Infertility

Clomid for men?

Has any of you DH tried this, said it can help  count, motility and Morph...
Married 10/29/2005
TTC 2 years and BFP! High risk pregnancy - high BP, Gestational diabetes on insulin, 4 blood clotting problems on lovenox 2x a day TTC again 3 years - BFP 3/2013. Lost baby 4/2014
Referred to RE by high risk DR - diagnosis unexplained female infertility and 2% morphology male infertility.
Clomid/ovadril Without IUI - BFN 5/2013
Clomid/ovadril Without  IUI - BFN 6/2013
Clomid/ovadril With IUI -  7/31/2013 and 8/1/2012 BFP WITH TWINS!  Vanishing twin @ 7wks

EDD with surviving twin 4/25/2014!

Re: Clomid for men?

  • Our RE didn't recommend it for DH because his less than stellar SA didn't appear to be hormone related. 

    Anyone else?

     

     


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  • My husbands SA showed

    Count 150 million
    Motility 49%
    Morphology 2%

    So really for us there is only a true issue with the Morphology.  I will have to ask what hormones they tested when they took blood last.
    Married 10/29/2005
    TTC 2 years and BFP! High risk pregnancy - high BP, Gestational diabetes on insulin, 4 blood clotting problems on lovenox 2x a day TTC again 3 years - BFP 3/2013. Lost baby 4/2014
    Referred to RE by high risk DR - diagnosis unexplained female infertility and 2% morphology male infertility.
    Clomid/ovadril Without IUI - BFN 5/2013
    Clomid/ovadril Without  IUI - BFN 6/2013
    Clomid/ovadril With IUI -  7/31/2013 and 8/1/2012 BFP WITH TWINS!  Vanishing twin @ 7wks

    EDD with surviving twin 4/25/2014!
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  • My DH has been on it since the end of January. His testosterone was slightly low, so it boosted his T enough so that it brought his count up quite significantly! All other factors are the same though. We've exhausted our search for a cause for the MFI at this point, but the count *may* be high enough to counteract the other issues now? Morphology is very difficult/impossible to improve. From my research, the only thing that seems to have an impact on morphology is if your DH has a thyroid problem and he started meds for that, or if he has a varicocele and surgery is able to correct it. With any treatment, it's a pretty big crapshoot to see if something is going to work or not, and it takes *at least* 3 months to see if anything is affected. And sometimes (like in our case) it can actually make it worse, at which point you have to start all over again.
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    ***EVERYONE WELCOME***
    TTC #2 with assistance since 03/11
    Me: 33, Autoimmune (Hashimotos and FMS/CFS)
    Treated with Synthroid, acupuncture, TCM and supplements
    DH: 33, MFI (very low on all counts, high antibodies, hemochromatosis)
    Many treatments tried, none successful

    IVF/ICSI #1 05/14 - EPP/Antagonist, Gonal-F and Luveris, 18R, 14M, 13F - SET of 1BC, all arrested on day 5 - C/P
    Genetic testing = normal, DNA Frag = excellent
    IVF #2 03/15 - Long protocol with Suprefact, Gonal-F, and possibly Luveris, adding in PICSI
     
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    My dad took clomid and it was obviously successful, because I'm here.  That was over 30 years ago too, so they've been giving men clomid for a long time.  I'm not sure what his numbers were, that would probably be an awkward convo.
  • Yup, see siggy.

  • My DH tried it and it did nothing.  We found out his reason is Genetic though.
    TTC 2007
    Me-OK DH- MFI
    2010 IUI 1-3 Femara + Ovidrill BFN
    Change DR 5/12 IUI 4-5 Natural Cycle BFN
    5/13 DH diagnosed with b1/b3 microdeletion of Y chromosome
    IVF #1 July  Started Lupron 7/5 AF 7/14
    ER 8/1 7R 5M 3F W/ICSI ET 8/6 Moved to 8/7 due to no blast 
    Transferred our UNO embryo Beta #1 27 Beta #2 33 Beta #3 29 CP :(
    IVF #2 Started Lupron 2/14 
    Protocol 10U Lupron, 150 Bravelle, 150 Menopur, HGH for 4 days, Dexamethesone, 
    Supplements 6000mg CoQ10, 100mg DHEA, Vitamin D, Folic Acid, 
    ER 3/12 8R 4 able to be injected 2f with ICSI ET 3/15 2 "perfect" textbook Embryos
    2 crinone, estrace, dexamethesone, doxycycline
    BETA #1 3/26 201  BETA #2 3/28 524  BETA #3 4/5 9,876  Ultrasound April 7 Showed TWINs
    April 18 ultrasound Baby A HB 147   Baby B HB 146  Both measuring 7w1d
    WE ARE TEAM BLUE X2!
    Jonathan Daniel received his angel wings July 23, 2014 :( born 9/20/14
    Jackson Thomas was born October 31, 2014 @ 35w 5d
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  • My DH has been on it. His issue was undescended testes as a child. Clomid has helped him! The numbers are in my siggy!
    TTC since May 2012
    Me: 32 H: 31
    DX: MFI-Very Low Count, I have Hashimotos.
    IVF prep September 2013 cancelled due to Ovarian Cyst
    IVF #1 October 2013 Antagonistic Protocol with ICSI  ER 10/31/13 (18R 16M 11F- 6 blasts to freeze)
    ET delayed due to OHSS 
    FET scheduled for July 8. Delayed due to a crazy high TSH (it had been under control for YEARS!)
    FET #1 8/5/14 sET BFN 

    All welcome!
  • It will honestly be one of those things he will have to try and see, some men it helps a lot in our case it made no difference at all and he wad on it for like 6 months. My hubbs had undescended testicle surgery, but one is non functioning anyway so he is low across the board.

    Best of luck on your journey, like I said I have seen many that it worked for!
    Married BF 6/29/2002/
    TTC Since Aug 2011/
    ME:34 all clear/DH:41 DX Severe MFI/
    IVF w/ICSI OCT 2012 Stims started 10/8/ER 10/19/12/ET 10/24/Beta#1 11/2=BFN (beta was 1.2)

    IVF 2.0-Baseline 11/7/12 beta 0/All Clear
    Stim start 11/7/12//ER 11/19 11M//10F
    ET 2 embies 11/24//Beta#1 28 Beta #2 23 Beta#3 29
    stop meds Beta#4 37/C/P 5W5D EDD:8/12/13/IVF#3 in Jan

    Ivf 3-frozen 3 poor 3day/fet=bfn

    Ivf#4 New dr. New protocol=beta1 197 beta#2 677 beta#3 1557
     u/s 8/13 =TWINS 2 strong hb
    Due Date 4/4/14

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  • DH tried it for about six months. It made him feel terrible. It increased his # from about 2 mil. to 7 mil. but did nothing for morphology.

    DH 38- Low Everything
    Me 33- AMH .9
    Married 11 years
    2002-current IUIs, meds, natural = All BFN

    Aug. '13  Attempt at IVF #1 with Lurpon Flare- Canceled due to ovulation through Lupron.
    Sept. '13 - We will try again with EPP.

    October '13 Started BCP for December IVF. Long Lupron protocol. Canceled due to ovulation through Lupron.

    April '14 Planning IVF attempt #3. Adding Cetrotide. Doc consult at the end of this month. 

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