Dealing with azoospermia?

[arzoo]

My husband has vitamin D deficiency. He is currently taking vitamin D tablets. will keep you all posted.

 

[arzoo]

We had been for our first appointment at the fertility centre at Hammersmith. I will post a detailed report later. but a quick question, the doctor suggested the route ahead was to do a testicular biopsy to understand the cause and also if there are any sperms. Does anyone know how this is different from micr tese. I have read this before but now not able to find that page.

 

[MoBaby]

The mtese would be the same. They could diagnose the issue possibly and hope to find sperm. Sometimes the specialist will do a biopsy only not the mtese to see if the mtese would be successful.

 

[Deb111]

Arzoo - the mTese is much more invasive. They literally " cut the testicle and open it like a book" as Mr Ramsey put it! A biopsy is usually random and is where they insert a needle and take a small sample of tissue

 

[SunUp]

Just saying Hi! So happy for you, Mo! Hope your LO is well, Deb!

 

[MrsG30]

Hi ladies,

How are you all? Do we have any appointments/important dates looming?
Sorry i've been off the radar for a few weeks, my gran passed away so its been a rough few weeks.

I'm going to read through the thread now to see what I have missed.

My hubbys azoo is due to mumps, he had mumps at 21 an ended up in hospital with it.

We are waiting on our donor counselling session which is the 3rd September, then our donor gives his bit for our use on the 5th sept.
So hoping our ICSI will be around oct/nov xxxx

 

[bubumaci]

MrsG - I am so so sorry to hear about your Gran! I just lost my Granny and my Mother in May, so I really really feel you! Take care, allow yourself to feel the sorrow - and do whatever you need to help yourself. It is a really really horrid time I wish you and your family strength!!

Good luck with your next session!

 

[keziah23]

Hi all. I know I haven't posted in awhile so here is an update
3 month post varicocle repair SA- <2 million (but with no specifics), doc was hopefull that it would continue to increase
6 month post varicocele repair SA-<2 million (2 spun slides total sperm count was 65 with 3 of those normal).

We have an appointment with an RE tomorrow to start down the IVF path. Plan (pending talking to the doc) is to use fresh sample with the frozen vials from the TESE as backup.

So surgery helped some, but very little, can take up to a full year to show results but doctor thinks its as good as its going to get since it didn't improve at all between the 3 and 6 month tests. Part of our decision is that my mom passed away in July and I'm tired of waiting. She wanted a grandchild more than just about anything and if I had moved faster I maybe could have given her one. *sigh*

 

[snd80]

Hi girls! Sorry I have been AWOL, but my world never stops turning, and limbo land doesn't help, but thought it was time to make my comeback to the thread!!!

First a huge congrats to all my girls with BFP's and those making great progress!!!! So happy for each of you! And a huge welcome to the new girls who have sadly had to join us...

Now, as for my update... we applied for an IVF grant a few months ago. I poured my heart out to them and told them EVERYTHING, only with the hopes of getting some "sympothy points". They announce the winners Oct 15, so praying we are one of the chosen ones!!!! BUT, if not I finally got my bank loan last week and have the cash $ sitting in my safety deposit box waiting on me for one shot at IVF! Now I am just waiting to hear if we've won our grant or not, and in the mean time I am gyming it as much as possible and have lost 13 lbs in a month (with the help of Lipozene cause I have gained about 30 lbs since my last failed IUI)... and now to tackle quitting smoking again!!! I have fell off the deep end girls since my last IUI! I pretty much just gave up... but I have a new hope now!!!!

Hope everyone is well and I will be checking in more often!!! to all!!!

 

[deafgal01]

Snd- hope that all works out and you get the grant which allows you a chance at ivf.

kez- hope things work out for you too.

MrsG- sorry to hear of your loss but good luck on the upcoming session.

 

[tulip11]

Hi girls sorry i have been MIA ..how are all you doing? Well finally got an appointment letter for 27th August after 4 months. Its long time and even very hard to wait. We ill get to know about 2 SA , blood, urine, ultra sound results .. i dont know whether in this appointment whether we ill be clear about what type of azoo is it ?

 

[deafgal01]

Tulip- I hope the appt helps paint a clear pic of how to proceed. the waiting is no fun!

I'm doing good, just found out yesterday that I can proceed with Iui as soon my next cycle starts. So excited!

 

[tulip11]

Tulip- I hope the appt helps paint a clear pic of how to proceed. the waiting is no fun!

I'm doing good, just found out yesterday that I can proceed with Iui as soon my next cycle starts. So excited!

All the best hun thanks

 

[MrsG30]

hi all, lots of babydust to all.

Deafgal- were you at with all this, I know last time we spoke we at pretty much at same point, our clinic have decided icsi with donor sperm is the way we are going, we our at counselling in a few weeks, the our donor gives is last lot (for now) of swimmers then soon as that is done I presume i'm ready to find out when I will cycle.

tulip-nice too see you, good look for thee 24th and let us know xxx

 

[deafgal01]

I had consulting appt in June (early June). That same day I had counseling appt too so that was the start really after my bad experience last year at the other clinic where the dr was unprofessional by joking "oh so it is all his fault". That appt the new dr told me he wanted tests on me - not just blood work. So we scheduled my day 3 bloods as soon my cycle started over and that same day they drew enough blood to do the diseases screening. After that point, they turned focus on our known donor and did tests on him which was just completed last week. His first test was mid-July and that was the sa.

Dr also did hsg and ultrasound on me to make sure my parts look good. Uh I cannot think what else.

So yeah, everything came back good so as soon my cycle starts on day 1 we will schedule a natural iui (using opk and then when it is time they will inject the donor's swimmers in me.

 

[Izabela]

Hi guys. I hope you don't mind me joining. Just started IVF with donor but it looks like my cycle my get cancel due to early ovulation and the implications on the lining.
Deafgal01 Good luck with your IUI. How much does cost you the cycle. Is the sperm expensive in USA.

Wish everybody all the luck in the world.

 

[Izabela]

Tulip Good luck with your investigations!

MrsG30 hope you starting soon.

 

[deafgal01]

For my known donor, I paid $1700. But that is not including iui which is yet to come but I expect that will easily run up to $1000 maybe depending on what's involved. I left my list at home which explains the costs of stuff.

Counseling was $220 for us plus the donor (first counseling session was just hubby and me so just $110).

 

[Izabela]

Deafgal01 sound expensive. How many vials did you get are you using frozen? In UK we had to pay 1000 euro pregnancy slot and we paid 2200 euro for 5 vials. we bought the donor's from the European Sperm Bank and is an open donor. The sperm is frozen. We want to go ahead with this ICSi but I have to frozen the embies due to early ovulation. If it does not work I was thinking to do IUI but not sure if it works with frozen sperm.
Wish you luck.

 

[deafgal01]

I am not using the sperm bank- probably cheaper if I went that route but I could not cope knowing my kid has 9 other Half siblings out there we cannot know or contact. So I decided on using one friend in another state. I think they got three vial frozen (maybe 6 no idea) but they said they generally get 3 vials from one sample/donation.

It is starting to feel expensive but it is a choice I can live with.