Dealing with azoospermia?

[tulip11]

hi
I have started my first IVF cycle injection ( Buserelin ) last Wednesday. My questions to all those ladies who have been through this IVF treatment regardless that was a success or not do you have normal menstral cycle after this treatment like before you used to have ? Or these injections may have disturbed the menstral cycle ?
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[Hopeful Cat]

Mine were always all over the place so cant teally tell if ivf made any difference

 

[BumpHopes]

Mine was normal the first round and lighter than normal on the second. On my first cycle my af came before otd and that cycle was exactly like normal 28 days till next af.

 

[MsRipple]

I did not do IVF, but did do an egg freeze. i remember my period being pretty normal afterwards.

 

[tulip11]

Update
Today was first scan since I started buserelin on 25th of may. But in scan they found out that womb lining is thick so they canceled the treatment for a while and in August will start again from the scratch.
Anyone who had similar experience in past then had success in next cycle ?

 

[MsRipple]

I'm sorry tulip. What does that mean - is there a reason your lining is too thick and how do they fix it?

Did they move your dh's surgery as well?

Wishing you the best.

We are scheduled for mTese next month and will be freezing anything we find. We are also doing another sperm analysis in a few weeks (I asked for this as we have only ever done one, in the off chance that there is something there we could freeze it).

 

[bubumaci]

Hi Tulip!
I'm not sure what buserelin is (I never had to inject it), but I think that when the lining is too thick, they expect that it will start breaking down by the time of transfer, which is why they will have cancelled your cycle.
We ended up cancelling a cycle in Feb. 2013 (because I had OHSS) - the next time we tried was a couple of months later - it didn't work. A few months after that, we tried again. My progesterone was a little high and the doctor wanted to postpone (but I insisted on trying, my Mother had just died a couple of months before) - I had a chemical. A few months later, another chemical (all fresh tries) and then two months later, my BFP.
I don't think the one thing has anything to do with the other. I think there is no reason that you shouldn't go ahead to have a successful cycle, just because this one didn't work. They might change / adjust the level of hormones ...

 

[MsRipple]

We had my husband's pre op appointment last week! Clomid appears to be "working" at least in that it has boosted my husband's testosterone by quite a bit and up into the normal range. He is quite ready to be done with taking it though as the side effects have not been great for him. Poor guy, he is going through it right now.

I can't believe his surgery is in a few weeks. we are so anxious, but we are both happy it will be over with so that we can have some answers (and sperm, please give us sperm with those answers! ) and so that my husband can stop taking clomid.

 

[MsRipple]

As we get closer to my husband's surgery we both have become a bit crazy - anxious about the surgery, the physical effects, the costs. We both react differently to stuff like this - my husband is resolute but also becomes extremely stubborn, I tend more towards anxiety.

For those who have gone through this - any tips for dealing?

 

[rdleela]

As we get closer to my husband's surgery we both have become a bit crazy - anxious about the surgery, the physical effects, the costs. We both react differently to stuff like this - my husband is resolute but also becomes extremely stubborn, I tend more towards anxiety.

For those who have gone through this - any tips for dealing?

Communication! Just keep talking it out! It's good to recognize you are each reacting differently, and so just keep talking about it and being a sounding board for the other person. Best of luck to you!

 

[deafgal01]

I agree communication is key as RD has mentioned.

I also have made sure he knew how I was feeling and I encouraged him to share with me what he was feeling/thinking. It's the reason that I've managed to get thru this infertility journey with my husband - 9 years married this year and for 5 of those years we've been trying for a family (with 2 of them being really trying for real - on our own, 2 IUIs, and donor). One advice - don't talk/obsess over it. We choose to discuss it once in a while - maybe once a month we really sit down and talk about this. I do cry in front of him and when I do, I let him know the reason why so that's usually when we talk about it which isn't often these days.

So definitely communicate with your man. You are each other's sounding boards.

 

[Rainbow123]

MsRipple - Crochet is my top tip for getting through the wait for mTESE! I felt like I was doing something productive and it got rid of my nervous energy in those times during the evening when I wasn't kept busy and was sat obsessing about it!
Also, having scheduled fun times with your DH every week. We used to put things like 'Mexican night' on the diary and make a bit of an event out of it for ourselves. It was great to have a laugh together (might have been due to the tequila haha!) and it really helped to have something to look forward to each week.

Little update from me. We had for our first try at a sibling with donor IUI on May 22nd. I got pregnant however when I went for my 8 week scan the baby's heart had stopped beating a couple of days before. Absolutely heartbreaking. We'd seen a beautiful strong heartbeat at 6 weeks but something must have gone wrong. I'm now waiting for my period so we can go for our next try but I'm really dreading it. Trying to get myself physically and mentally prepared for it.

Sending all you gorgeous azoo ladies lots of love.

XXX

 

[rdleela]

Awh Rainbow, I'm so sorry for your loss, absolutely heartbreaking. I'm hoping for the best for you with trying again! Xoxo

 

[MoBaby]

Rainbow so sorry that's hard.

My second Azo and final Azo baby came Wednesday at 36 weeks. He's in nicu for some breathing issues but doing well overall. Hoping a few more days and he can come out.

 

[deafgal01]

With the summer and being away, I have put it on hold again. Nice to have a mental break anyways from trying. Anyways, prob won't start trying again til Sept or later. I have my heart set on walking at my graduation in December and will need to fly anyways for that. Yay for another azoo baby and good luck with trying again! Always heartbreaking when nature doesn't go the way we hope or expect it to.

 

[Rainbow123]

Congratulations MoBaby! I hope your little man is ready to come home soon. XXXXXXX

 

[MoBaby]

Not today unfortunately he's doing well though. I had to make the tough decision to leave the hospital. I was discharged this morning and give. A "boarding room" which was just a bed with a toilet so no shower or fridge for milk storage and no nurse or help in case I needed something in middle of night etc.

 

[deafgal01]

Oh mobaby! They will discharge him soon enough. Not easy leaving!

 

[Rainbow123]

How's your little man doing MoBaby? XXX

 

[MoBaby]

We came home Thursday! Doing well overall. Trying to get breastfeeding down as he was mostly bottle and tube fed expressed milk in nicu. They let me nurse only once per day. It's quite difficult as I'm pumping full time, nursing and figuring out how much he needs. But I'll manage and hopefully in another couple weeks this pump can be gone. He gets a little better each day.