Azoo- Biopsy

Tete17

I have seen a few ladies on here talk about Azoo. I was wondering what the outcome was when it came to the biopsy. Did they find sperm in yh or not? My husband and I are awaiting his biopsy and I am wondering what the outcomes are for you ladies that have had it done already.

Yellow_Daisy

They did not find sperm in our case, but that is because my DH has Sertoli Cell Syndrome.  However, there are a number of azoo ladies dh's that have found sperm via the biopsy.

We have an azoo check in every Thursday that you are welcome to join.

gidge

We didn't do a biopsy, but did find sperm during a mTESE.

newsbaby

They found sperm in my DH's testicles. It was crappy and few and far between but at least it was something we could work with. He has a blockage so it would have never showed up in a SA.

Tete17

Yellow_Daisy:

They did not find sperm in our case, but that is because my DH has Sertoli Cell Syndrome.  However, there are a number of azoo ladies dh's that have found sperm via the biopsy.

We have an azoo check in every Thursday that you are welcome to join.

 

Thank you for the invite! I will make it to the next one!! I usually post on the TTTC board and they recomended I come over here also!

dejavu

DH did the mTESE and no sperm were found.  we used a donor for DS and are currently trying for #2.

Yolanbo9

My DH had a biopsy and they did find sperm! Our current urologist didn't really explain anything to us, so we now made an appointment with a Uro that specializes in male infertility. I would just make sure you have a list of questions ready when you get your results whichever the outcome is. I think for us we were so happy that there were sperm, that we couldn't think of what we should be asking.

Good Luck!!! I hope they find lots of swimmers!!!! T&P's to you and your DH. (((Hugs)))

Tete17

newsbaby:

They found sperm in my DH's testicles. It was crappy and few and far between but at least it was something we could work with. He has a blockage so it would have never showed up in a SA.

 

Congratulations on your twins!!

Tete17

dejavu:

DH did the mTESE and no sperm were found.  we used a donor for DS and are currently trying for #2.

Was it hard for your husband to accept having to use donor sperm? We spoke about it, but my h thinks that they will find it when they do these tesa. So we will discuss further after the procedure. Also, how was the recovery for him with this procedure?

Tete17

gidge:

We didn't do a biopsy, but did find sperm during a mTESE.

what was his recovery after the mtese?

Tete17

Yolanbo9:

My DH had a biopsy and they did find sperm! Our current urologist didn't really explain anything to us, so we now made an appointment with a Uro that specializes in male infertility. I would just make sure you have a list of questions ready when you get your results whichever the outcome is. I think for us we were so happy that there were sperm, that we couldn't think of what we should be asking.

Good Luck!!! I hope they find lots of swimmers!!!! T&P's to you and your DH. (((Hugs)))

 

Yay for finding sperm. I hope we have the same outcome. The urologist we see specializes in it, but we are actually switching to a different one that specializes in male infertility that works close with my RE. If you don't mind me asking, what were some questions you asked? And thanks for the T&P's!!!

My thoughts are with you too!!

Yolanbo9

Tete17:

Yolanbo9:

My DH had a biopsy and they did find sperm! Our current urologist didn't really explain anything to us, so we now made an appointment with a Uro that specializes in male infertility. I would just make sure you have a list of questions ready when you get your results whichever the outcome is. I think for us we were so happy that there were sperm, that we couldn't think of what we should be asking.

Good Luck!!! I hope they find lots of swimmers!!!! T&P's to you and your DH. (((Hugs)))

To be honest i'm still working on a list of questions. Our appointment with the new Uro is November 1st. The main thing I was upset about with our Uro was that he never said whether Dh had obstructive or non-obstructive azoo!!! In the moment I didn't even think to ask! We did ask if we would ever know what was caucing dh's azoo......... he just told us that there was testing but that the tests are so expensive and our insurance wouldn't cover them, so we were better off just going ahead with IVF with ICSI. I'm hoping that this new Uro has some better information for us!!

Thanks for your good thoughts too!!!

(((HUGS)))

 

Yay for finding sperm. I hope we have the same outcome. The urologist we see specializes in it, but we are actually switching to a different one that specializes in male infertility that works close with my RE. If you don't mind me asking, what were some questions you asked? And thanks for the T&P's!!!

My thoughts are with you too!!

theworms

my DH's mTESE found no sperm and biopsy found some maturation arrest/sertoli cell sperm.

If your DH's b/w, genetic testing, u/s and testing has came back normal I would suggest moving straight to mTESE.

GL moving forward. 

gidge

Tete17:

gidge:

We didn't do a biopsy, but did find sperm during a mTESE.

what was his recovery after the mtese?

For his first mTESE he took a whole week off work and took it easy with an ice back. He also took the pain meds on schedule even if he didn't feel like they were really necessary.   I think he did a 10 mile run about 3 weeks after (he wasn't supposed to run for 2 weeks).

For the 2nd mTESE he only took a few days off work (he was even up and around that day making his own lunch).  I think it was harder (longer) for him to recover because he didn't take it easy as long and didn't ice as much.  I think if he could do it over he would spend more time on the couch with the ice.