Dealing with azoospermia?

[snd80]

Thanks so much girls for the responses... it will be Sept. before we can make an appt. (hubby has soo many appts. these next few weeks with his kidney/dialysis troubles), so I am hoping for some great news around my b'day next month!

I will keep you guys updated and just know that this thread has been the best thing since sliced bread! It has really helped me along this horrible journey... Thanks again for all the support, even if you didn't know you were supporting me!

 

[Deb111]

Great news snd! Must be such a relief for you.

Well girls ... first appointment at The Lister clinic to start planning my side of things tomorrow. Terrified! but will be good to start getting somewhere

Hubby is having SA done tomorrow too so we will see if the tamoxifen has had any effect - might be a bit too early yet tho

 

[snd80]

Thanks & Good luck Deb! Fingers x'd for you!

 

[mumanddad]

Good luck for tomorrow? X

 

[Y B AVG]

Good luck with the upcoming appointments!

 

[KB38]

Good luck Deb!!!

 

[Sar187]

Good luck today Deb!

 

[tigerlily1975]

Hello everyone

How are you all doing?

Sar187: Good luck for the 23rd, I hope it all goes smoothly for you

snd80: That's great that your hubby is getting some help. It's so difficult seeing pregnant woman when you're out and about, but I really hope it'll all be our turn, soon

Deb111: Good luck for tomorrow, I hope the tamoxifen has helped.

AFM: We had our appointment last week and some of you will find this interesting; guess whose name was on the clinic board for appointments that day? Mr Ramsay! Queen Charlotte's is linked with Hammersmith (I will be going there for my scans, actually), so that's why he was listed. Unfortunately, we're not able to see him through the NHS, as Hammersmith isn't in our catchment area.

As for the appointment, lots of questions, nothing jumping out as to the cause - you all know the "have you had mumps/injuries in the area yada-yada" drill. I have to watch my weight.. boo! Husband is being sent for blood work (hormone and microbiology, not genetic) and a repeat SA. Depending on those, he'll then be off for scans. I'm down for more blood tests, a HSG and an ultrasound. We're back to see him on the 21st September... I'm going armed with holiday brochures in case the news is bad.

I'm trying hard not to be pessimistic, but once you get bad news, it's hard to shake it off and get positive again. In the meantime, we're off to Madrid this weekend, so a bit of sun and some red wine will most certainly help!

Big to all,

C xx

 

[silverbell]

I'm trying hard not to be pessimistic, but once you get bad news, it's hard to shake it off and get positive again. In the meantime, we're off to Madrid this weekend, so a bit of sun and some red wine will most certainly help!

Big to all,

C xx

Glad the appointment went well, tigerlily, and I know exactly what you mean about trying hard not to be pessimistic once you get bad news. To be fair we're all only human and being told what we've been told really shakes you to the core no matter how tough you are.

Have a fabulous time in Madrid, you lucky lady! Enjoy it x

 

[Deb111]

Well ... update on our appointment at the fertility clinic on Wednesday

Still no in SA, but hubby's only been on the tamoxifen just over 2 months and as we know, take 3 months to fully develop so still early days.

My scan was ok - no cysts, womb lining all fine etc etc, just that they could only see 3 follicles on right ovary and 2 on left - so that's not great news with regards to my fertility, but still hopefully workable with but looks like I'll be on a higher dose of stims when we start

Waiting for my AMH test result from them and off to see Mr Ramsay (hubby's urologist) again tomorrow - think his meds may need adjusting / changing as his oestraiol is waaaaay too high and that will probably cancel out the raised testosterone.

As soon as we get some dates from urologist with regards to when he wants to do hubby's microTESE, we can start working out some dates. I can start to fit in with him, on any CD1 from now on.

So ... another update coming up tomorrow xx

 

[wibble wobble]

Hi everyone

just thought I'd pop on and say hi, quietly counting down the days to hubby's tese on 40 sleeps now so not too far away.

hope everyone is doing ok, I'll be back to catch up when I can

 

[WANBMUM]

Hi Guys,
Hi wibble wobble, i hope your time flies 40 sleeps is nothing!
Hi Deb, yes it is early days for your OH. That is a bit disappointing about your own fertility I'm sure. What do they plan to do for you?
Ive been offline for a few weeks as I have been trying to not dwell on TTC, which I haven't until now as My OH finally has his app on monday with the surgeons consultant, so I will keep you all posted. I think this is the first test we havent been worried/nervous about, probably because we know now and our fate is out of our hands I guess. Although realistically he is the one who will decide if my OH can be operated on. Fingers crossed it is good positive news.
Hope you are all ok

 

[Deb111]

Copied from my journal ...

Well Mr Ramsay was his usual charming, reassuring self today

Didn't really talk about my side of things in terms of follicles apart from to tell him we don't have time to 'hang around' He didn't seem alarmed by it, but I guess at the end of the day he is a urologist, so although he knows a fair bit about the whole IVF process, he wouldn't know statistics etc for me

Anyway, he is really pleased at Terry's testosterone result and extremely pleased that the FSH has been driven higher.

The oestradol, he isn't too concerned about. He has added arimadex to his tamoxifen which will bring his oestradiol down pretty quickly, but he says it doesn't put us back 3 months as it is the FSH that will have driven sperm production and the oestradiol wont have affected that, it will just be stopping them from being 'all singing, all dancing sperm' which doesn't matter too much as they don't need to be good swimmers etc for ICSI.

Apparently arimadex is quite expensive, but he's told us to go to superdrug as they're cheapest - bless him.

Still nothing in SA, but we would have been highly surprised to find any so soon after Wednesday's negative result. If microTESE has to go ahead, recovery time will be about 10 days, but he says he will have plenty of local anasthetic to get him home comfortably and will also get tramadol for pain relief

So, drum roll .......
We're looking at microTESE / EC in October most likely as long as we can fit round his few days holiday. This will be good for me as I can hopefully get EC done in half term and have a few days to recover. So once I've got a clinic sorted out for scans / bloods - which will hopefully be Monday, I can email Dr Nicopollous and hopefully start BCP at the beginning of my September cycle!!!!!

 

[jennyc2412]

Hi everyone, not sure if you remember me but i joined this post back in May after my hubby had the PESA/TESA and they found nothing. Was totally devastated at the time, and I'm sorry for not thanking you all for your kind words and encouragement. It really did help to know there are other people feeling exactly the same!
So, we decided to use a donor, its been really hard to get my around it all and accept it, but they found a match within about 4 weeks! So we're booked in for an info session about IUI and IVF.. does anyone have any experience of IUI? We get 2 gos of IUI on the NHS and 1 IVF, so we're going to give the IUI a try.
But.. we booked a holiday with our best friends last Sunday, 10 days in the sun to have a break from all the upset and thinking about babies. And then on Saturday just gone, they told us that they are pregnant! So now I have 10 days of having it shoved in my face. I'm so upset with them for not telling us before we booked it and don't want to go anymore. Am i being unresonable??
Hope you are all ok

snd80 - I bought the 'helping the stork' book that you recommended, thanks! I would recommend it if anyone else is considering SD..
xxx

 

[silverbell]

WANBMUM - I hope all has gone well today

wibble - not long now!

jennyc - you would have been on here before my DH got diagnosed so I missed you that time around. I'm glad you've both decided on sperm donor and fab news that they found a match so quickly and you're all set for IUI.

I don't think I'd particularly want to go on holiday either, knowing what they'll be talking about and if you don't talk about it then it'll look bad and if you do then it'll upset you ... what a difficult situation. I take it they knew before you guys booked then? Also, I'm assuming they're aware of your situation? Really tough situation. Sending you lots of

 

[luckdragon]

hi there guys just to let you know me and my dh have decided to also go ahead with ivf using a donnor we have to done one more semen sample in september just to double check and then were going ahead with treatment. hope it works, as we have to pay for it!! eeek hope everyone else is ok xxxxx

 

[mumanddad]

Good luck ladies xx

 

[Pink Lolly]

Hi everyone, not sure if you remember me but i joined this post back in May after my hubby had the PESA/TESA and they found nothing. Was totally devastated at the time, and I'm sorry for not thanking you all for your kind words and encouragement. It really did help to know there are other people feeling exactly the same!
So, we decided to use a donor, its been really hard to get my around it all and accept it, but they found a match within about 4 weeks! So we're booked in for an info session about IUI and IVF.. does anyone have any experience of IUI? We get 2 gos of IUI on the NHS and 1 IVF, so we're going to give the IUI a try.
But.. we booked a holiday with our best friends last Sunday, 10 days in the sun to have a break from all the upset and thinking about babies. And then on Saturday just gone, they told us that they are pregnant! So now I have 10 days of having it shoved in my face. I'm so upset with them for not telling us before we booked it and don't want to go anymore. Am i being unresonable??
Hope you are all ok

snd80 - I bought the 'helping the stork' book that you recommended, thanks! I would recommend it if anyone else is considering SD..
xxx

Hi Jenny

We are in exactly the same boat -my DH has a Pesa/Tese on 5th August and they found just very i8mmature sperm that we can't use - they said DH basiclaly produces sperm but production halts at a certain point.

We have also decided to use a donor -we will get 4 goes at IUI and 1 IVF on NHS.

Keep in touch x

 

[dodoting]

Nice to see you

 

[silverbell]

Great news, luckdragon (I remember you saying a month or so ago that your DH was adamant he wouldn't do this, so I am pleased he's changed his mind), and I hope to hear very happy news soon