DMG05..
We are due in about 5 weeks!! Fertility blend didn't work for us.. Instead we went to a reproductive endocrinologist and had to have IVF w/ ICSI done. Our first attempt worked and that's how we are pregnant.. We are due with # 1 .. We had two embryo's put back but only one took so we are having one little boy !!! The siggy is two different pictures of our little man growing!!
As far as the surgery for the varicocele repair.. My Dh went in early in the morning.. I believe they gave him an epidural.. (gosh its been so long) then they took him back for surgery and he was out in no time. He came home that same afternoon with hardly any pain. He was given prescription pain medication but never took it. He just relaxed on the couch for a while.. So, it was a cinch for him !!
HTH
Good Luck to you !!!