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Infertility
athikergirl
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Introduction Time! Finally time to get down to business!
athikergirl
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in Infertility
Good morning All.
I'm Amelia a soon to be 29 year old and here is my fertility story.
Soooo, i knew before I married my DH that we would have issues having children so being here isn't a surprise but the path here was SOOO needlessly frustrating and infuriating. He had rescinded testicles and one was descended at 5 years old and the other at 6. This is really really really late and he has been followed by a urologist since then. Needless to say, he makes some little guys but not a lot (<2million). The frustrating thing was after 3 years of being married we decided we wanted to start trying. Out came my IUD and then started my problems. My periods were all over the place and my ob/gyn diagnosed me with PCOS.
The frustrating thing was even with my husband's medial record and my PCOS generated irregular cycles the OB/GYN wouldn't refer us to a RE until 1 year as we were young (both 27 at the time) and you know it might just happen. Finally we are to the point where we have made it through the RE work up (which confirmed PCOS for me and low sperm for me) and were told we have the choice of IVF or natural cycle IVF. We have decided to start with natural cycle IVF and then will move to IVF if we aren't successful after 2-3 natural cycle IVFs.
On top of this we aren't really telling our friends or family (just my mom) because they think we are "too young" to have fertility problems and are "just over reacting" and that we "just aren't trying hard enough". I am really looking forward to the support from this group through this process. My last few weeks of lurking have amazed me with all you're camaraderie.
Super curious too, who else here has done a natural cycle IVF. what was your experience?
I'm Amelia a soon to be 29 year old and here is my fertility story.
Soooo, i knew before I married my DH that we would have issues having children so being here isn't a surprise but the path here was SOOO needlessly frustrating and infuriating. He had rescinded testicles and one was descended at 5 years old and the other at 6. This is really really really late and he has been followed by a urologist since then. Needless to say, he makes some little guys but not a lot (<2million). The frustrating thing was after 3 years of being married we decided we wanted to start trying. Out came my IUD and then started my problems. My periods were all over the place and my ob/gyn diagnosed me with PCOS.
The frustrating thing was even with my husband's medial record and my PCOS generated irregular cycles the OB/GYN wouldn't refer us to a RE until 1 year as we were young (both 27 at the time) and you know it might just happen. Finally we are to the point where we have made it through the RE work up (which confirmed PCOS for me and low sperm for me) and were told we have the choice of IVF or natural cycle IVF. We have decided to start with natural cycle IVF and then will move to IVF if we aren't successful after 2-3 natural cycle IVFs.
On top of this we aren't really telling our friends or family (just my mom) because they think we are "too young" to have fertility problems and are "just over reacting" and that we "just aren't trying hard enough". I am really looking forward to the support from this group through this process. My last few weeks of lurking have amazed me with all you're camaraderie.
Super curious too, who else here has done a natural cycle IVF. what was your experience?
Re: Introduction Time! Finally time to get down to business!
Together Let Us Seek the Heights
it's sad but it really seems that women and men of all ages face infertility although older people do have a higher tendency to deal with infertility issues it does not mean however that everyone is protected from it. as obviously we here are not.
good luck!
xx
Married: 4-25-2014
TTC: March 2015
BFP: 2-18-16
Confirmed MMC: 3-31-16
D&C: 4-2-16
TTCAL: May 2016
IUI: 5/13/17-Femara and Trigger, POAS 5/27/17 BFP 5/27/17