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New! Hopefully using donor sperm soon!

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Hello! I'm JoAnn. My husband and I have been married almost 2 years and have been TTC since. Recently we found out he has zero sperm. We are seeing a RE and have discussed using donor embryos. When we found out there would be a long wait we decided to use donor sperm instead. I'm 34 so the clock is ticking to the 35 year mark. I just got the STD blood work results back they require you to do. I'm good there. I'm just waiting now for the clinic to call back with the next step. I'm not sure if doctor will want to do IUI or IVF. I have a little PCOS so I believe IVF would work better for me but I don't know. The RE I go to is a popular place and its like pulling teeth to get a call back. I guess its just a little lesson in the patience I will need for all of this. But my gyno recommended them. He said everyone he has sent there is pregnant. Can't ask for better than that I guess!
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  • liz4pawsliz4paws member
    Welcome. I'm sorry about your diagnosis, that must be very hard. I wish you lots of luck on your path to baby. Good luck!

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     Me (32) DH (36) - Finding our way to baby #1
     Me: POF/DOR - AMH <0.16, heterozygous c677t MTHFR, insulin resistant and gluten intolerant
     DH: Severe MFI

     12/2/11 - IUI #1- BFN 
    8/1/12 - IVF #1 - Zero response from max stims (600iu intramuscularly)
    My ovaries are just for decoration

     12/6/12 - Adopted five embryos that had been frozen for over ten years!
     2/11/13 - DEmbryo FET #1 Thawed four, sadly two didn't survive. Transferred two beautiful blasts. 
     2/16/13 - First BFP of my life @ 6dp5dt! EDD 10/30/13
     3/27/13 - After beta and u/s hell, no heartbeat ever detected. D&C at 9w1d.

    6/5/13 - Adopted four new embryos that had been frozen for seven years!      
    9/12/13 - DEmbryo FET #2. Thawed and transferred two beautiful blasts
    9/17/13 - BFP @ 5dp6dt! EDD 05/31/14
     9/29/13 - m/c @ 5w1d. :(

    11/19/13 - DEmbryo FET #3. Thawed and transferred one blast from each batch. Wow!
     11/23/13 - BFP @ 4dp6dt! EDD 8/7/13
    Beta #1 @ 13dp6dt - 522  Beta #2 @ 16dp6dt - 1373 
    6w5d ultrasound showed one perfect baby with a beautiful heartbeat of 134bpm!

    Snowflake baby is a girl! 
    Our beautiful Snowflake girl arrived on July 22, 2014!   
     My embryo adoption blog: Wishing on a Snowflake
      
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  • lincoln79lincoln79 member
    Welcome! These paths do require a LOT of patience! I am hoping it will come in good use once we are parents! Best of luck to you and your husband.
    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!

    Praying unceasingly for a miracle. ALL welcome!

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  • AllieAlbaAllieAlba member
    Welcome and good luck!

    Single Mummy-To-Be | TTC January 2014 | Natural IUI with DS March 2014: Resulted in BFN | Natural IUI with DS April 2014: Positive! | EDD 10th January 2015


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  • parker163parker163 member
    You should try a few cycles of just ordering the sperm and inseminating at home!!
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  • curve31curve31 member
    The diagnosis was a toughy. Especially for my husband. He's very family oriented and has 5 siblings. I was more "well that's just my luck...ok let's deal with it"

    I hadn't considered doing it at home. Especially since ins pays for the doc to do it. If the vials weren't $700 a pop I certainly would though. Id be nice to be in control of the situation for sure.

    Thanks everyone for the welcome!
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  • parker163parker163 member
    I agree, if your insurance pays, def go for the IUI first! Your husband won't even think about the genetic connection when holding that baby, but, I'm sure it's tough now at first. Good luck and keep us updated!!
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  • curve31curve31 member
    He is getting better. It was just a matter of it sinking in and accepting it. We just want a child, no matter how. We were going to try a donor embryo because it was less like I was having some other man's baby since it wasn't genetically mine either. I was perfectly ok with that. I can't bear to wait 10 months though. And now that we have gotten to pick the sperm donor, we like that fact that we know lots more about the donor.

    I will update next week after my appointment. Its nice to talk to people who get it!
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  • BeckyP005BeckyP005 member
    Welcome and good luck to you :)

    ME:46 MH:44 DE IVF 2014
    Met with RE 4/11. 2 IUI's BFN. DE best option. Switched clinics to do "shared" program. Had to retake all tests and a mamm that put me behind and then on a DE waiting list for 12 months. Picked a donor!! (10/13/13) Got matched. Estimated transfer in December. After 2.5 years of patiently waiting I will finally cycle....can hardly believe it. DE cycle got cancelled. One of her tests came back positive.  Waiting for another donor. Donor picked!! (1/18/14)

    DE IVF #1 (4/26) BFN  DE FET #1 (6/4) BFP! Beta 1=339 Beta 2=852 Beta 3=9957 EDD 2/22/15!!


     

     

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  • sarahjerisarahjeri member
    Welcome! :)
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    Me: 33 (Mosaic Turner's Syndrome/POF) 
    DH: 35 (no male factor)
    3/10 - Foster Mr. T for 1 month
    3/11 - Foster AL for 1 year
    7/11 Known donor retrieval 7 fertilized 
    7/11 DE Transfer -BFP & 5 FE
    4/9/12 Miracle baby girl arrives!
    Planning for FET 7/14


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