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Retrograde Ejaculation

blingbling0828blingbling0828
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Hi ladies,

I am recently married. I know at some point in the future my husband and I will want to have kids. He now has retrograde ejaculation from a procedure he had done last year. Do any of you have any experience with this or had success with an IUI or IVF? I would really love some input. Thanks!

 

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Re: Retrograde Ejaculation

  • mm29mm29 member

    To find success stories ask Pregnant after IF or Success after IF . As most of those who post here are still trying to conceive baby #1, and have not found success.

    ::: Married June 2003:::
    TTC #1 since: Aug. 2008
    Me: 34, DOR, MTHFR-A1298C (heterozygous), decreased blood flow to uterus, Mild Endo
    DH: 38, Balanced translocation 5&10, unexplained MFI, normal SA and SCSA
    Tx History: IUI 1&2= BFN
    IVF# 1 W/ICSI= BFN
    IVF# 2: cancelled d/t no response
    IVF# 3= 1 egg retrieved=immature/not viable
    IVF# 4= c/p
    ***CCRM ODWU***
    Found DHs BT and Me-decreased blood flow to uterus
    Recommended DE IVF w/PGD, incorporate electro-acupuncture. Decided to cycle locally
    ***New RE***
    DE IVF# 1(cycle #6) w/pgd, (freeze all): 30R, 23M, 15F, slow/poor embryo development, 4 biopsied, 1 Normal "Norm"; DE IVF w/PGD, incorporate electro-acupuncture. 
    IVF# 6: (OE/DS) cancelled
    IVF# 7: (OE/DS) 1R, 1M, 1F, arrested day 5
    Plan-DE IVF# 2 (cycle #8): DE/DS in May 2015

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  • lincoln79lincoln79 member

    as pp said, not much info here. i wanted to offer my sympathy though. mh had testicular cancer and RE was a major concern for him.

    i do know there is a lot of info on testicular cancer sites such as https://tcrc.acor.org/

     bc of its frequency with that disease. 

    hope this helps! 

    TTC #1 since 12/2010 DH: MFI, cancer survivor Me: Resected septate uterus, lap treated mild endo, tubes open, ovulate on own, autoimmune disease 3 Failed IUI's (2/2012, 4/2012, 6/2012) 
    IVF #1 August 2012. BFP! Beta #1 56.7 Beta #2 150 One baby, one heartbeat on 9/20/12! no h/b @7w6d. dandc @8w0d, 
    FET #1 December 2012, BFN
    FET #2 February 2013, no embies survived thaw
    IVF #2, BFP #2, Loss #2 March 2013, Scar tissue discovered, RPL testing,
    IVF #3, BFP #3, Loss #3 (twins) September 2013
    Hostile ute, moving onto Gestational Carrier!

    GC/FET #1 of 1 5AA blast and 1 compacted blast, February 2014, BFP #4 on 3/1/2014!
    6w u/s 1 bean with h/b of 145 bpm, 8w u/s 187 bpm
    EDD 11/7/14. Please, please, please stick little one!

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  • blingbling0828blingbling0828
    Thanks so much! I will check over on the other boards.
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  • LuvWIfootballLuvWIfootball member

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    My DH has retrograde ejaculation due to nerve damage from surgery.  We were able to retrieve sperm via a testicular biopsy the day of the egg retrieval, although our RE did suggest doing the biopsy sooner and freezing anything we found so that we'd know there would be something on ER day. We just didn't have the time or money for two procedures. 

    If your husband does not have an issue with sperm counts, then it is possible to have a post ejaculate urine sample spun to retrieve sperm and do an IUI.  But he'd have to have really good counts.  They literally found 3 sperm in one sample, and DH's pH levels were always off, so IVF was always the only option for us.

    There is at least one other girl on the PAIF board whose DH has retrograde ejaculation, so you may want to post this there as well.

                          

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    TTC since Oct 08. DH Dx w/testicular cancer March 09.
    MFI due to retrograde ejaculation/azoospermia.
    5/2 IVF #1 cancelled due to large follie.
    6/14 start Lupron for IVF #1.2. 6/22 start stims.
    7/4 ER and Biopsy.
    7/9 Transferred 2 (1-4BB and 1-3BB) embryos.  4 frosties.
    7/15 +HPT 6dp5dt. 7/18 Beta #1: 193. 7/20 Beta #2: 415.
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  • destinyr61309destinyr61309
    I didn't see a post by you in PAIF so I thought I'd answer here. Hope that's okay. 

    We didn't have retrograde ejac. We had anejac due to nerve damage from DH's cancer surgery in 09 (he had colon cancer, stage 3b). So getting anything out of the urine would've been a dream for us. They thought at one point that it was retro, but only 1 sperm was found and it was dead. So they diagnosed him with anejac instead and IVF was our only option. 

    We had a MESA done, and froze 5 vials (originally 6 but they did a test thaw on one). We did our IVF in Oct/Nov. Only one vial needed to be thawed, and half of our mature eggs fertilized normally. We ended up transferring two and freezing three. So we ended up with about a quarter of the mature eggs making it all the way to blast. 

    We did have success. 

    Good luck to you!! 
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  • blingbling0828blingbling0828
    My DH is also nerve damage from surgery. I wont get into details but it would have been really helpful if we would have known it was a possibility. Partly our fault for not looking into the surgery more but I didn't even know what was possible. Thanks to both of you ladies for responding. To see that both of you have had success make me a. so happy for you and b. gives me hope.
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  • destinyr61309destinyr61309
    We weren't aware that this sort of thing could happen from surgery either... Although initially DH was supposed to have laproscopic surgery for his tumor. They went in and his tumor was sticking to his bladder so they asked me if they could open him all the way up to ensure they got it all. I of course agreed, didn't think to ask if there were any "new" possible complications from the change in surgery (although it wouldn't have mattered anyway, his life is the most important thing). Then later had to shell out the money for the MESA before chemo/rad could start.... 
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  • blingbling0828blingbling0828
    DH had urethral stricture surgery. I guess I am going into detail now. Most 30 year olds dont have the problem of going to the bathroom 5 times a night but he did. It wasn't hurting anything just more annoying to him. I really appreciate you talking to me about this. I have googled and never really found the answers I was looking for.
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  • destinyr61309destinyr61309

    Oh that's awful :( I can't imagine. I'm glad he got it taken care of, although it's seriously a pain that they didn't warn  you about this :(

    Google never helped me either lol  

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