Hi Everyone,
This is the first thread ive started. Ive been lurking for a bit and wanted to finally post my story in hopes of finding other moms/moms to be that could relate.
Ive purposely kept it to myself and a just a few friends, but its definitely tough and frustrating =/
My husband (now 31) had colon cancer in 2012. Before his surgery his doctor said there was a 3% chance they could potentially nick something and leave him infertile.
They recommended we bank his sperm just encase... Post surgery he did go on to have both Chemo and Radiation, so we figured it couldn't hurt to be safe and keep paying the storage fees.
Here we are in 2015, TTC and decided we would check his sperm count jussssttt encaseee.
We never expected there to be an actual issue.
When we found the results out they said it to us like it was a huge joke. They told us there was 1.....
Not 1 million... not 1 thousand... literally ONE. One lone sperm where millions should be.
Calls to the sperm banks various departments of very unhelpful people and doctors and all kinds of stressful nonsense....
I have found a midwife office that i feel comfortable with and will be attempting the IUI.
I should start my cycle in a few days and from there we will be attempting to figure out the right day.
I did have years of logged periods, but only 2 months of logged ovulation. So this first one is a little bit risky.
I went out and got the clear blue sticks that give you 3 options in the window - low, high and peak instead of just 2 options or lines.
I will start tracking using those and hopefully be able to get into the office just in time.
Its definitely stressful, trying to figure out what day to order the sperm, what day to pick it up, will it be soon enough? will it be too late?.
Having such a short window to make all the planets align is definitely stressing me out and i know that's not helpful at all.
I would love to meet some other ladies dealing with similar things!\
Thanks for reading

-Chloe
Re: My Infertility Journey/First IUI
Me : 32 with DOR
History:
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI IUI #1 8/31/2015
9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!DS b. 7/4/2011 via c/s
TTC #2 since 1/2015
8/2015 - "unexplained IF", started Levothyroxine
9/27/15 - IUI #1 (unmedicated) - BFN
10/26/15 - IUI #2 (100mg Clomid + Ovidrel) - BFN
11/21/15 - IUI #3 (100mg Clomid + Ovidrel) - BFN
12/18/15 - IUI #4 (100mg Clomid + Ovidrel) - BFN