DH & I talked about his tests........

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DH & I talked about his tests........
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Thu, 09-18-2003 - 11:08am
Hello everyone!! Well, DH & I talked about his results last night.. He is sad that his sperm count is low, but he said we aren't giving up, which I wouldn't have done in the first place anyways, but he took it a lot better than I thought he would..

We've decided to go to the urologist and see what we can do.. We've both agreed that we don't want to do invetro or any of the fertility drugs like that, but we do want to maybe try artificial insemination.. Has anyone had an experience with that?? Then we talked about if that didn't work, then we would DEFINITELY adopt...

If there's anyone who's had an experience with this, or just has some words of encouragement, I'm all ears!!

Thank You for your thoughts & prayers,

*HUGS*

Chelle

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Thu, 09-18-2003 - 11:17am
(((hugs))) there are many steps before IVF there is IUI Inter uterine insemination, which puts them directly in the uterus, I think there use to be one where they put them in a diaphram cup thingie and put it right on the cervix, all kinds of stuff before you get as far as IVF.

There is a Male fertility issues board on here, you could post your questions there for the BTDT people???

Good luck

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Registered: 07-09-2003
Thu, 09-18-2003 - 11:22am
Good for you guys - it sounds like you had a great talk about the situation. I'm so sorry you have to be going through this.

The good news is - there are a gazillion other things to try before IVF would ever be an option. A lot of times, when a low sperm count is involved, the recommendation is to do an IUI (intrauterine insemination). They put your DH's semen in a "sperm wash" which essentially means they insert all the good swimmers directly into the uterus.

A lot of times for an IUI there are some fertility drugs involved, just to make your ovulation more predictable... but hopefully you can get by just with a low-level med (there ARE fertility drugs that don't produce litters of children... we just all see the news stories on the septuplets and sextuplets and freak out).

If you want to talk to some women who have been through your situation, you may consider visiting the Infertility Info & Support board... I drop by there from time to time, and find it to be very informative and inspiring.

http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/listsf.asp?webtag=iv-bhgeninferti&nav=start

The best of luck to you!

Tami

TTC#1 CC2 CD16 1DPO

Tami
Mommy to Anna 7.7.04 & Ben 11.19.06

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Thu, 09-18-2003 - 11:38am
First of all, ((hugs)) to you. I'm sorry you and DH have to go through this. My DH and I had to go through this, too. To top it off, I also have fertility issues, so our combined fertility wasn't too good. I was taking 50 mg of Clomid.

DH went to the urologist, who said that things appeared to be OK physically and he did blood work, which I think came back OK. But, the SA results were still low.

We talked about AI for the upcoming month, but it didn't work out, because I was due to ovulate on a Saturday, and the doctor's office wasn't open. I was devastated.

Even though we wer told that the chances for that month were slim to none, we still BDed. GUESS WHAT! WE NOW HAVE A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BOY WHO JUST TURNED 18 MONTHS OLD!

Please don't give up. No matter what. If AI doesn't work and you don't feel comfortable with other procedures, adoption is a great route. The end result is the same - having a baby to love, raise and care for - no matter how you go about getting there!

I wish you the best of luck!

Amy

PS. Recently, I became PG again, but because I wasn't on Clomid, I had a m/c. Although it was heartbreaking, DH and I at least have the piece of mind of knowing that DH was capable of getting me PG... which is the only was I can come out of the sitation with any positivity.

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Thu, 09-18-2003 - 11:43am
Hi! I just wanted to give you a (((hug))) and tell you how much I admire your spirit! You sound EXACTLY like me and my hubby. My DH did his first sperm analysis on August 1st-his count came back very very low (3 Mill) and motility was average...56% I think- Anyway, I have to say I was so shocked...I have endometriosis so I always assumed I was the only problem. The doctor decided to run a white blood cell test on his sperm becuase so many of them looked abnormal...sure enough he tested positive for TONS of whote blood cells(they are supposed to have none in their sperm) Doctor said it is a sign of infection...prostatitis I think he called it. It is equivilant to a woman getting a UTI. Anyway, to make a long story short....they put him on antibiotics for one month- told him to take a Mens vitamin (one a day) and I snuck in an extra supplement of Zinc. They said this may or may not work. We will have him retested at the end of October. I guess we will see then! If things are not better we will see a urologist.

My husband took the news that same as yours...I was very proud of him for that. We also aren't going to try anything to major---just see what happens. I have read a lot of books on the topic so if you have questions....let me know if I can help!! Did your doc ever mention white blood cells or infection??? Just a thought.. I wish you the best in your journey- it's a bumpy ride but you and your hubby seem optomistic and very happy--that is the most important thing!!

LOLove,

Amy

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Tue, 09-23-2003 - 3:20am
Hi

My DH and I are in the same positon as you right now. We got DH's SA results back a few weeks ago with very low count 0.1 million. We were both expecting that I was the problem so we were pretty surprised. But we have had some good talks as well, and have decided we don't want to do anything major yet either.

We went to the Urologist yesterday. He was very nice, he said, after examining DH, that everything seemed normal. He took some blood for hormone tests, and DH has to go back for another SA in a few weeks. It was really nice to hear what our options were at this point. Mainly the Dr wants to figure out what is wrong with DH and fix it.

The next thing for us is the hormone tests, then another SA. If his hormones are normal and the SA still comes back low then he said he would do a biopsy of his testicle.(ouch!)

We are still hoping to get pg on our own. But it is nice to know there are things we can do if it doesn't happen.

Good luck

Jalaine