Sticking Together Until We All Get BFP's!!!!

[Twinsie]

Hi ladies! I've been stalking this thread for a few days and wanted to say hi!! I'm Jamie. 30 years old and DH is 35. We got married in oct and have been ttc since, with no luck yet! Found out last week that DH has significantly low testosterone so we went to an endocrinologist and are having more testing done. Anyone have a similar experience? Would love some advice if you do! Or I'll just take some support! you all seem so friendly !!

Hoping you all get your BFPs soon!!

 

[Jrepp]

I don't have any experience with low testosterone. Hopefully someone can give you advice. Welcome

 

[TTC74]

Hi Twinsie! DH also has significantly low T. Fortunately, we found that his sperm analysis was completely normal. So, don't panic yet. The only downside is that we cannot treat the low T and alleviate the nasty side effects. Low T treatments completely destroy a man's sperm count. So, we have to wait for baby until DH can get any relief from the low T effects. GL to you and DH!

 

[WunnaBubba2]

Tinsie
Welcome to the group. I don't have experience but hoping your further testing goes well

 

[mdscpa]

Welcome Twinsie.... My DH wasn't tested for testosterone levels... So i have no clue, but i have found this site https://www.everydayhealth.com/low-testosterone/treatment.aspx. It's good that you're seeing a specialist and hopefully they can fix it.... Did he do semen analysis already? I know low testosterone affects sperm production but i'm hoping his SA is just fine and just need a little boost..

 

[Twinsie]

Hi Twinsie! DH also has significantly low T. Fortunately, we found that his sperm analysis was completely normal. So, don't panic yet. The only downside is that we cannot treat the low T and alleviate the nasty side effects. Low T treatments completely destroy a man's sperm count. So, we have to wait for baby until DH can get any relief from the low T effects. GL to you and DH!

Thanks ladies!! I truly appreciate your kindness

Ttc74- you just gave me some hope, thank you! I really didn't think it was even possible to have a normal sperm count with low T!! Did your DH have normal healthy sperm (morphology etc?)
DH has a scheduled SA for Tuesday so I'm very curious what his results will say! He had more blood testing for his pituitary and other hormone levels, etc. so hopefully those results will come back soon. Fx

I hope you get your bfp soon so DH can get his T fixed!

 

[Twinsie]

Welcome Twinsie.... My DH wasn't tested for testosterone levels... So i have no clue, but i have found this site https://www.everydayhealth.com/low-testosterone/treatment.aspx. It's good that you're seeing a specialist and hopefully they can fix it.... Did he do semen analysis already? I know low testosterone affects sperm production but i'm hoping his SA is just fine and just need a little boost..

Thanks for the site info!
Yea his SA is Tuesday, so I can't wait to find out his results . I bought him and I both fertilaid to start this week. And boost count for him. I've heard good things about both helping to produce more healthy spermies! His libido has been pretty sad lately and he's been having ED which is a sign of low T but I'm sure the added pressure of ttc doesn't help! Poor DH feels horrible but I try to reassure him that we will conceive soon enough..

 

[mdscpa]

Welcome Twinsie.... My DH wasn't tested for testosterone levels... So i have no clue, but i have found this site https://www.everydayhealth.com/low-testosterone/treatment.aspx. It's good that you're seeing a specialist and hopefully they can fix it.... Did he do semen analysis already? I know low testosterone affects sperm production but i'm hoping his SA is just fine and just need a little boost..

Thanks for the site info!
Yea his SA is Tuesday, so I can't wait to find out his results . I bought him and I both fertilaid to start this week. And boost count for him. I've heard good things about both helping to produce more healthy spermies! His libido has been pretty sad lately and he's been having ED which is a sign of low T but I'm sure the added pressure of ttc doesn't help! Poor DH feels horrible but I try to reassure him that we will conceive soon enough..

We were on fertilaid for 3 months. The 3rd try was when we got ... I took them with OvaBoost and FertileCM because i know i have trouble ovulating... DH took them with CountBoost and Motility boost even though he wasn't tested before. When we went to see a specialist he already finished 2 months of those meds and got very good results so we really aren't sure if it helped... DH and I feel that it did some trick though... So we are going to take them again when we decide to TTC in the future.

FX his SA comes out great... And you get your soon.

 

[Twinsie]

Welcome Twinsie.... My DH wasn't tested for testosterone levels... So i have no clue, but i have found this site https://www.everydayhealth.com/low-testosterone/treatment.aspx. It's good that you're seeing a specialist and hopefully they can fix it.... Did he do semen analysis already? I know low testosterone affects sperm production but i'm hoping his SA is just fine and just need a little boost..

Thanks for the site info!
Yea his SA is Tuesday, so I can't wait to find out his results . I bought him and I both fertilaid to start this week. And boost count for him. I've heard good things about both helping to produce more healthy spermies! His libido has been pretty sad lately and he's been having ED which is a sign of low T but I'm sure the added pressure of ttc doesn't help! Poor DH feels horrible but I try to reassure him that we will conceive soon enough..

We were on fertilaid for 3 months. The 3rd try was when we got ... I took them with OvaBoost and FertileCM because i know i have trouble ovulating... DH took them with CountBoost and Motility boost even though he wasn't tested before. When we went to see a specialist he already finished 2 months of those meds and got very good results so we really aren't sure if it helped... DH and I feel that it did some trick though... So we are going to take them again when we decide to TTC in the future.

FX his SA comes out great... And you get your soon.

That's amazing that you got ur bfp after a few months on the pills!! Congrats !!!!
I'm very hopeful for that to be the case for us. I really hope so. Did ur hubby feel any side effects, good or bad? Did he take the pills all at once daily or 3x a day like it says? My DH complained when he found out it should be 3x a day but I don't want to hurt our chances if I tell him it could be once a day to take all 3 pills. Did ur DH feel an increase in libido or anything?? Sorry for the 20 questions lol I'm so curious if my DH is going to all of a sudden have the sex drive of a 18 year old

 

[mdscpa]

Sex drive is not problem for DH He took them twice a day.... since he doesn't eat breakfast....

Lunch: 2 fertilaid, 1 count boost and 1 motility boost
Dinner: 1 fertilaid, 1 count boost and 1 motility boost

As to side effects, nothing really. they're just too big to take and the smell of either the count boost or motility boost is so bad but he doesn't mind. Have to take it after meal.

We only have two months supply each at first but i always stop taking my meds after O is confirmed he finished his but no Next two months I stopped and we went to a specialist and did lots of tests even HSG all looks normal except that i have weak Ovulation. I was put on two rounds of clomid still unsuccessful although i responded well.. Following month i was unmedicated and so is DH again no Then, DH said that i finish my fertilaid products (leftover) enough for that cycle, DH ordered 4 months supply of his supplements they arrived a week before my O so he started taking them again. 2 weeks later after O i got my ... He still have 3 months supply left (good they will expire in 2017) I, on the other hand, dont have any leftover. All in all i took 2 months supply and DH took 2.5 months supply of those meds....

 

[mommysylvia]

While I was searching I found this link someone posted... Its a calculator which adjusts your bbt to a different temp if you tested earlier or later than usual. I put my temp where I took it 4 hrs late and it put it to .2 degrees higher.... Very curious!

https://www.whenmybaby.com/basalbodytemperature.php

I find that unless my sleep is SUPER restless (and that actually lowers my temp... I think my agitation combined with being drained taxes my adrenals and thus lowers my temp), if I take my temp after the longest stretch of sleep (usually that is when I first go to bed then first wake up, or 10ish to 3ish), that's most accurate. So I just use that temp but record the time. FF and most apps figure that in. OR... I might just increase the temp by .1 or .2 higher if it's during O time and I *need* to have the most accurate temp. possible. On a super bad sleep night, unfortunately I just have to average out the temps I take throughout the night, each time I am going to get out of bed, but then discard it. I use OPK and check CM, so between those FF can still pinpoint approx. O. Good luck and sorry for the long-winded, possibly confusing answer. Short one: no, don't use the # that adjuster gives you - if anything, record the temp you take early or late and record a temp in the middle of that temp and that site's suggested adjustment, which is always extremely lower or higher.

Thank you for the info Well I never wake up during my sleep just today for 30 mins but I made sure I didnt move I was just trying to go back to sleep during that time lol and a few days ago instead of waking up at 6am my usual time I slept in till 10am.... I already had my rise so I figured it wouldn't matter until I get closer to getting a BFP.

 

[froggyfrog]

Hey twinsie, my dh has a very low t level also. Unfortunately his count is extremely low as well. At first he was diagnosed with varococel veins. They corrected them with a stainless steel coil, then after that didnt help his count he had his t checked and it was low so They actually put him on clomid for 6 months, which typically helps, but didnt help much with his count. He started taking a supplement that seemed to help his count more than anything else had. Its called horny goat weed. He was averaging around 3 mill with 33% motility. After the horny goat weed he went up to 20 mill with 35% motility. So supplements can work!!

 

[mommysylvia]

I just woke up from a 4 1/2 hr nap!! So tired lately its not even funny

 

[TTC74]

Twinsie - yes, his morphology and motility were both fine, too. His urologist said that whether low T affects sperm count depends largely on the reason for the low T. Certain things cause both low T and low sperm count. Other things just cause low T (which CAN lead to low sperm count but doesn't always).

 

[Twinsie]

Hey twinsie, my dh has a very low t level also. Unfortunately his count is extremely low as well. At first he was diagnosed with varococel veins. They corrected them with a stainless steel coil, then after that didnt help his count he had his t checked and it was low so They actually put him on clomid for 6 months, which typically helps, but didnt help much with his count. He started taking a supplement that seemed to help his count more than anything else had. Its called horny goat weed. He was averaging around 3 mill with 33% motility. After the horny goat weed he went up to 20 mill with 35% motility. So supplements can work!!

Wow that sounds like a lot of effort all to find out it didn't work to increase his T, your poor DH!! Glad to hear the horny goat weed helped! I will look into that too. I take vitex for my short LP and it helped dramatically. Vitex is supposedly the natural clomid so I was tempted to have DH take that since I read that a lot of specialists give that to guys for their low T but I'll wait and see how the fertilaid helps first. Afraid to start too much at once! Plus I want yo wait and see his SA results next week. Patience is a virtue that I do not have ! Lol I guess I'll pretend to have it

 

[Twinsie]

Twinsie - yes, his morphology and motility were both fine, too. His urologist said that whether low T affects sperm count depends largely on the reason for the low T. Certain things cause both low T and low sperm count. Other things just cause low T (which CAN lead to low sperm count but doesn't always).

Yea makes sense about it depending on the cause for low T. I have no clue what causes my DHs, I wish we knew! He says he's had a history of low sex drive occurring randomly throughout his life so idk if that's due to the low T or not. He's recently gained weight (20 pounds) and I don't think that helps him mentally either. So ensuring we dtd when I'm fertile has become stressful :/. Oh the struggles..

 

[TTC74]

Yea makes sense about it depending on the cause for low T. I have no clue what causes my DHs, I wish we knew! He says he's had a history of low sex drive occurring randomly throughout his life so idk if that's due to the low T or not. He's recently gained weight (20 pounds) and I don't think that helps him mentally either. So ensuring we dtd when I'm fertile has become stressful :/. Oh the struggles..

I can relate. DH has an issue with low drive, too. So, we sometimes struggle with the scheduled BD, too.

Is your DH's count particularly low? DH in my case was 150 something I believe.

 

[Megs555]

Hey there everyone I had posted on another thread about my 3 days of pos opk and showed a photo of the test and someone said it was neg, but the instructions and online articles say it was pos. I attached a photo to check with all you lovely ladies, the test line was darker than the control line for 3 days straight!

Thanks in advance for responses

 

[Twinsie]

Hey there everyone I had posted on another thread about my 3 days of pos opk and showed a photo of the test and someone said it was neg, but the instructions and online articles say it was pos. I attached a photo to check with all you lovely ladies, the test line was darker than the control line for 3 days straight!

Thanks in advance for responses

That's def positive, they probably didn't realize which line was the test line.

 

[Megs555]

Yes thank you lol!! I figured they were reading it wrong!!