be difficult but so far so good. No bad side effects and have even found doing my daily injections pretty easy

Good luck to everyone else with appointments and tests etc coming up!

 

[Rainbow123]

Glad everything's going well MrsMo! It must be so exciting! XXXXX

 

[MrsG30]

Hopeful- excellent- so happy for you!

Mrsmo- Following you like a stalker, we seem very similar, have everything crossed for you, we will all be here in your 2ww to support you.

AFM- Im counting the days to our donors app at ur clinic which is the 27th of this month and the mine and hubbys app is 2/7 so not too long to wait.

Hi to all gang- have a good weekend xxx

 

[deafgal01]

Good luck Mrs Mo

you too Mrs G

As for me- we're still in the testing stage. I just had my bloods taken today to rule out diseases screening (required before undergoing IUI with donor) and day 3 prolactin. HSG is scheduled for Thursday to rule out any other issues that could affect our possibility at IUI. The known donor has yet to schedule his appt for his tests so once we have all the results done, I guess we'll be going full stream ahead. There's a counseling appt for all of us (my dh, me, and the known donor) on the 25th of this month too.

I don't know if we'll be waiting the full 6 months for donor's results or if we'll be allowed to use each sample as we go after they're tested and the results come back fine.

 

[tulip11]

Hi is here anyone whose husband has NOA and have successful sperm retrieval ?

 

[Deb111]

Hi is here anyone whose husband has NOA and have successful sperm retrieval ?

Hi Tulip
Dh has NOA and we had a successful microTESE sperm retrieval

I MUST get on here and catch up with you all. I think about you often but Aimee keeps me very busy. Hope youre all doing ok x x

 

[Rainbow123]

Hi is here anyone whose husband has NOA and have successful sperm retrieval ?

Hi Tulip
Dh has NOA and we had a successful microTESE sperm retrieval

I MUST get on here and catch up with you all. I think about you often but Aimee keeps me very busy. Hope youre all doing ok x x

Hi Tulip and Deb,
Did you find out what the reason for your DH's NOA was? My DH has high FSH levels, and has been told he has small testicles, but we don't really have an awful lot more information to say why it's happened. I have been trying to research to find out whether people have had successful sperm retrieval with testicular failure (I think that's the cause of his azoo), but I've not managed to come up with much...
We have been told that we will only be given mTESE on NHS if the urologist at Leeds thinks it could be successful, but from what I've read there's no way of knowing until you actually go in and take a look.. Tbh, the FS didn't even give us mTESE as an option, the first thing she said after explaining NOA (which I was pretty clued up on from waiting 5 months for an appointment after his diagnosis) was that the only option was donor sperm. I was so glad that I'd seen everyone's experiences on here (thank you so much Deb for setting this forum up, you're a God send!) so that I could - with confidence - say that we were expecting to be referred for a mTESE. As we're being referred to Leeds Centre for Reproductive Health from the Isle of Man, it is taking a very looooong time to get the urologist appointment, so I want to get even more clued up so that if he says they won't fund it, I can ask for a second opinion (which I'm assuming we should be able to do?). I wish we could go to Jonathan Ramsay like you did Deb, but it's a money issue with us. We're currently saving every last penny so that we can pay for IVF, as the Isle of Man would only fund one cycle of IVF and that's not great odds!
Has anyone had any dealings with Leeds? I've read some experiences which don't fill me with confidence... ARGH!
Hope you have had a lovely Father's Day with Aimee Deb, it must be so much fun!
Lots of love to everyone
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