Thursday, August 31, 2017

Second results are in!

As expected, there were 0 sperm in the second semen analysis. We will continue the Clomid and retest in November. On a side note, Disney World is as amazing as ever!!

Friday, August 18, 2017

We have started the fertility treatment process

We saw the male fertility specialist today and DH is now on 50mg of clomid a day for 3 months. We are doing a repeat semen analysis in the next week, and again in 3 months. We are also retesting his blood levels in 6 weeks. We are excited and hopeful about this new medicine. Fingers crossed!

Plan of action:

1st semen analysis was June 26, 2017 (Results: 1-2 non-motile abnormal shaped sperm)

1st blood levels check was July 17, 2017 (Results: low testosterone (251), normal FSH and LH)

Started Clomid August 18, 2017

2nd semen analysis will be August 28, 2017, should receive results on August 30, 2017

2nd blood levels check will be the week of October 2, 2017

3rd semen analysis will be the week of November 20, 2017

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

What do you do when everyone you know is pregnant?

I found out today that 2 of my friends are both pregnant with their third babies. It hurts more than anyone will ever understand. I feel like it's never going to happen for us. I'm so tired of waiting and hoping. I don't even want to be around them anymore and I know I'm not going to want to go to their baby showers or to the hospital to see their babies. It's not that I'm not happy for them.. I'm just really sad for me. I broke down at work when I heard the news. I'd give ANYTHING to be pregnant.

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

It's been a tough day..

DH and I celebrated a year of marriage this week. On our night of our anniversary I took a HPT just for fun and because I have a ton of cheapies under my sink. Go figure, a evapish line appeared a little out of the time frame. Now I know that's not a positive, but of course it got my brain wheels to spinning wondering if it could possibly be our miracle. Well, I took a FRER today and of course it was completely negative. The heartache came all over again. I appreciate people trying to encourage me and giving me hope that we'll have a miracle and conceive naturally, but they aren't the ones that end up crying every month when I get my period or when I have to see another negative pregnancy test for what seems like the millionth time. It literally breaks my heart.

DH is going to see the male infertility specialist on Friday to get a prescription for Clomid. We are also going to talk about doing a second analysis and possibly an ultrasound to rule out any blockages. I'll update after our appointment.

Monday, August 7, 2017

Finally getting a plan of action

DH and I spoke with a urologist a couple hours away that only specializes in male infertility. We felt really great about him especially compared to the previously urologist we saw a few weeks ago. He has suggested that we first put DH on Clomid through the end of this year to see if it can boost his testosterone and increase his sperm count at least to enough where we can do IVF/ICSI without a m-TESE. If that doesn't work we will then do a m-TESE and proceed with IVF. I feel good about this plan and I cant wait to start DH on the Clomid. Fingers crossed!

Tuesday, August 1, 2017

And the test results are finally in!

So the final results are.... Testosterone (251 - low), LH (4.8 - normal) and FSH (7.9 - normal). So now we're not for sure what our next steps are. I don't know if we should pursue hormone therapy or move straight to IVF with Surgical Sperm Retrieval. I'd obviously like to avoid the IVF process and expense, but I also really hate waiting so hormone therapy isn't exactly what I want to do either. We still have our RE consult on August 17, so we will ask him what he suggests we do next. We also plan on having a phone consult with a Urologist that specializes in male infertility and the mTESE procedure for Azoospermia.