70% chance
70% chance
We went to the clinic yesterday and saw the "head honcho" as my DH calls her. We are about to start DI having had 2 failed ICSI attempts with DH's sperm. The professor (head honcho) said that couples like us have a 70% chance of getting pregnant with DI. I thought I had misheard (ie was 70% of NOT getting pregnant) but she said it again twice and DH understood the same as me. The thing is I can't stop crying because I want to get my hopes up and think that it might work BUT I can't and won't. I'm crying because I think I'll be in the 30% that don't get pregnant and I will feel even more like a failure. I guess I am scared of good odds now. Does this make any sense to you? DH thinks I have finally flipped and doesn't understand why I am so scared.
70% chance
hello!<br>Dont think we have spoken before - if you like you should join us on "message for Caz2" thread - because we are all in similar sort of boat -ie male factor/ donor dilemma<br><br>I totally know where you are coming from - but just try to be thrilled at how high your chances are!<br>Dont know what your DHs exact problem is (mine has no sperm due to mumps) -but pressumably 70% IS alot higher than the chance you had with ICSI - theres likely to be alot less complications?!<br><br>Would love to chat about it all. How long did it take you and yer DH to come to the decision to use a donor - do you think you will tell people? Hope you dont mind my asking - am VERY curious about this subject - for obvious reasons!<br><br>Just for background - we've had 1 ICSI (with TESE)- failed last summer, will do 1 more in New year and then try donor...I think. DH less convinced I think.<br><br>Take care<br><br>cazx
70% chance
Hi Caz<br>DH has a kidney problem which made him have a low sperm count so we had ICSI with his frozen soperm. He was then treated, unsuccessfully, with chemo/steroid combination, this left him sterile. My eggs don't respond well to ICSI, they don't like being injected!! and frozen DH sperm not good enough for normal IVF. We were told that our chances with ICSI were dowm to less than 5% because of fragmented embryos. So decision to use donor sperm was quite easy (at first) DH is quite cut and dried about it all. He knows now he will not be able to father a child so DI is the next best thing for him. I am at the point of feeling like I will be committing adultery. I have been told that many people at our clinic have said the same before treatment and feel differently afterwards. I don't know about telling people, we haven't yet, and to be honest I can't think that far ahead yet. I'm just concentrating on trying to get pregnant! Hope this helps you and keep in touch.
70% chance
Hi there<br><br>Just to say hello and that I'm on my first 2ww having undergone diui. My dh is very positive about the whole thing and I'm just trying to be realistic, don't want to be too convinvced it'll work. This is our first treatment and as far as I'm trying to tell myself, not many people get pregnant first time.<br><br>Good luck with your treatment<br>Lisa