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courtneylaurens · March 2018

Hi y'all! My name is Courtney and my DH and I got married in February 2017 and have been TTC ever since, I am 26 and he is 37. My mom passed away 5 days after our wedding, so I initially thought the stress of it all was the reason we weren't having any luck, but about 6 months ago we started all of the preliminary testing which showed I have one blocked Fallopian tube and my DH has EXTREMELY low sperm count (.2 million) and low motility. We recently just met with a RE and she recommended to start with trying to open my blocked tube and my husband to see a urologist, but if either of those are unsuccessful she did mention that we would have to jump straight to IVF because his counts are too low for IUI.

I personally don't know anyone who has gone through infertility, so finding and reading this forum has brought a lot of comfort to my DH and I.

ndz2018 · March 2018

@courtneylaurens Welcome and so sorry you find yourself here. We are also dealing with MFI(low count 5-7 mil and low morph) too so we moved straight to IVF because of that and I’m AMA(37). We did our ER back in Dec and I had a minor surgery to remove a septum from my uterus In Jan and we are awaiting our FET in April!
Has your H started taking any supplement/vitamins?

courtneylaurens · March 2018

Thank you, and I'm sorry you are having to be here as well. My H has not started taking anything because he has not seem a urologist or anything yet and we don't know what kind of vitamins/supplements he should be taking.
Good luck to you in April!!

mcgeeva · March 2018

Welcome! There are a lot of ladies on here with different issues but it'll give you a lot of insight, support and place to let it all out! Especially when the rest of the world doesn't get it. Good luck to you!

j2415 · March 2018

Hi Courtney,

I'm so sorry to hear this. I have a friend, her fallopian tubes are both blocked so the doctor also recommended IVF. I have another friend, her twins are a result of IVF.

I also had infertility treatments for 2 years and I understand the emotional ups and downs of infertility. I pray that you will have peace as you go through this and you will have your heart's desire to have a child. Update us please, God bless.

suzycupcake · March 2018

@courtneylaurens Hey and welcome! Sorry that you have to go on this journey.

Did they say what can be done about the blocked tube? Hopefully the urologist will have some easy answers for yh.

Also, I just lost my dad in december so I understand. Hugs. If you ever need anyone to talk to about that, my inbox is open. I know I'm a stranger, but I find that there is an instant bond with this type of a thing with people who get it

greenhillgirl · March 2018

@courtneylaurens welcome and I'm sorry to hear about your mom and your challenges to get pregnant. DH has a 2 million count and low everything else as well- diagnosed as severe MFI. He is also a good bit older than me- 14 years to your 11. He saw one of the top urologists in the US and he said since his body is already trying to make up with his testosterone in the normal range medication like clomid wouldn't help. We tried IUI 2x while waiting for his insurance to kick in partial IVF coverage. It's tough- I think its very hard when part or all of the challenge is him. My husband wouldn't talk much about it and it was kind of the elephant in the room. I recommend you learn as much as you can and think about your options and support each other as much as you can, too. Almost 3 years in to this journey and our marriage is stronger than ever because we are best friends, ask each other for what we need, and keep a sense of humor. If you can both genuinely laugh when your husband watches you wiping gel out of your nether regions after another ultrasound with a grossed out look because he can't produce healthy sperm, then you can get through anything

mayflower513 · March 2018

Hi @courtneylaurens, welcome and I’m sorry about your mom and that you’re going through this! I’m new here as well. *TW* I only have one fallopian tube now due to an ectopic in Nov of 15 *end TW* and found out in January that my remaining tube is damaged. Since it’s my only tube my options were to try to repair and then have 1/3 chance of gettig pregnant in the next year, if it works, or remove the tube and move straight to IVF. Since I’m 34, I opted to move straight to IVF and not waste the next year waiting. I am getting my tube removed at the end of the month and then can start the IVF cycle in mid May.

Are your doctors recommending doing anything with your blocked tube? Or just to leave it because your other tube is ok? (Unless I’m reading wrong).

courtneylaurens · March 2018

@cmarieb35 Thank you, I went today for my follicular ultrasound and they results were great, so they started me on a birth control to schedule me for a hysteroscopy in the next 2 weeks to see what we can do about my blocked tube. It sounds like they are going to open it if they can, but if not it doesn't sound like they are concerned.
I don't blame you a single bit for wanting to jump straight into IVF and I wish you all the best in your journey!

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