Dealing with azoospermia?

[Deb111]

Been thinking of Wibble and Sar xx

 

[Deb111]

So I took my last OCP last Wednesday and still hasn't shown up. Phoned the clinic today as I thought it may affect me starting my stims on Thursday but the IVF nurse spoke to a Dr to clarify and apparently it's fine. I was only on the pill for just over 2 weeks and my lining was only 3.4 (I think) when I had my scan the other day so apparently my lining didn't have time to get very thick before I stopped the pill, so I may spot a bit (which I am - a TINY bit), I may get or I may not, but I'm fine to continue as planned

 

[Pamplemousse]

So I took my last OCP last Wednesday and still hasn't shown up. Phoned the clinic today as I thought it may affect me starting my stims on Thursday but the IVF nurse spoke to a Dr to clarify and apparently it's fine. I was only on the pill for just over 2 weeks and my lining was only 3.4 (I think) when I had my scan the other day so apparently my lining didn't have time to get very thick before I stopped the pill, so I may spot a bit (which I am - a TINY bit), I may get or I may not, but I'm fine to continue as planned

Good news Deb111, it seems that it is all systems go for you!

Hope Wibble Wobble and Sar have good news!!

 

[MoBaby]

Good News Deb!!

I am on day 3 of birth control (making me a bit sick to my stomach )

Today the andrology lab called and said they do not think DH sperm could survive a cryo process so they are only going to allow us to provide a sample on the egg retrevial day, which scares me since his count flucutates. I dont know what to think of this. They said if they cant get sperm then they have had good success with freezing eggs and fertilizing later (if DH would have to have TESE)..... What I wish we could do is have the urologist on standby to do the TESE if needed, but I feel he doesnt want to do anything withougt seeing $$ upfront... I told DH if I have to pay for him to be on standby then at least we would have that option. We will ask the urologists when we see him.

I am really frustrated today because there has been a lack of communication with the urologist and to our RE. DH was told that he could do cryo by the uro but the lab said no and the uro never communicated this with our RE but DH has a voice mail on his phone that says go ahead and do this. Now they are like you are on a numbers cruch since I am scheduled to go Nov 7th, but I did what the RE said to do. I gave him all this info, including the fact we didnot have an appt with uro to follow up until oct 17th, but all they had to say was call when your period starts. And now all the meds are going to be at the pharmacy soon.... Just worried and frustrated that we may not get sperm on egg day I would like to use fresh eggies but I am not going to waste eggies if there is no sperm. Oh well...

Hope Wibble and Sar have good news also

 

[Sar187]

Mobaby-Sorry things are not going well. Dr's can be so frustrating sometimes!

Deb-You are so close to starting stims, so exciting! I was told that the period after stopping birth control didn't really matter, it was more of a formality that they even wanted to know about it.

AFM-the TESE went well and sure enough the urologist said there is a lot of scar tissue in there from the hernia surgeries DH had when he was a child. He is now 99% positive this is the cause of the problem. We got 14 eggs from me and enough sperm to fertilize those 14 eggs plus freeze 6 vials! Our fertilization report wasn't as good as we had hoped but we had 4 eggs fertilize normally. So we now have 4 little embryos growing in dishes! Transfer will be on Thursday. Hopefully we will be able to transfer 2 and freeze 2.

I hope Wibble Wobble got some good news yesterday!

 

[MoBaby]

Thats great Sar! Good luck.

 

[silverbell]

Huge congratulations, Sar. What a simply amazing result for you both. Fantastic news

 

[MissAma]

OMG Sar that is loads and loads of sperm! One Fresh go and 6 vials -likely one or two more goes after it's thawed-? That is awesome news! Why haven't you guys done ICSI this time? Or have you?

Deb - Glad everything is going according to plan, you must be getting so excited now!

MoBaby - I would do exactly what you describe - have the TESE alternative on stand by although, I will say they will probably argue that if the count that day is bad then the production hasn't been that stellar on the inside either so they shouldn't cut? Just speculating I guess.

AFM - Well first appointment is done and dusted. It barely feels like a FS visit what with just talking and no wand-ing but it couldn't have went better. We need to get him our records and some details need deciding but he's happy with us starting any time, sees no show stoppers - read "must be blind"!- , is optimistic about chances and is looking forward to downregulating me mid Jan and we can likely have our surgeries beginning of March. LastBorn enjoy your last few months floating in babies-in-waiting land, mommy and daddy are coming to getcha!!!

 

[Sar187]

Thanks everyone!

MissAma-We did do ICSI this time, our clinic requires ICSI when doing a sperm retrieval. Just so glad we got 6 to freeze so DH shouldn't have to go through TESE again.

Right now I am just trying to restrain myself from calling the clinic to see how my embryos are doing. I don't get an update until I go in for transfer tomorrow morning.

 

[wibble wobble]

Hey everyone, thanks for thinking of me and sending best wishes.

The results on Monday were the worst news,no sperm found. We're both cut up about it,but we'd already talked about the possibility of this happening and we're happy to go ahead with our dream of having a baby using donor sperm. It's going to take a while to get used to the idea of having a strangers baby and I have loads of questions that need answering,but for the moment we're left in limbo land while we wait for the hospital to process us for diui (if my hsg comes back clear) I'm hoping the don't leave it too long to write.... I need to know whats happening next

 

[Deb111]

Mobaby-Sorry things are not going well. Dr's can be so frustrating sometimes!

Deb-You are so close to starting stims, so exciting! I was told that the period after stopping birth control didn't really matter, it was more of a formality that they even wanted to know about it.

AFM-the TESE went well and sure enough the urologist said there is a lot of scar tissue in there from the hernia surgeries DH had when he was a child. He is now 99% positive this is the cause of the problem. We got 14 eggs from me and enough sperm to fertilize those 14 eggs plus freeze 6 vials! Our fertilization report wasn't as good as we had hoped but we had 4 eggs fertilize normally. So we now have 4 little embryos growing in dishes! Transfer will be on Thursday. Hopefully we will be able to transfer 2 and freeze 2.

I hope Wibble Wobble got some good news yesterday!

Fabulous news sar! Hope you are both feeling ok physically xx

 

[Deb111]

Hey everyone, thanks for thinking of me and sending best wishes.

The results on Monday were the worst news,no sperm found. We're both cut up about it,but we'd already talked about the possibility of this happening and we're happy to go ahead with our dream of having a baby using donor sperm. It's going to take a while to get used to the idea of having a strangers baby and I have loads of questions that need answering,but for the moment we're left in limbo land while we wait for the hospital to process us for diui (if my hsg comes back clear) I'm hoping the don't leave it too long to write.... I need to know whats happening next

I'm so sorry to read this Wibble

I'm glad you have a plan and are happy to discuss donor sperm. Of course you will have loads of questions and there will be lots to discuss, but I know you will get your baby.

I hope hubby is recovering well.

thinking of you both and sending you lots of hugs Be gentle with yourselves xx

 

[Pamplemousse]

Hi Wibble Wobble,

Hope you and DH are doing ok? I can only imagine how hard it must feel for you right now. It may be cold comfort but over the last weeks I have drawn the conclusion that for all of us there is a child which is "ours" waiting to be loved and adored by us. the "science" of it may be different to how we imagined, but none the less if we continue to hope then that child will come to us in various ways.

Be easy on yourself!!! Lots of hugs! x

 

[Pamplemousse]

Mobaby-Sorry things are not going well. Dr's can be so frustrating sometimes!

Deb-You are so close to starting stims, so exciting! I was told that the period after stopping birth control didn't really matter, it was more of a formality that they even wanted to know about it.

AFM-the TESE went well and sure enough the urologist said there is a lot of scar tissue in there from the hernia surgeries DH had when he was a child. He is now 99% positive this is the cause of the problem. We got 14 eggs from me and enough sperm to fertilize those 14 eggs plus freeze 6 vials! Our fertilization report wasn't as good as we had hoped but we had 4 eggs fertilize normally. So we now have 4 little embryos growing in dishes! Transfer will be on Thursday. Hopefully we will be able to transfer 2 and freeze 2.

I hope Wibble Wobble got some good news yesterday!

Great news Sar! Exciting/nerve racking times ahead. Really hope all goes well! xx

 

[MoBaby]

wibble- sorry things did not go so well But I am happy to read you guys are okay with donor sperm You both will love that baby and it wont matter where the sperm came from Good luck with your HSG

 

[Sar187]

Wibble-So sorry to hear that there was nothing found. I'm glad you are both embracing the idea of donor sperm. I'm sure it won't be an easy road, but you will love the baby you get from it!

AFM-We transferred 2 A quality embryos today a 6 cell and an 8 cell. Sadly our other 2 embryos were C quality(worst for our clinic) and didn't meet freezing requirements. Now we wait. My Beta is set for october 17th.

 

[Deb111]

So exciting Sar - you sound very calm about it all!!

Hope everyone else is doing ok. Thinking of you and hubby Wibble

AFM, did my first injection this morning and apart from a little stinging when the fluid went in and the fact that I stabbed my thumb with the nice thick mixing needle before I even started all went well xx

 

[silverbell]

Thinking of you, Wibble.

Sar that's great news. Can't wait to hear how it goes and crossing my fingers for you. X x

 

[Sar187]

Deb-This 2ww is going to drive me crazy! haha. Right now just praying 1 or both of these implant and trying to stay stress free at the same time. Glad your injection didn't go too bad. The biggest things I found were to make sure I really relaxed the muscles where I was injecting and to make sure the med was at room temperature before injecting. Also you may have been told this but it helps prevent brusing and bleeding if you leave the needle in for a count of 5 seconds or so before you pull it out. Really hoping everything goes well for you!

DH has already been constantly touching my belly going, theres embryos in there! I'm not sure what to think right now. I know their there but I don't feel any different so its kind of like ok well other than resting theres really nothing I can do to help make this work right now.

 

[snd80]

I can't believe I let my hopes run high again. Got news from the dr. that bloods indicated that it was in fact testicular. Testosterone was low and FSH was high, so that's that. I'm out. I can't afford the next step so I am doomed to infinate childless hell. I'm so hurt, I can't stop crying and hubby is blaming himself. I just don't understand. Dr. wants us to come Tues to discuss options, but what is the point? Another bill to have to pay? I'm over it. I'm soooooo over it.