Cycle 17

We got the results of DH’s sample back this week it also came with a bit of embarrassment.

When he went to drop the sample off at the lab for analysis he ends up waiting for over an hour then comes to find out that they don’t do analysis’ there anymore. I don’t know how many “we are so sorry” he had to sit through, but he was just a tad frustrated. I ended up calling my doctors office about it and was treated to another large round of “we are so sorry” but that they sill wanted me to come in latter that week for my appointment.

At the appointment come to find out they were able to do the “test” that he wanted. Which was to just find out if there were viable sperm not to give a full analysis. And the news is… good. Since finding out that DH’s surgery worked, my doctor decided to go ahead and do some blood work on me. I was also lucky enough to have started my cycle that morning so my doctor also wanted to not waste this cycle and started me on my first of two rounds of clomed. And to go back in, in two months if I wasn’t pregnant and the clomed didn’t help.

It really seems like it’s going so fast right now with starting the clomed. Just my second appointment with him and we haven’t even really discussed treatments or drugs yet. Its what I wanted. To either find out something was wrong and try to get/have it fixed or to get a jump-start like this. 

Hopefully cycle 17 or 18 turn out to be lucky.

infertal?

 

So I had my first appointment with my OB about our possible infertility. It went as I had expected it to go and better. I was a little nervous about seeing a male doctor. Okay let me rephrase that, I was VERY nervous about seeing a male doctor. I haven’t seen a male doctor since I was in grade school; I’ve gone to a female doctor ever since I started having a yearly exam. He did a good job at making me feel comfortable talking with him and once I was about to talk freely with out feeling emotional I felt better about having him as my doctor.

So after getting my medical history and talking about the possibility that I could have PCOS we also got to talking about DH’s possible problem. When he was younger, he had surgery to correct a varicose vein blood flow problem with his “boys” (they were getting to much blood). My doctor concluded that the first step is to get a sperm sample to see if the surgery worked and he has viable sperm. If the sample is good and there aren’t problems there then we get to look into if I do have PCOS or some other underlying condition.

I think DH is not going to be very happy with me when I tell him that he has to abstain from sex or relieving himself for 48 full hours before giving a sample. He is currently off bear hunting and won’t be home until Tuesday and I told the doctor that he would give a sample for Wednesday morning. At least we will know by Thursday the results.