MFI:
total count: 1.7 million
motility: 7% at 1.5 (on a scale of 1-4, where 1.5 is, more or less, "ok, so it twitches, but it's not exactly moving")
morphology: 1%
reasons: Lord only knows. All hormones normal, only an itsy bitsy varicocele (sounds kind of like a type of pasta) that I never noticed on my handling of said equipment. However, it is worth noting that my husband is adopted, and knows nothing of his family medical history. And also nothing of his prenatal care, except that, well, his mom was a college student and he was born shortly before Roe v. Wade was handed down. And he also grew up right next to a military base, complete with the not-so-occasional "test" during the Cold War. So, you know, possibly some pre- or postnatal exposure to some nasty shit that FertilAid just can't cure.
FFI: (because, whatever)
hormone levels: absolutely stunning for a near-AMA chick (31). Which sounds lovely, doesn't it? Too bad no one told my ovaries that a CD3 panel with E2 at 26, AMH at 2.7, and FSH at 5.6 all meant I should have babies by now already, jesus can't I just relax.
Antral follicle counts: 17+, usually, unless we're talking one huge cyst and a handful of hopers
tubes: left one was forced open in my HSG. Right one wouldn't budge. Repeated inquires have perhaps satisfied my RE that no, I never, ever, ever had a tubal litigation.
...also, I seem to be Lupron-intolerant.
Previous attempts at getting pregnant:
Happy honeymoon sex
Happy "it'll happen soon" sex
Slightly worried sex
Slightly worried sex complete with BBT charts
Really worried sex complete with BBT charts, cervical mucus, "cervical position" exploration leading to figuring out all by myself that my uterus was oh-so-totally-retro (this was confirmed at the HSG, when it took over an hour to insert the damn cath).
This-isn't-fun-anymore sex, complete with elevated hips, calculated positions, and all sorts of timing plans (every day! every other day! Sperm-Meets-Egg (no, no he doesn't)! Like-hell-are-we-having-sex-now-I'm-not-even-close-to-my-window sex...
and finally the RE, the hormones, semen analysis, ultrasounds, scoffed laughter over IUI...
IVF/ICSI attempt #1: September/October of this year. Cancelled.
IVF/ICSI attempt #2: November of this year. Cancelled.
Number of lines ever, ever seen on a home pregnancy test: 1.
True story.
3 comments:
I adore your sarcasm for this lovely IF path we both ended up on. Hope to read of your great success in the future. Hubby and I have super-fantastic male and female infertility. PCOS for me, azoo for him.
So frustrating that you have to contend with both male and female infertility issues. We went straight from the bed to IVF/ICSI as well. My husband's count is 3000 (no i did not forget a zero or two or three) but I don't have any issues. We are in the middle of our first round.
That cyst just plain sucks. I hope it goes away soon and that you can finally make it through an ivf/icsi cycle!
Well, thank goodness for this technology! Good luck!!
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