There was a post on the 3rd tri board about BC after baby and got me thinking.
What have other MFI girls done after baby?
DH has severe MFI (less than 400,000 total motile sperm with 0% morph). I don't want to be on any hormonal birth controls, mirena or other IUD don't make me comfortable and DH and I both really hate condoms.
That doesn't leave us much besides charting or pulling and praying (although I feel with DHs count there isn't much praying to be done).
We want to have 2 children, but would ideally like for them to be 2-3 years apart.
I am kind of rambling now I guess, just wondering what others with severe MFI have done after baby.
Re: BC after Baby (MFI girls)
I think some of the ladies on her that got surprise BFP had some MFI so you might want to think about it what you would do if you got pregnant.
I have PCOS and have MFI as well but we would like another baby!
if we had a surprise BFP with our MFI and my DOR, i'd rent a billboard to proclaim my excitement to not have to do IVF again.
We're not using anything. Then again - we're not that active at the moment - but we've discussed it and will be taking our chances.
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We have MFI (I have no issues) and are not using any birth control. We aren't really trying on our own yet and plan to go back to RE in May to use our frosties. We chose not to use any birth control cause I wanted to give my body a break from all the hormones and quite frankly we would be thrilled with a surprise BFP!
If we are lucky to have another baby on our own, I would then maybe think about going on some kind of BC.
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We didn't have severe MFI, but DH had low morph (2%) and borderline count and motility. We decided not to use anything and roll the dice. We had TTC for so long on our own without any success, so we didn't think things would have changed...well I weaned from BFing, we went away for a weekend to a wedding without DS and 2 weeks later I had a BFP when DS was 7 months old. We were shocked at first, but since then have been super happy with the outcome...we didn't need to go back to the RE, and we got the best surprise ever!
We have been using condoms since DD arrived, but I have no desire to go back on BC. We just recently decided that we would like to have a third child, so we may stop those soon - not really TTC, but just roll the dice again. If it happened again, we would be super happy, if not, no worries. I am getting older though, and DOR runs in my family...so I don't have the luxury of waiting a few years to TTC again.
If we do end up with a third, I would probably go back on BC or IUD, though.