MFI and successful pregnancies?

murphysmom

Hi Ladies - 

I introduced myself a few months ago, but I have some more info. It turns out that my DH has low count and low motility and that it's likely related to a varicocele. We are going to see a urologist and they may do a repair on the varicocele. From what I have read, it does not sound like that's a miracle cure. When I talked to my OB today, he said that if the surgery does not help us to get PG naturally, we would likely have to go straight to IVF. Do any of you have any experience or have any information about MFI and success after varicocele repair? TIA!

olsentobe

DH has MFI and we just started the process with a RE. We actually were approved to jump right to IVF vs IUI bc they didnt think it would work with his #s. In the meanwhile dh;s primary dr started him on testerone. I had picked up all of my meds and we were waiting to start this cycle well AF never came....surprise! I am currently 7 wks pg and they think the testerone helped boost his swimmers.

Good luck!

murphysmom

olsentobe:

DH has MFI and we just started the process with a RE. We actually were approved to jump right to IVF vs IUI bc they didnt think it would work with his #s. In the meanwhile dh;s primary dr started him on testerone. I had picked up all of my meds and we were waiting to start this cycle well AF never came....surprise! I am currently 7 wks pg and they think the testerone helped boost his swimmers.

Good luck!

That's awesome!! Congratulations! Thanks for the response

olsentobe

murphysmom:

olsentobe:

DH has MFI and we just started the process with a RE. We actually were approved to jump right to IVF vs IUI bc they didnt think it would work with his #s. In the meanwhile dh;s primary dr started him on testerone. I had picked up all of my meds and we were waiting to start this cycle well AF never came....surprise! I am currently 7 wks pg and they think the testerone helped boost his swimmers.

Good luck!

That's awesome!! Congratulations! Thanks for the response

and we didnt have this with ds. took us 7 months to conceive.

murphysmom

olsentobe:

murphysmom:

olsentobe:

DH has MFI and we just started the process with a RE. We actually were approved to jump right to IVF vs IUI bc they didnt think it would work with his #s. In the meanwhile dh;s primary dr started him on testerone. I had picked up all of my meds and we were waiting to start this cycle well AF never came....surprise! I am currently 7 wks pg and they think the testerone helped boost his swimmers.

Good luck!

That's awesome!! Congratulations! Thanks for the response

and we didnt have this with ds. took us 7 months to conceive.

byrne15

We TTC #2 for over 2 years.  I had done 6 IUIs and Dh always had post wash counts between 2 million and 9 million (average probably around 4 million).

He went to a uro and discussed the surgery.  The uro wanted to do the surgery, but we decided to do my lap surgery, see how it went and then do 2 more injectable cycles before moving to IVF.

Anyway, I got pg 2 cycles after my lap.

lillinzlou

byrne15:

We TTC #2 for over 2 years.  I had done 6 IUIs and Dh always had post wash counts between 2 million and 9 million (average probably around 4 million).

He went to a uro and discussed the surgery.  The uro wanted to do the surgery, but we decided to do my lap surgery, see how it went and then do 2 more injectable cycles before moving to IVF.

Anyway, I got pg 2 cycles after my lap.

Why did you decide to do the lap? Did your HSG show anything? I have suspected Endo and MFI and my RE doesn't think the lap will help.

 ---Sorry to hijack your post---

Frankie

We have MFI (DH has low count and poor morphology) and we've been extremely fortunately to get pg twice via IUI.  DD #1 was conceived on our first non-medicated IUI (super lucky) and DD #2 was conceived on our first cycle with injectables (keep in mind that our RE was maybe a little more aggressive than some and allowed us to do an IUI even though I had 5+ follies - he figured we were safe with DH's low #s).  

DH has been to a urologist who did find a small varicocele, but the doctor said that repairing it would not benefit his fertility.

Personally, I would see a RE if I were you.  OB's are great for normal pregnancies and deliveries, but don't have as extensive knowledge about infertility. 

 GL!  Feel free to PM me if you have any other questions! 

jennykg1477

My DH had a varicocele with low counts.  He had the surgery and his counts went way down after the surgery.  We were told that the only way we could be helped to get pregnant would be with IVF since his counts were so low after the surgery.  We decided to do adoption instead.  We started the adoption process and were on that course for about 4 months when I got my surprise bfp.  We had continued trying naturally with no intervention while working on the adoption process.  I had stopped temping and everything, I basically just knew that I usually ovulated around day 16 so we tried to dtd around that time.  I thought it was never going to happen, but DH really wanted to keep trying so we did.  My bfp was on our 24th cycle of ttc so it did take a long time, but it did happen.  We have no idea if DH's counts went up after having them tested last, it had been about 4 months since his last SA.  So now I am 6 weeks and 1 day pregnant and just hoping this little bean sticks because it would surely take a long time to get pregnant again if it doesn't!  Good luck to you!

byrne15

lillinzlou:

byrne15:

We TTC #2 for over 2 years.  I had done 6 IUIs and Dh always had post wash counts between 2 million and 9 million (average probably around 4 million).

He went to a uro and discussed the surgery.  The uro wanted to do the surgery, but we decided to do my lap surgery, see how it went and then do 2 more injectable cycles before moving to IVF.

Anyway, I got pg 2 cycles after my lap.

Why did you decide to do the lap? Did your HSG show anything? I have suspected Endo and MFI and my RE doesn't think the lap will help.

 ---Sorry to hijack your post---

my hsg was clear.  i insisted on a lap before continuing on with more injectable cycles.  i just felt like something wasn't right.  i had midcycle spotting so frequently and very painful periods (all which was new after having ds).