Those with MFI

mommyof4boys · June 2011

I have PCOS and part of my cervix was removed in 2002/03. In 2004 when we got married we had to see an RE for help. Through the testing we found out DH had 1% normal morphology and we did IVF with ICSI. DH doesn't mind telling people that we did IVF but doesn't want people to know he has MFI. Are other guys the same? He's ok with people knowing about my issues just not his.

itsmevkb · June 2011

My husband has 0% morph and then I have issues of my own. I'm not sure he goes around telling his friends about his issue but I've told people and he's never minded or asked me not to.

I do know that sometimes he feels guilty about it even though it's not really something he can help. I guess I would understand if he didn't want other people knowing.

mommyof4boys · June 2011

I was doing a video for a weight loss show which is how this came about. I wanted to put in it we did IVF for my PCOS and his MFI. He made me take out his MFI.

fallbride110406 · June 2011

My husband has no problem saying he has MFI. He usually says something funny like "My boys swim fine, they're just a little dumb" or he calls himself Chief Brokenarrow. He had 1% morph and I had slight PCOS and was later diagnosed with endo.

Hels · June 2011

My DH would kill me if anyone IRL knew we were dealing with MFI. And he has the sperm count of a rockstar - too bad they are all lazy and two headed.

efooey · June 2011

most of our friends know, dh had a torsion in 6th grade which caused one testicle to stop working. He's fine with me telling people about our MFI but I feel like I always need to follow it up with something like "it doesn't affect his performance" because it doesn't but you hear injury and not working and you think maybe there are other problems. He doesn't like me talking about his performance very much but I like taking the oppertunity to call him a stud.

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ela81 · June 2011

My dh literately only has a few sperm, I really don't remember how good of swimmers they are b/c it really does not matter at that point. To answer your question my DH does not have a problem in the world with it, he's more open than I am about it which I find kind of funny b/c you would think the policeman may feel like he has to keep that a secret. I'm open about IVF/ICSI but, I usually skate around why b/c I would get really upset and angry if somebody made a dumb @ss comment about my DH b/c of it. In the beginning I told DH he was welcome to put it all on me but, he never has. That' said I would not think that is typical of somebody with such a low count...

crystalgirl · June 2011

With close friends, he's open about it, but we both have enough problems to warrant IVF w/ICSI independent of each other, which may make a difference (i.e. it's not all him or even primarily him). We have stopped advertising that we had "assistance" with other people. I'd like to be open about it, but I've seen too many foolish, ignorant reactions to IVF... I don't want any of that directed at my children, so now I rarely talk about it with people who don't already know.

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