hey hunnies...don't have long right now...dh and i have to head back out for another appt, but i wanted to give a quickie update again
sorry so many of those lately...
well, not good news, but not "end-of-the-world" news either. dh's FSH and LH both VERY high. means his brain is trying very very hard to stimulate testicles to produce sperm but not working very good. good news is he IS still making sperm, even if just a little. bad news is it looks like he's starting on the path to testicular failure b/c of hormone levels and NOTHING will stop or change or fix it re: sperm production. bottom line, dh's #s to low to even try IUI. doc won't even attempt it. only possibility for pg at all is IVF with ICSI. i feel very comfortable with this doc and dh does too. he was very very compassionate and knowledgable. very helpful about ins and outs with insurance info and cost/payment etc. so, i think dh wants to move forward with it. doc said if we didn't want IVF, our only other choice was donor sperm and neither me or dh want that. so, we will have to take a hard look at finances and see what we can do. doc feels very positive that i'm "good" and that we'll get a bfp on first try IVF, worst case, second try. he's pretty sure i have endometriosis b/c of symptoms, but he says IVF will bypass any risk that would cause for bfn. he said endo still causes bfn's with IUI but not with IVF, so that's good to know. he also said my charts look great and he feels very strongly i'm ovulating well and that progesterone is fine. he said too many docs try to make a diagnosis solely on the progesterone, but the level mine was at defo indicates ov. so also good news. anyway, still trying to soak it all in. there was a lot more that we talked about but i've got to run for now so i'm sure it will all come out with you girls in spurts.
it was so hard not to cry at the FS, and i cried on the way home.
but i think dh is pretty set on moving forward with IVF so that's encouraging to me. i hope we can start this summer. next step is to set up IVF teaching session with the FS nurse. i'll be able to chat more later tonight and tomorrow afternoon... thank you girls for being here. i don't know what i'd do without you.