My husband and I have been married for 4.5 years now and we tried to have a baby for about 2.5 years before we sought medical help. We started with an RE who was recommended by a friend of mine. Our experience with him was okay...we had the usual consult and were scheduled for all the testing. I had a few tests come back with odd results, but after follow up appointments and further testing, everything was found to be normal. My hubby however, had a semen analysis with zero the first time. I'll never forget that phone call.
Hubby was referred to a Urologist for further testing. From what they could tell, it was not an obstructive problem, however all his hormone and genetic testing came back normal. He was then referred to another Urologist at Boston IVF who specializes in Male Infertility. This doctor has been amazing and SO nice to my hubby from day one. (Because of the way he looks, people are usually intimidated by or condescending to my hubby...the long hair, the leather bracelets, etc.) Hubby was overweight at the time and we were informed that he couldn't have sperm retrieval surgery until he was <300. He is 6'4'' and at the time was 360-ish. Doc put him on Clomid to increase the chances of us finding sperm and hubby hit the gym with a vengeance. He is now <300 an had a MESA surgery last month. And we found sperm!!!! Turns out it was an obstructive issue after all. Nothing that could be fixed, he was just born that way. So...they are on ice now.
I started my Lupron injections a little over a week ago and am just now waiting for AF to show up. I'm really excited but nervous at the same time. I've never had anesthesia, and I'm a little nervous about the egg retrieval because of that. I keep trying to focus on the main goal of this whole process instead of worrying about that stuff though.
I don't know anyone who has gone through this and that is why I decided to join Blogger. I found some blogs on here through a Google search for "IVF Blogs" and it has encouraged me to read the stories of other women's IVF journeys. :)
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