Difficulty getting pregnant....
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ked off right now - even more so that my wife is in another country and I can't be with her. She's with her parents though so I know she's not on her own.
dave_s13 said:
Definately better to talk about it if you can but everyone is wired up differently i suppose.
Our recent frozen embryo transfer worked.
But then she lost it yesterday after 6 and a bit weeks. Gutted. That's it for us now. 3 goes is enough to test anyones sanity, at least we had one successful attempt that resulted in a gorgeous little girl which is more than some people get.
We are seriously thinking about adoption now, new thread for that one though.
Oh and i hate the overused anecdote about the couple who tried for years, started ivf then fell on just after. No they didn't! Fvck off! :-)
This thread just popped back up in "my stuff". Our recent frozen embryo transfer worked.
But then she lost it yesterday after 6 and a bit weeks. Gutted. That's it for us now. 3 goes is enough to test anyones sanity, at least we had one successful attempt that resulted in a gorgeous little girl which is more than some people get.
We are seriously thinking about adoption now, new thread for that one though.
Oh and i hate the overused anecdote about the couple who tried for years, started ivf then fell on just after. No they didn't! Fvck off! :-)
Just thought I'd chime back in to say that we now have 2 girls (4 and 18months) and and number 3 on the way in October.
Number one happened after 5 years trying and then ivf.
Number 2 failed frozen transfer then a week before starting the whole sorry business again she fell on completely au-naturelle.
Number 3 - completely out of the blue.
Just shows you how it can pan out. In the space of about ten years we've gone from thinking it'll never, ever happen to having a spare one and me needing my bollards removing :-)
I will give an update to this thread as well. We had a miscarriage after getting pregnant naturally but then could not get pregnant again. My wife and I went to specialists. Dr Seaman, yes that is his name, said I had plenty of active sperm but they were ugly looking and so could not get in the egg. My wife had issues as well. I was recommended surgery to correct an artery which would change the blood flow and cool the region. I smelt BS and so did not go through with it. We had IVF and after the first round my son was born. He is now 15 months old and is acting like a stroppy teenager. We then decided to do IVF again as we are not young and after the first round again my wife is pregnant.
Here is the important part......
My sperm was tested for the second round of IVF and it was now normal. The reason? Sperm takes 3 months to mature and 3 months before my first test I was very ill and that screwed up my results. I had eaten a Scotch egg that had been unrefrigerated for several days and got proper food poisoning. When I finally saw a doctor he said, "Well, your alive so that's good but next time go to ER because you may not be so lucky". We even saw evidence of this infection in the sperm results but Dr Seaman wanted to go through with the operation. My belief is that this accounts for the majority of the stories your hear where the first child is IVF and the second is a surprise. In our case my wife has issues as well so we still had to do IVF.
The best bit? I can confidently say that I'm like Chuck Norris, even when I masturbate women get pregnant.
Here is the important part......
My sperm was tested for the second round of IVF and it was now normal. The reason? Sperm takes 3 months to mature and 3 months before my first test I was very ill and that screwed up my results. I had eaten a Scotch egg that had been unrefrigerated for several days and got proper food poisoning. When I finally saw a doctor he said, "Well, your alive so that's good but next time go to ER because you may not be so lucky". We even saw evidence of this infection in the sperm results but Dr Seaman wanted to go through with the operation. My belief is that this accounts for the majority of the stories your hear where the first child is IVF and the second is a surprise. In our case my wife has issues as well so we still had to do IVF.
The best bit? I can confidently say that I'm like Chuck Norris, even when I masturbate women get pregnant.
very good point about the sperm production time - any changes you make to improve quality etc, like getting fitter, improving diet, supplements/vitamins etc (zinc, vit c, selenium, antioxidants etc) - really have to wait 3 months to see any change come through
http://www.tubeplus.me/movie/1267656/Rescue_Me/sea...
23 mins in , to 25 mins in. also scene at 28 mins, sums it up - classic! (rescue me season 3 ep 4)
http://www.tubeplus.me/movie/1267656/Rescue_Me/sea...
23 mins in , to 25 mins in. also scene at 28 mins, sums it up - classic! (rescue me season 3 ep 4)
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