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Talk to me out varicocele and morphology

annibesannibes member
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Because DH has had a large varicocele on the left for years and years, and now has a smaller one on the right.

The doctors now think his morphology is what is causing the 2IF, but suggested that a repair might not help us out much.

The research we have looked at (he's an academic and went straight to the randomized controlled trials, lol) is somewhat scattered. Lots say "yes" and lots say "maybe not." I can't imagine the varicocele has NO effect, so I'm interested in hearing others' experiences. We're leaning toward a repair but I don't want to put him through it if there is zero chance it will help (3.5% strict morpho with most abnormality in the heads).

Tell me what you know!
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Re: Talk to me out varicocele and morphology

  • KC1212KC1212 member
    I wish I could tell you something about all this but, I'm afraid I'm zero help :( ((hugs)) anyway!
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    Me: 27 DH: 33
    Married 6 years
    Conceived DS after 4 years of MFI

    TTC # 2 (not trying,not preventing ever)
    May 2013 - August 2013 Timed Intercourse = BFN
    September 2013 Timed Intercourse, Weekly Acupuncture, Herbs=BFN
    October 2013 Timed Intercourse, Weekly Acupuncture, Herbs, and "warming foods" = BFP
    Beta #1 19, Beta #2 18 Progesterone 4.6 Miscarried 11/9/13
    November 2013 - Benched, waiting for first post-loss AF.
    No longer benched per New RE/OB!
    Jan. 15 2014 - BFP. HCG 3900 - Ectopic :( 
    Jan. 16 2014 Left tube removed and D&C
    March 2, 2014 First AF


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  • annibesannibes member
    I followed! Thanks for sharing your experience!
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  • annibesannibes member
    KC1212 said:

    I wish I could tell you something about all this but, I'm afraid I'm zero help :( ((hugs)) anyway!

    It's all good. Even the research has been little help. It's all so contradictory. I'm trying to live by the "it only takes one" mantra, but now that this whole thing got shifted to DH he's suddenly very interested in how to "fix" it. I don't want to put him through unnecessary surgery, though!
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  • ScarletBegonia79ScarletBegonia79 member
    we have MFI issues too and my husband's urologist was basically no help. he said, it could help, maybe, but i really have no clue. thanks, doc, you really helped guide that decision. so anyway we aren't going to bother with it and just hope that weeding out the good guys and making it easier for them with IUI will do the trick. and we managed to get pregnant once on our own, so who knows.

    TTC #2 since 8/2012

    IUI #1 April 2014: BFN

    IUI #2 July 2014: BFN

    IUI #3 August 2014: BFN

    BFP: September 15, due May 22nd 2015

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