Does anyone's partner have male factor infertility?

Me! Waiting for our first specialist appointments so still fairly early on in the process. What about you?

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Best of luck with it. Don’t really know what to expect of specialist appointment but from what I read it looks like ivf could be highly likely. The joys! Xx

Oh ok! Thank you for sharing with me & best wishes to you. My partner has borderline Asthenozoospermia and we are currently waiting on fertility clinic referral.

We had/have MFI - azospermia. We ended up going the IVF route after we got his sperm count up.

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Thank you for sharing with me & best of wishes. Have you already taken the ivf route if you don’t mind me asking? How did it go? X

We ended up with 7 genetically normal embryos that we froze. We did our first transfer on Halloween but it failed 😢. I am going in for an ERA the week after Thanksgiving and then we will gear up for our second transfer in January.

My husband had a varicocele and in December he had it removed. We’re currently doing IUI treatments because the surgery didn’t do much for his sperm count/quality. I just had my first IUI on Friday.

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Hi Jennifer just wondering if you were able to conceive with the iui?

Yes my husband has low motality we had ivf ixcy in England 2017 worked first time I have a beautiful 19month son & have embryos frozen to try again next year 😊

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No x

Aw wow! That’s amazing. My partner also has low motility.. did you get it funded x

Hey there. New here and just started our work up and found that my husband has 0% normal form sperm. I know the range is still only about 4% but a big fat zero is discouraging. Anyone here with similar situation? I think his other numbers were okay but we are waiting for a urologist referral.

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This is all very new to us so we are still trying to process and don’t have much info. I think we are both just feeling defeated. We just never really believed there would be something wrong so we hadn’t truly started weighing options. We’ll see what happens from his appt. May I ask what a TESE biopsy is?

Hey, I feel you. My husband has given sample after sample and it’s always really hard to hear there is nothing there. We’ve now frozen 16 of my eggs and then he’ll do a TESE biopsy to try and find enough to create embryos. How is your husband handling it? Mine is struggling with feeling like he’s letting us down.

My husband has low sperm count

Eat heavy during the day and light towards the evening warm water with pinch of lemon

Yep. Went with IVF ICSI, and had really good results with egg stims and got 7 embryos. Now trying to get pregnant off one of them :)

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That’s amazing! Tell embaby to stick!!

My husband had no sperm on several semen analyses. He had a varicocele surgery, that didn't help, and then had a micro-tese which they didn't find anything with that. We were very disappointed to find out that my husband cannot have children. We don't know why either. We are now in the paperwork process of embryo adoption

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My husband is going to be having the TESE procedure as well. Do you mind me asking how your eggs are? Have you considered using a sperm donor?

Shout out to the sweet husbands who have to go through tests and procedures as well! We always thought I was ok. My cycles are regular and i ovulated according to ovulation tests. However, I had a procedure similar to an hsg and found that my tubes are blocked and my egg count and AMH is low. We considered doing IVF with sperm donation from my husband's brother, but ultimately decided to embryo adoption. I don't know if I could stand the heartache of going through IVF and not having good quality eggs.

Yes, just given birth (5 weeks ago tomorrow) to our little miracle via IVF (icsi) due to male factor x

Yes! Currently having to lose weight to get my BMI down to 35 before fertility will take us on so hubby can have surgical retrieval/sampling.

We have a varicocele issue. He just had surgery in September. I have surgery for a blocked tube the 20th.

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Hi. We are having similar issue. Did the surgery help?

My husband has 1% morphology and slightly low motility but his count was super high. I consulted multiple doctors and all but one said that IVF was our only chance of conceiving. They told me that IUI would most likely not work for us. I hope that isn’t the case for you and you’re able conceive first time round :)

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Hi Kristen, we had multiple analysis done both in and out of the US. The results were the same. We were told that unlike motility and count, morphology will not change with any diet or medication. One doctor even told us not to waste time and money on IUI and to proceed with IVF immediately. I’m not sure how old you are but the younger you are the more eggs you can retrieve so the higher your chances will be. I know exactly how you must be feeling and I wish you the best of luck!

Hey there! My husbands analysis showed 0% morphology 😩 we have yet to hear from the urologist and I’m getting quite frustrated...I just want more info...like yesterday haha. I’m trying to keep some hope that we may have a chance without IVF. Did your husband have multiple semen analysis done prior to them recommending IVF? Did they recommend any diet/lifestyle changes and reevaluating? I’d greatly appreciate any info you may have! Thank you and I wish you the best on your continued journey!

Hello I’m new to the group, HELLO EVERYONE!!! I’m going through makle infertility with my fiancé. We plan to start the IVF process in mid March. (Fingers crossed) So far they placed him on Clomid to help with his low sperm count, and in 2 weeks they want to do another semen analysis. Which our 2 weeks will be next Wednesday, but since they only due them on Tuesday he will continue to take the Clomis until the 11th of February or I’ll see if they can just do it February 4th instead. Also I start taking my birth control the end of February when I have my next menstrual cycle. Good luck to everyone here, I’m excited and super ready. Also hoping for a better sperm count.

Hi ladies, ahh im in a similar position. We found out this past august that my husband has azoospermia, 0% count, it was absolutely devastating. We don’t know the reasons as to why but the urologist had put him on chlomid and some fertility vitamins. His FsH and LH are a bit high so it seems like it’s the non-obstructive kind. It’s been a rollercoaster.. so disheartening at times but we will see what happens.. trying to cope. He’s been on the drug for about a month now, and will potentially be doing semen analysis once a month to see if there is improvement. Ivf is our only option, of course that is IF they find sperm.. sending lots of love to you ladies ❤️❤️❤️

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Hang in there, I can imagine how hard it is to wait to see doctors at a time like this especially when you’re looking for answers. We had to wait 6 months for a specialist and it was really difficult. I learned that it’s so important to let go of control and focus on your love for each other, life is unexpected and a time like this is especially so. Lots of love to you and your partner, please feel free to reach out at any time if you need to chat ❤️❤️❤️

We’re in the same boat but we haven’t actually seen the specialist as yet. He was supposed to have a repeat semen analysis and an ultrasound but that’s all been cancelled

Thank you! It’s so hard when you can’t physically do anything to fix it

Hello, my husband has varicocele. Currently waiting on the surgery. However in the mean time we want to do an iui. Has anyone been successful with an iui and varicocele?

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Hi, we haven’t go through with the surgery yet. We decided to go ahead with IVF. He will be having the surgery eventually. But the doctors weren’t very positive that it will change this counts.

Hi ladies, My husband and I went to a fertility specialist after not getting pregnant for a few years. He told us my husband has low sperm count and motility. Has anyone had a successful IUI with their partner having the same? Also we were told he should take conception xr motility support anyone’s husband take these supplements? Thanks :)

That’s how I got my boy! ICSI is life for us

Yes! Our fertility issues are solely MFI my husband has asospermia and told our chances of successful IVF were low. We are doing an independent Sperm Donor.