After a failed IUI on our first try and as advised by OB, DH and I rested on our work up and focused on his count to increase. As stated on my previous blogs, DH counts drastically went down when we are scheduled to have our "postponed" IUI on 27 April 2013 and still shows a poor number on his count, motility and morphology after we had our first IUI last 25 May 2013.
We underwent a roller coaster ride on DHs count. We have been TTC April of 2009 and from said date, DH and I have been working on his count since he has bilateral varicocele. Both of us decided for DH not to undergo surgery for his varicocele since having said procedure is not a cure. Thus, we made a trial and error on supplements we read online that are said to increase count, motility and morphology. Almost every month since our TTC, DH will go to hospital just to have a semenalysis and to check if this supplement has help him on his count. I am just one lucky wife who had a husband who is very willing to cooperate.
Then we came across Fertilaid for Men. As stated also on my previous blog, this Fertilaid, has really made wonders on my DHs case. DHs never experience to have a million of his soldiers and/or a good motility during our first 3 years, I think almost 4 years, of TTC not after we discovered Fertilaid. DH count went up to 20 Million or sometimes 30 Million. Thus, we decided to do our work up and tried the so-called IUI.
We were confident to do work ups and to eventually win on our TTC journey but sad to say that when we started seeing our OB, DHs count just went down. Our first IUI is really a pain. First of all, because of DHs count. OB just injected 120,000 post washed sperms on me which only means that DHs count is at 1 Million, more or less. Secondly, we felt DH and I went to war without any bullets but we tried to survive only to end up losing. Thirdly, I felt so many twinges and unusual pains during my days past IUI only to come out a failure. Finally, the burden of raising money is also a pain for the both of us since undergoing to this ordeal of TTC is really financially draining. Nevertheless, we tried and did all we can to win this battle. God sees what DH and I have been doing. He sees our pain and struggles and we believe in His time He will grant the desire of our hearts.
So, on our 1 month rest, I stopped taking fertility drugs and DH took his original line-up of supplements that gave him an increased and improved count, motility and morphology. DH had his semenalysis yesterday and the result is really overwhelming. It made me really cry, tears of joy as they say. Below is the result of DHs SA.
Indeed, God is really good and He really works mysteriously and wonderfully. Although, not every prayer is answered but every prayer we uttered is given to us by God in His perfect time. DH and I is in high hopes that we will someday win and beat our TTC ordeal. Just keep the faith even if everything you planned is not working the way we plan but the way God plan it for you and me.
6 comments:
Have you tried maca, lycopene, camu-camu (vitamin C), astaxanthin or lycopene. These antioxydants/vits have showed improvements, see www.pubmed.org (NHIS). Have you often intercourses. The intercourse frequency could help when it increases. I have seen also seen in your dh's SA that the liquefaction time ist quite high (60 minutes). Have you tried mucinex (see ttc forums). Take care.
Sis better check ur husband fsh level, cut down meat, alcohol, cigarette esp second hand smoker, exercise and vegetable fruits and fish only. Btw, its me ilushes already pregnant 11 weeks na. Pm me for more details.
Sis better check ur husband fsh level, cut down meat, alcohol, cigarette esp second hand smoker, exercise and vegetable fruits and fish only. Btw, its me ilushes already pregnant 11 weeks na. Pm me for more details.
Hi sis! Is he taking Fertilaid? My husband has only 7% normal sperm cell and was thinking how to increase its percentage. Moreover after 60 minutes di pa rin na-liquefy yung sperm nya :(
hal Drobek, hello. thank you for your suggestion. also, sis ilushes. my congratulations to you.
sis Joanne, hubby stopped using fertilaid for 2 mos na ata. lagi kasi out of stock. he is using 24/7 now. i don't know if you heard of it pero try mo google. same kasi effect niya kay hubby. as per my OB, 60 mins is still within normal range, above that is not.
hi, is your husband seeing a urologist? hubby's 1st SA showed low motility, morphology, testosterone but a normal sperm count.. so i asked him to see a good urologist.. what i like about the doctor is that he wants treatment for hubby.. they had undergone tests again and prescribed clomid (yes, same as to help women ovulate.. little dosage 25mg a day for 3months) plus CoQ10.. we returned after 3months and hubby had the tests again and he is perfectly fine now (Thank God).. his testerone level are now normal, motility and morphology were tripled and his count even got doubled.. :) he's now just taking clomid for maintenance (just 4x a week) as he can't take the med everyday as per his doctor.. just wanted to share.. you can also google some related articles of clomid in helping male fertility.. baby dust to you.. goodluck and God bless :)
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