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Male infertility and varicocele surgery

vetinari87vetinari87 member
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My hubby and I have been trying to conceive for 15 months now, three months ago we weere finally sent to the fertility specialist. I found out I have hashimotos (on top of lupus) which has my thyroid out of wack and my husband barely has any sperm, they found a small varicocele which they think may have an impact on his sperm. So next week he is having surgery to get ti removed. My question is...who else has gone through this? How long before you knew if the surgery was sucessful? Did it help with sperm count? How long did it take him to recover?
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Re: Male infertility and varicocele surgery

  • vssbrmvssbrm member
    We were given the option to do a surgery, but our team of doctors were not very confident that it would bring any significant changes. From them and what I have read it is very controversial as to whether or not it is successful for increasing fertility. We opted to try 4 IUIs and when they were not successful we moved right to IVF. Btwn the V and my minimal issues this was the best option for us. We are also a little older so we did not want to wait longer to see if it would work, we had ticked off too many years already at that point. Good luck! Let us know how it goes, I am always curious to hear if the surgery works!
    Married May 2009, TTC since November 2012 (Together since 2006 ish - had my eyes on him since 2001)
    Me: 32 (33 in May), Him: 37 (January)

    DX: Me: High Prolactin, Possible Autoimmune Disease Issues, though RE not concerned (?)  New RE has a plan!!
           Him: Minor Varicocele, low morphology, slightly low count

    History:

    Beta 5/9/2016 BFP!!
    Embryo transfer scheduled for April 28, 2016 and beta test May 9, 2016 (day after Mother's Day!)
    Transfer Meds include: Lupron Depot (4/1), Minivelle Patch (every 3rd day), Estradiol (3x daily), Amoxicillin, Progesterone in Oil, Methylprednisonlone. Lovenox and baby asprin added after transfer. 

    3/22/16 - Sono Saline ultrasound cyst to be aspirated on 4/1/16 if not cleared up by 3/29 US - It cleared on its own
    Retrieval 3/4/16 - 26 eggs retrieved, 23 mature, 20 fertilized, 14 embryos currently frozen
    Starting IVF Stims on +/- Feb 22, 2016
    HSG scheduled for 1-26-16 - All clear "beautiful uterus" (though inverted)

    Switched clinics and now prepping for IVF in February / March

    Fourth IUI -  CD3-7 100 Clomid w/ Ovidrel Trigger - December, 2015 - BFN
    Third IUI -  CD3-7 100 Clomid w/ Ovidrel Trigger - November, 2015 - BFN
    Second IUI - CD3-7 100 Clomid w/ Ovidrel Trigger - September, 2015 - BFN
    Started Prolactin Medication October 15 - Levels quickly regulated to with in normal range
    First IUI - CD3-7 100 Clomid w/ Ovidrel Trigger - August, 2015 - BFN
    After no BFPs (ever) First RE/Urologist visit in Feb 2015
    HSG w/ OB, 2014 = all clear
    Trying to conceive since November 2012
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  • pianofanaticpianofanatic member
    My DH had his varicoceles taken care of and it didn't impact his sperm count that much.  Between my endo and his sperm count we had little chance even after his surgery and him taking vitamins and everything.  We had to do IVF. 


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  • vetinari87vetinari87 member
    Do they know why his sperm count was low? How low was it? The urologist also has him on Clomid to "push the boys to work as hard as we can make them"
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  • Schmex704Schmex704 member
    We opted out of it too. They said there was no guarantee it would do anything for his MFI and it didn't hurt him so there was no reason to do it. They said it would take 6-9 months to know if it worked and we just didn't want to wait that long. 
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