Tuesday night I had pretty bad cramping and pains in what I can only assume are my ovaries. The pain was to the left and right of my midline and down where the ovaries should be. So I went in yesterday (thursday) to see my GYN. He said that it was probably those huge follicles popping or bleeding and he said that I need not be concerned, specially since the pain is going away. Yeah!

I'll still get my u/s on day 3 of the next cycle (thank you stimulus check!). I asked about a million questions, again. My poor gyn I must really frustrate him! "So the intestines sit on the ovaries pretty much? Is that why the pain is stronger after I eat chili cheese fries?" "Why do people get paps anyhow?" "How is my uterus looking?" "Am I too mucusy?"

I learned a lot though. Apparently he has no concerns with me, he says everything looks good BUT hubby's swimmers aren't the bomb! He has poor morphology meaning they are all shaped weird. And the weird ones just won't do the job. His numbers have gone up though from 2 to 6 but they are looking for 14 and up. I still don't know what the numbers exsactly mean but ours aren't good.

So who knows what happens next. We are just waiting for the u/s to check out my follies and then we'll see what to do next. I can't imagine that we can afford IVF....

On another note, I told my GYN that he is the only guy that every time I see him my pants are down!

Missy

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Missy
"Don'tcha know eh we're aching like a moose dat sat on de ice and got his testicles stuck, eh?! "
-My boobs (yes they are french canadian)


TTC 4.5 years
mc 9/06- molar pregnancy
2 unsuccessful IUIs so far
9/21 back on the fertility bus, full steam ahead!
Cycle canceled follies too BIG

hahaha
That sounds like something I would say! lol

Good luck with everything and definitely keep us updated!

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Funny....I see a woman so it just wouldn't have the same affect!

Not sure what is next other then I'm guessing they will work on DH's spermies! GOOD LUCK to you! I hope everything works out so you get your BFP!

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Okay - I assume the 2 to 6 refers to morphology on the Kruger (strict) scale, where >14% normal forms are the "ideal." Anything below 5 is classified as male factor infertility, and below 10% is considered "subfertile." 10%-14% is borderline, but they don't usually see reduced fertility from that alone. The good/interesting thing . . . morphology is one of the easiest things to fix with vitamins/diet/lifestyle changes! Also, varicoceles can have a big impact on morphology, so correcting any varicoceles can greatly improve the morphology.

Staying away from caffeine/heat/baths is important. Vitamin C (1000 mg a day) is shown to greatly improve sperm morphology, and I've read a lot about pycnogenol helping as well (it did improve for my DH after we added pycnogenol to his supplements). Vitamin E is also good for morphology. Those are the key ones . . . some people say L-Arginine and L-Carnitine help, too - depends on how many vitamins your DH is willing to take. Mine has been taking a bazillion, but it really has made a big difference.

GL!! Male factor does make it much more difficult to get pregnant, and it is more frustrating that female infertility because you can't just take medicine and make it go away, but it can happen even if you don't improve the morphology. We had a big motility problem, and the waiting was killing me. The good news is, if you have to turn to IVF down the road, MFI has one of the highest success rates with IVF. Hopefully, you can improve his morphology and get your without additional help!

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Good luck with it all - it sounds like you keep your doctor on his toes (and probably laughing quite a bit as well!!). Sounds like Tkeys had some good info. for you - I hope it helps!

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Andrea

I don't know much about any of this..but I am praying that with whatever measures are taken that they lead to a healthy baby at the end!!

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Kimberly 37yrs and Jim 37yrs


My four wonderful children:
Madeline Paige born on July 30th, 2007 8#5.1oz, 20 1/2 inches
Sophie 6 years
Aaron 13 years
Kaitlyn 15 years