Spouses with low sperm count.

[Icklebean]

Sorry I can't help as font know much about it. I am getting my blood done on cycle day 21 and I am planning on going first thing in the morning before I go to work. Doctor didn't say I had to fast. I am phoning my fertility clinic tomorrow so I will ask them if they can advise me and I will let you know what they say.

ohhh thank u hun, i got tomorrow so let me know when you can, thanks

 

[GeorgiaBelle]

Hopingitwill and Icklebean,

Looking forward to hearing what you discover. My RE sent me for more blood work on Tuesday, December 27th after I met with him because I was concerned that while we knew that my testosterone level fluctuated in high levels, I wasn't sure if my progesterone levels were normal.

I haven't received the results of my blood work from Friday, December 16th or the 27th yet. As soon as I do get them, I'll post them.

Hope both your results turn out well!

 

[scerena]

Gieorgiabelle- aw thanks love ya too
Well here is what happened at my op i am just going to copy and paste this instead of re-writing it all out-


all
I hope youre all well?
Well long story short I went in this morning for the op- I told them I was on my period full flow and the surgeon didnt even blink an eye and done it

I was in tears before I went down and whilst going to sleep I was the second lady in... They was all VERY lovely and supportive to me....

So I was in and out of surgery in about an hour, I come round and they asked me on a scale of 1-3 how much pain I was in I said 2 so they gave me painkillers... Apparently I was a little disorientated fiddling withthe thingy in my hand and asking for oh lol when he wasnt even there as he wasnt allowed to stay I was saying he was in the room waiting lol...

Anyhow about an hour after I was up and going to the toilet... I took it easy Im walking very slowly, I couldnt go back to sleep and still havent as I have visitors here at home I just dont feel tired.. I have been keeping dosed up on painkillers and I feel minimal pain just mainly uncomfortable at times but nothing major- Hopefully I wont be any worse tomorrow fx'd

ANYWAY RESULTS ARE-
-My left tube was blocked BUT they unblocked it so I now have two tubes
-They done ovarian drilling and she is happy with my ovaries she said my pcos wasnt too bad and they should work good now...
-No endo
-My lining is always good they looked in my uterus- So ,must have been the clomid thinning my lining....

So basically she is happy as I have two tubes and should have more regular periods... Now the nurse said try naturally now as I am absolutely fine see how things go- They will send me a follow up appointment and discuss plans etc then...

I didnt however ask when we can bed again? Any ideas???

I am so happy that I had the op done and I would do it again if I had too

Thank you for the support ladies I really appreciate it x

 

[GeorgiaBelle]

Ladies,

Saw this on the AOL homepage this morning and wanted to share with all of you -

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/20..._1180695.html?ref=uk-lifestyle&ncid=webmail11

 

[GeorgiaBelle]

Scerena,

CONGRATULATIONS!

My heart is so full of joy for you that I believe it will pop and tons of pink and blue confetti will come shooting out. Your victory is a victory for all of us. I'm proud of you for going through with the surgery, and you came out a winner!

We were praying for that simple solution.

So we don't have to be so formal with our screen names, you can call me by my first name, Shannon.

 

[GeorgiaBelle]

I'm not sure if anyone outside the United States is familiar with the comic strip Family Circus. The comic is about Daddy, Mommy, Billy, Dolly, Jeffy, and PJ. It has a very sweet theme to the cartoon each day.

Today's Family Circus features Jeffy asking Mommy and Daddy to be a part of their hug. It touched my heart as it made me think of all of us ladies who are aching to be Mamas and our husbands wanting so much to be Daddies. We want very much for a Jeffy or a Dolly to be a part of our hugs.

https://www.arcamax.com/newspics/33/3388/338819.gif

 

[scerena]

shannon

Thanks for the reply
I am glad my tube is no lOnger blocked i am hoping that was all i needed

I am praying 2012 brings all of us ladies miracles and makes us mummies xxx

 

[wannabeprego]

Gieorgiabelle- aw thanks love ya too
Well here is what happened at my op i am just going to copy and paste this instead of re-writing it all out-


all
I hope youre all well?
Well long story short I went in this morning for the op- I told them I was on my period full flow and the surgeon didnt even blink an eye and done it

I was in tears before I went down and whilst going to sleep I was the second lady in... They was all VERY lovely and supportive to me....

So I was in and out of surgery in about an hour, I come round and they asked me on a scale of 1-3 how much pain I was in I said 2 so they gave me painkillers... Apparently I was a little disorientated fiddling withthe thingy in my hand and asking for oh lol when he wasnt even there as he wasnt allowed to stay I was saying he was in the room waiting lol...

Anyhow about an hour after I was up and going to the toilet... I took it easy Im walking very slowly, I couldnt go back to sleep and still havent as I have visitors here at home I just dont feel tired.. I have been keeping dosed up on painkillers and I feel minimal pain just mainly uncomfortable at times but nothing major- Hopefully I wont be any worse tomorrow fx'd

ANYWAY RESULTS ARE-
-My left tube was blocked BUT they unblocked it so I now have two tubes
-They done ovarian drilling and she is happy with my ovaries she said my pcos wasnt too bad and they should work good now...
-No endo
-My lining is always good they looked in my uterus- So ,must have been the clomid thinning my lining....

So basically she is happy as I have two tubes and should have more regular periods... Now the nurse said try naturally now as I am absolutely fine see how things go- They will send me a follow up appointment and discuss plans etc then...

I didnt however ask when we can bed again? Any ideas???

I am so happy that I had the op done and I would do it again if I had too

Thank you for the support ladies I really appreciate it x

Hi Scerena,

I am glad that the surgery went well and that you have 2 open tubes now. I got everything crossed that you can finally get your BFP now!!! I am sending good luck and tons of baby dust to you!!!

 

[scerena]

Thanks hun i am so happy
Are they going to give you a lap & dye to see if your other tube is open or can be unblocked? I am so glad that i done it even though im in some pain! I hope now i am able to get the i dreamed of! I hope all of us can make 2012 our year! xx

 

[wannabeprego]

Thanks hun i am so happy
Are they going to give you a lap & dye to see if your other tube is open or can be unblocked? I am so glad that i done it even though im in some pain! I hope now i am able to get the i dreamed of! I hope all of us can make 2012 our year! xx

Your Welcome hun!! I am so happy for you!!

The next step for me is a saline sonohysterography which is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. I finally got the courage up and scheduled it. I am nervous about it but I realize it is a necessary evil to get me one step closer to scheduling my first IUI. DH is taking the day off to go with me to the appointment. When I did my HSG it was pretty ruff on me so I want DH to be with me in case I need him to drive me, with the HSG I had really painful cramping during the procedure and I threw up after it was done, But i am hoping that this procedure will be alot easier than the HSG was!!! As I previously mentioned the DR wants to get a closer look at a bump that is on one side of my uterus to see what it is that showed up in my X-Ray on my HSG that I had previously. I am hoping that I wont need to have it surgically removed and that I will be able to move forward with the IUI after I do this last test. I am going to have to wait on hubby's tax return to come in so we can afford to pay for our first round of IUI, so hopefully that will be happening soon.

Even though I might have one tube blocked, (DR wasnt sure if it just spasmed and wasnt really blocked and if that was why the dye didnt go through) the DR said I can do IUI with only one open tube so I dont know
what will happen next, I guess I will have to wait and see how tomorrows test turns out. I will stop in an do an update on here to let you know. wish me luck!

 

[scerena]

What is a saline sonohysterography?
I understand that as my hsg was very painful also!
Gl hun and i hope you can do your IUI very soon! Please keep me updated x

 

[wannabeprego]

What is a saline sonohysterography?
I understand that as my hsg was very painful also!
Gl hun and i hope you can do your IUI very soon! Please keep me updated x

Thank you for the good luck!! It is where they fill your uterus with a saline solution and do a sonogram (or ultrasound, i am not 100% on what type of scan they do for this one) so that they can get a better look at the inside of the uterus. The DR will be able to see more detail of what the bump is on the inside of my uterus to determine for sure what it is, and she should be able to advise me about whether I can proceed with my IUI plans or if I am going to need to get it surgically removed. It kind of sounded like the HSG procedure but instead of the iodine stuff they use a saline solution. The nurse told me this procedure is less painful than the HSG was and I hope she was telling me the truth...I am not sure if it is contributing to my infertility and not being able to get pregnant or not. Of course DH having a low sperm count isnt helping either I am sure.... I will be sure update you and let you know how it turns out...

 

[scerena]

Yea pleas definately do, make sure to take pain relief before and after hun! I hope youfeel no pain and get good news! Wheni had my op they gave a hysteroscopy to look in my uterus... My hsg was horrible and i know yours was too so i hope everything goes smoothly for you this time- will they try and unblock your tube with this procedure?
Anyhow gl and my fx'd for you xx

 

[wannabeprego]

Yea pleas definately do, make sure to take pain relief before and after hun! I hope youfeel no pain and get good news! Wheni had my op they gave a hysteroscopy to look in my uterus... My hsg was horrible and i know yours was too so i hope everything goes smoothly for you this time- will they try and unblock your tube with this procedure?
Anyhow gl and my fx'd for you xx

Yeah, I am going to take a RX pain medicine that I have left over from when I had a surgery a year ago so hopefully that will stop any pain or cramping that could result from the procedure tomorrow.

I am not sure if the procedure will unblock my other tube that might be blocked or not, I know one girl that had it done before on B&B said that the DR was able to see her tubes and could see that they weren't blocked. I am definatly going to ask tomorrow to find out well the DR is doing the procedure though.

 

[scerena]

I hope they can have a look for you as i know what it is like to not know if it is or not, im hoping so much that yours isnt blocked hun! Please keep us updated on how you get on
Hows things with your oh sa?
X

 

[wannabeprego]

I hope they can have a look for you as i know what it is like to not know if it is or not, im hoping so much that yours isnt blocked hun! Please keep us updated on how you get on
Hows things with your oh sa?
X

Thanks hun....

My appointment isnt until this afternoon at 2:45, and it is morning here and I am just finishing up my coffee so i am trying to stay calm well I am waiting.

As far as DH's SA, the last one we did was his second one a few months ago back in October, and his numbers had improved and were high enough for us to get the green light to do the IUI. He had 6.6 million with 65% motility which is up from his less than 5 million for his first SA and only 36% motility. The DR wanted a minimum of 5 million or more to be able to do IUI, although she would of prefered over 10 million, but I still want to give it a try, Now i just need to get through this saline sono today and hopefully it will be good news so we can move on and do the IUI soon. DH has been taking GNC vitamins which seem to have helped his numbers from the results we got. I need to buy him some more vitamins because we are out now....

How was your OH's last SA, i think I saw a post from you saying his numbers had improved???

 

[scerena]

Ooooooh good luck! Have you taken your meds? Please update as soon as you get out!

Yay on the improvement of your oh sa! My ohs latest one was 34mil! The count was the most its ever been so happy with that but still doing vitamins to improve it more and the motility etc
X

 

[wannabeprego]

Okay, so just got home from the fertility DR's and had the saline sonohysterography. It wasnt to bad, DH was able to be in the room with me. They also had a student nurse observing the process along with the DR and nurse that was assisting, so it was like 3 people looking at my junk and DH in the room as well. I asked DH after if he felt awkward and of course he did, LOL, but I was thankful he was there to support me and take away some ofmy fears. The worst part was when the DR was trying to find the right size speculum and had to change it to a smaller one and than had to switch the size catherter to a smaller one that was used to fill up my uterus with the saline solution. It was like a dull unpleasant cramping well they were doing this part and than i felt like I needed to pee. The cramps were like long unpleasant AF type cramps that just went on for a while and I did say ouch a few times, but it was alot less painful than the HSG was. Once she had the saline solution in and was done filling the uterus with saline the pain almost all went away. They used the dildo cam wand thing to do an ultrasound once my uterus was filled with saline.

So the DR saw the bump on the side of my uterus that showed up on the HSG X-ray and confirmed that it was a fibroid and she didnt seem to think it was going to be a problem, But she discovered a new problem, a polyp which is causing blockage and is definatly of concern on the inside of my uterus as well. She showed me on the computer screen and on a printed up picture of the sonogram as well. I am having some light spotting with pink and light brown blood after the procedure with some like chunky pieces of tissue type discharge as well, and I have on a pad on now. I have a little bit of cramping after the procedure but it isnt anything that I am not used to and is minimal.

So after the procedure was done DH and me met with the DR in an office to discuss our options. The DR wants me to have a hysteroscopy to have the polyp surgically removed and offered me the option to do a laparoscopy at the same time to try to reopen the one tube of mine that might possibly be blocked, which we discovered previously during my HSG. I will have to be sedated and under anethesia for both procedures.

The hysteroscopy is less invasive and has a quicker recovery time though, they can just go in through the cervix and into the uterus to cut away the polyp. If I do the laparascopy than I have to have incisions cut into my belly and it will be a longer recovery time, but it could unblock my other tube. I am undecided if I want to do the laparascopy at this time because I know it will be a more painful recovery, and I also know that i can still do the IUI with only one open tube, so it is not a necessary thing, But at the same time I know if I have 2 open tubes it will increase my chances of getting pregnant. So, I have a couple of things to think about, like how much will our out of pocket cost be after my insurance pays so I have to figure out how and when we would be able to afford one of the procedures or both of them.

I also am not thrilled with going through with the laparascopy since I dont know for sure if my one tube is blocked or not, or if it just spasmed during the HSG and that was why the dye didnt go through. I am not sure if there is a less invasive way to verify if the one tube is blocked for sure or not before I go and cut into my belly for this procedure or not??

So long story short, I am upset with the results because the thought of surgery is pretty scary. I am also shocked to know that all of this time me and DH have been TTC month after month to find out that our efforts were pointless because this polyp is causing a blockage in my uterus, so all of my tears and heart ache month after month were in vain. Than trying to be able to afford the surgery will push back our ability to have the IUI because the $$ we would of used to pay for that will most likely get eaten up by the costs of my surgery so now I am going to have to wait even longer.... sigh.. this is not the news I was hoping for....

Well at least I know what we need to do next, but I am trying to rap my head around the news that i just got still and psych myself up for surgery...ugghhhhhh....Blah.... I am not even gooing to worry about TTC now until I can do the surgery because it is pretty much pointless until than. So I guess I will be on a break from TTC for a while.... sigh....

 

[wannabeprego]

Ooooooh good luck! Have you taken your meds? Please update as soon as you get out!

Yay on the improvement of your oh sa! My ohs latest one was 34mil! The count was the most its ever been so happy with that but still doing vitamins to improve it more and the motility etc
X

Yeah, I am so glad that your DH's numbers improved!!! WOO HOO!!! I am happy for you hun!!! I am sure you will be getting your BFP very soon!!

 

[scerena]

Hun i am so sorry to hear your news
I have replied in your thread you wrote hun, i was the same about the lap as wasnt sure if mine was spasming or blocked but it turned out that mine was.

I recommend time to think carefully but from my outcome i would recommend- how does your oh feel bout it?

I am so sorry once again and its horrible that you have to pay for all your procedures and treatments over there! Please keep us updated my thoughts are with you x