You probably think I'm stalking you . . . but we seem to be running in the same circles! I post over here sometimes, and on the IVF board, too, since we are supposed to start IVF soon.

I made a list of questions that came up when this started for us. And I either called the nurse or brought my list of questions to each appointment to get them all answered. It does feel like MFI is the worst problem . . . but the good news is that the success rates of IVF with ICSI when you have a MFI diagnosis is actually pretty high. This whole thing is a learning process . . . you will be amazed by how much you learn and how quickly. Once you know for sure what the diagnosis is/what is going on, you can get an IVF cy started really fast. Some REs have been able to use less than mature sperm for IVF w/ ICSI . . . I don't know much about that. I think the genetic material is all there, they just can't swim/fertilize an egg on their own. It may depend on how mature the immature sperm are . . . if they are actually genetically complete, etc. If they identify a fixable problem with DH that you decide to pursue first, then that can take a few months to see results. But you only need a few good sperm in there!

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