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New here but not TTC yet.

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I never thought I would find myself on an infertility board and I am not sure how to take it. I have a semi unique situation but in the end I am still here. I was a gestational surrogate and helped a couple who was infertile have a baby back in 2008. I am a current surrogate for another couple and everything is great. I just got remarried in September and my DH and I talked about getting pregnant for our own child in about 1 to 2 years. I have two children from a previous marriage and my DH has been married before but no children. DH and I have been friends for 5 years and we have talked a lot about a lot of things including his past sex life. I know he and his first wife had tried to get pregnant for about 8 months before she left him. After that he pretty much had a very active sex life and was not all the protected about it, yet he had no pregnancy scares.  Fast forward a few years later and we talk about it all and I suggest he get a sperm analysis done if he thinks there could be a problem.  Well we just got the results back and it looks like when it is time for us to have our own child we will need to do IVF as the RE doesn?t think IUI will work (we will probably try a few months of that though just to make sure).  The results show that my husband has a low semen volume which can make it difficult for sperm to make its way up to the cervix. The test also reveals he has a sperm grade of 2. Grade 4 is where one would want their sperm to be. That would mean they are strong swimmers. Grade 1 means the sperm is immotile. My husband?s is a Grade 2 meaning they do not move forward, despite the fact that they are moving their tails. Also he has abnormally shaped sperm and they may not be able to fertilize an egg. Even though I am not trying to conceive right now I figured I would get on the boards to offer my support and receive support from others who have male factor issues.

Megan

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  • pennylanehdpennylanehd
    Welcome to the board!  I think that it is wonderful that you are acting as a surrogate, but am sorry that you will have trouble with your journey.  A number of the ladies here have MFI issues, so I think you will find the board useful and the ladies amazing.
    TTC since 11/09
    Two C/P and Lots of Tests
    Me = LPD + cancer survivor, DH = low count and morphology
    IUIs #1-5, January 2011 - June 2011 = BFN
    IVF #1 in July/August 2011 = BFP!!!!!
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  • CharmireCharmire
    Welcome to the board!  I'm sorry that you have to be here, but there are a lot of ladies dealing with MFI.  Has your husband seen a urologist?  We actually have slight MFI because my husband's testosterone level is really low.  Hopefully his numbers will improve so we can go the IUI route instead of IVF.
    ConnectedMoms.com Ticker Me-28, DH-26; DOR and PCOS; IUI #1-BFN; IVF #1-BFFN; WTF-9/12
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  • DoingItRightDoingItRight member
    Thank you for being willing to act as a surrogate.  I am sorry that you are going to be dealing with infertility in the future.  Welcome to the board.
    Lilypie Premature Baby tickers IVF #1 BFP Beta #1 528 & Beta #2 1514
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