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TTC after 35
Soy
So, I told my husband that my Dr wants to do a SA. He has not called to make the appt yet - he is swamped at work, etc etc (any excuse) probably just needs some time to warm up to the idea, I don't mind giving him SOME space.
Anyway, in the meantime, he has discovered some research on soy potentially lowering sperm count and virility. He has been eating a ton of soy products this year, including making shakes that are soy powder based and adding soy milk. So now he is convinced this is the cause. (***eyeroll*** for the self diagnosis and being convinced)
Thought I would share because 1 - can't help but laugh at his self diagnosis 2 - wondering if anyone's heard anything similar 3 - its kind of interesting research (I remember reading a while ago that soy could lead to breast cancer).
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Re: Soy
Oh wow, good to know about that. I give any trendy thing the side eye - vibrams, gluten free diets, soy everything. He works at a company that has these shakes and soy milk free, so he had been making himself shakes for every meal. That has now stopped, and hopefully his self diagnosis will at least help him feel better. (that isn't getting him off the hook for the dr appointment though).
Thanks for the info! I am so grossed out by our food industry!!
Me 41 DH 46 Not actively ttc, surprise BFP on 1/6/11! 4/1/11 m/c our sunshine at 16wks after complications from CVS test. TTC #2 **5th cycle 12/6/11 BFP! Missed m/c at 9 weeks 1/21/12, trisomy 14. Two Chemical PG 3/12&7/12
** BFP 8/16/12 beta #1 148! beta#2 407 beta #3 4000 u/s 9.10 1 lovely hb 126, Baby Boy is due 04/28/13!!
I'm vegetarian and do eat some soy not a lot. I have to admit that I have wondered eating soy or being vegetarian has an impact on my egg quality - seems as if everything is bad for you anymore
Me 38 MH 41 - TTC since June 2010 - dx with Severe MFI. Straight to IVF with ICSI. IVF #1 - ER 06/13/12 - 9 Eggs Retrieved - 4 ICSI'd - only 2 fert. 06/15/12 - 2DT - 3 cell & 6 cell with fragmentation. Beta 06/29/12 - IVF #1 = BFN. 07/20/12 - WTF Appt -Told by our RE to quit IVF. Second Opinion from RE is good. IVF#2 - November 2012. Estradiol Pills Started 11/6. Stims start 11/16. ER 11/26 - 7 eggs retrieved - all mature. 4 fertilized with ICSI. ET 11/29 Transferred 3 embryos. Beta is 12/10. 1st Beta 81 2nd Beta 160 and 3rd beta 360!!! First U/S 12/21/12 - We saw one beautiful gest. sac. 2nd U/S is 01/04/2013 - H/B 183 02/05/13 - NT Scan - everything looks good and IT'S A BOY! Aiden was born 08/20/2013.
IVF #2 is in progress. ER was 05/12/14 - 11 eggs retrieved, 8 fertilized with ICSI. ET was 05/15/14 - we transferred 3 embryos as we did on the cycle my son was conceived. We were able to freeze 3 embryos. Beta is scheduled for 05/26/14. 1st beta - 111. 2nd beta - 159 didn't double
3rd beta Friday 5/30) - not a lot of hope left. Beta # 3 is 247 - probably ectopic. Beta # 4 is 813 - possibly vanishing multiple sydrome? 06/05/14 - 5w4days - first U/S - we see a gestational sac and yolk - still have hope! 06/17/14 - 7w1day - U/S and saw and heard the heartbeat - Finally! 06/27/14 - 8w4days - Baby and heartbeat look and sound great 
EDD 02/01/14 and It's a boy!
"Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end."
Thanks Petra - I love quinoa but haven't really tried the others I've been veggie for almost 20 years minus or plus some fish here and there. It gets a little mundane after awhile so I really appreciate your suggestions - thanks again
Me 38 MH 41 - TTC since June 2010 - dx with Severe MFI. Straight to IVF with ICSI. IVF #1 - ER 06/13/12 - 9 Eggs Retrieved - 4 ICSI'd - only 2 fert. 06/15/12 - 2DT - 3 cell & 6 cell with fragmentation. Beta 06/29/12 - IVF #1 = BFN. 07/20/12 - WTF Appt -Told by our RE to quit IVF. Second Opinion from RE is good. IVF#2 - November 2012. Estradiol Pills Started 11/6. Stims start 11/16. ER 11/26 - 7 eggs retrieved - all mature. 4 fertilized with ICSI. ET 11/29 Transferred 3 embryos. Beta is 12/10. 1st Beta 81 2nd Beta 160 and 3rd beta 360!!! First U/S 12/21/12 - We saw one beautiful gest. sac. 2nd U/S is 01/04/2013 - H/B 183 02/05/13 - NT Scan - everything looks good and IT'S A BOY! Aiden was born 08/20/2013.
IVF #2 is in progress. ER was 05/12/14 - 11 eggs retrieved, 8 fertilized with ICSI. ET was 05/15/14 - we transferred 3 embryos as we did on the cycle my son was conceived. We were able to freeze 3 embryos. Beta is scheduled for 05/26/14. 1st beta - 111. 2nd beta - 159 didn't double
3rd beta Friday 5/30) - not a lot of hope left. Beta # 3 is 247 - probably ectopic. Beta # 4 is 813 - possibly vanishing multiple sydrome? 06/05/14 - 5w4days - first U/S - we see a gestational sac and yolk - still have hope! 06/17/14 - 7w1day - U/S and saw and heard the heartbeat - Finally! 06/27/14 - 8w4days - Baby and heartbeat look and sound great 
EDD 02/01/14 and It's a boy!
"Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end."
There are conflicting research studies relating to soy and breast cancer. There is one called "the china report" or something similar that suggest that high soy diets could prevent cancer because asian women living in China have high soy diets had lower instances of breast cancer than asian women who moved to and adopted a north american diet. Then because a significant number of Breast Cancer tumors are estrogen receptive that the phytoestrogens produced by soy could increase the chances of microtumors which would otherwise not survive to thrive and grow and become life threatening. From all that I have learned during my treatment and from the BC doctors and post treatment nutrionist counseling, soy in moderate intake is healthy and recommended.
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Breast Cancer diagnosis 12/01/2010 - Survivor and Cancer free as of 03/22/2011
BFP#1 04/12/2011 - fetal demise - MC 05/28/2011
BFP#2 10/14/2011 - fetal demise - MC 12/13/2011
BFP#3 05/30/2012 - fetal demise - MC 07/23/2012
IVF#1 02/14/2013 - 2 Beautiful Blasts transferred
BFP#4 02/25/2013 - BFP - MC and ectopic 03/06/2013
IFV#2 07/02/2013 -BFP#5 - 07/07/2013
1st Beta 07/11/2013 - 483 (9dp5dt) - 2nd Beta 07/13/2013 1006 (11dp5dt)
1st U/S 07/31/2013 - TWINS! "The Minions"
IVF#3 BFP#6 09/01/2015 6dp5dt
1st Beta 09/05/2015 - 105 - 2nd Beta 09/08/2015 335
1st U/S 09/22/2015 - .......
Just wanted to say thank you for all of the responses. BabyVDM, so glad to see you have been cancer free. Thank you for the input
I didn't even think about this, but I too was vegetarian for 7 years ending about 7 years ago, but because of it, I have maintained a fairly vegetarian diet, though I do regularly eat meat now. I will have to pay more attention to what I am eating - maybe we are doing a double wammy here. Yeah, his intake has been excessive, he will eat anything that is "free" and is one of those people who eats what they wants and stays thin (I am not, grrrr!)
Just wanted to say thank you for all of the responses. BabyVDM, so glad to see you have been cancer free. Thank you for the input
I didn't even think about this, but I too was vegetarian for 7 years ending about 7 years ago, but because of it, I have maintained a fairly vegetarian diet, though I do regularly eat meat now. I will have to pay more attention to what I am eating - maybe we are doing a double wammy here. Yeah, his intake has been excessive, he will eat anything that is "free" and is one of those people who eats what they want and stays thin (I am not, grrrr!)