MALE FACTOR INFERTILITY...

[Acapulco]

Geckogirl!!!!

Congratulations to you and your DH on your baby boy on the way!!!! How exciting for you both!

I'm finally healing from my m/c and I'm ready to move forward. I've really been taking a lot of time working on myself lately to get myself in a more (stable) mental and emotional state and I'm starting to feel better about going for it again. I've been feeling much, much better about what's happened and just working on my inner strength.

I don't know what I would have done without all of you WONDERFUL, INCREDIBLE girlies on this forum. All of you have truely been LIFESAVERS in so many ways. It's so nice to know that all of you know EXACTLY how I've been feeling and I know that I'm not alone in all of this.

PLEASE keep me posted on your pregnancy, I know all of you wonderful mommies 2 be on the October site are almost there! I can't wait to see all of your wonderful babies. You'll have to forward me the link for the photobucket site that all of you are on, I would love to see how far all of you have come and see everyone's baby bumps!

I wish you and everyone on the OctoberMommies2be site all my best. I'm praying for each and everyone of you. And not to worry, I'll be back cycling soon (I'm thinking August or September at the latest). I've really started to find some inner peace and I want to keep building on that before I go through all of the stress again!

I truely KNOW that in my heart that it's going to work for me and my DH and my RE is VERY optimistic since he knows that I can get pregnant and he said the same thing that the uterus does have a "memory" so I really do have a TON of hope!

God Bless you, DH and your little boy on the way hon. Thank you again for all of your positive vibes! I'll be looking foward to joining the pregnant after treatment site again in the very near future!

Please take care and thanx again for thinking of me, it means a lot.

Love and Prayers to you always,

Love,

~Acapulco (Stacy)

(((((HUGGGGSSSS)))))

P.S. PLEASE send all of my love to everyone on the forum, I really do miss each and every one of you!

[kellym]

Hi Acapulco,

So, happy to hear that you are preparing for a new cycle! I will definitely be sending you all the baby vibes over the next couple of months!!!!

I am sorry that the past few months have been tough for you. I can definitely relate to your situation and can provide you hope that it will work! It is just a matter of time.

I wanted to let you know about my story as it might give you insight into additional testing you could ask your RE about - we were originally told that the problem was male infertility which was as a result of a poor vasectomy reversal. Well, actually the job was poor, but it was after 13 years so there was a build up of scar tissue. Anyway, we tried 6 times, out of which I got pregnant twice but both ended in m/c. Finally my DH found an article which talked about reversals causing chromosomal abnormalities in the sperm (SCSA tests). So, my DH got that test prior to our 7th attempt and it turned out that he had 50% sperm fragmentation which is considered poor fertility potential. Anyway, we went on with sperm donation and by our 9th attempt it finally worked!!!

Anyway, I will be thinking of you Acapulco and wish you the best of luck!

Take care,
Kelly

[Acapulco]

Dear Kellym~

Thank you so much for your reply and CONGRATULATIONS is an order!

After my m/c, I didn't think that I could ever go through all of this ever again but as the saying goes, "Time heals all wounds". And while "all" my wounds may never heal, I am ready to give it another go.

Hearing your story is very inspiring and I truly do know in my heart that it's going to work. I can actually "see" our kids so I'm hoping that #3 will be the blessed one!

We live in Michigan but we flew out to a specialist in Arizona to have my DH's reversal done and they did bank some sperm there too. Like your DH, there was a lot of scar tissue but the reversal was successful and they saw free flowing semen (they gave us the surgical pictures) and he's had several SA's done afterwards that indicated a low count. His morph/motility, forward motion, etc. was all ok with just a slight amount of fragmentation. His urologist and my RE both seem very positive so we are hopeful. DH doesn't want to use D/S and I can understand, but I told him that we'll cross that bridge if/when we have to.

I wish you, your DH and your little bean all the blessings in the world! Thank you for sharing your story with me and sending all of the positive vibes my way. It means so much being able to share and open up with all of you wonderful girls!

(((((HUGGGSSSS)))))

~Acapulco (Stacy)

[saraid]

Hi Stacy,

I have just finished reading through your story and so many of your emotions are like mine that i wanted to to let you know my success. My DH has been diagnosed as a cystic fibrosis carrier. This means that he has no vans deferens so his sperm never even make it to the world. He underwent a TESA or sperm retireval op (which left him walking like John Wayne). I then did the whole down reg and stims for egg retrieval. He felt so guilty putting me through all of it as i am "normal". The end result on our first go was Arabella. We were incerdibly fortunate for it to work 1st time. I do put a lot of that down to Zita West. I followed everything she recommends in her books, the essential oils, doing nothing during your 2WW etc. I don't know if you have read her fertility and conception book but it is well worth it. For the girls like you and i who are supposedly normal conceptually it gives you the extra emotional support. It kept me calm and sane whilst we go through a completely stressful procedure.

I have my fingers, toes and legs crossed for you success in your next endeavour. DH and i are going to try FET in August/September. we only have 4 in teh freezer as his sperm are so immature. I had 13 eggs but only 6 fertilised. 2 implanted and 4 frosties.

Looking forward to your success story - tons of baby dust your way

LOL Saraid

[Acapulco]

Dear Saraid,

Thank you so much for your reply. The more that I am on this site, the more comforted I feel by everyone's touching stories and the more HOPE I have. Thank you so much for sharing your success story, I'm sure that Arabella is BEAUTIFUL and I wish you nothing but success with your 4 frosties! I will DEFINITELY look up Zita West too! Anything that can help with the stress of undergoing IVF would be a wonderful help. It's been an emotional rollercoaster but I KNOW in my heart that it will work for us just as it has for so many.

Many blessings to you and your family.

((((HUGGGSSS))))

~Acapulco (Stacy)