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lola- I hope you have some good new on Friday like some easy fix for DH and so you guys don't need ivf or anything else!
I also read Michaela's blog and saw the pics omg so great! i will be 38 after this baby comes and then BF so even older after that I will need some magic to loose weight i guess I need all the secret i gather find lol I even have back fat something I never had so depressing!
Thanks Aurora and Flava! I am really trying to stay positive and believe that we will have at least one kid, one way or another. I'd much rather not have to do IVF either, but at least it will be a fun journey should we need to. Flava, I will share this diet stuff that I learned with you when you want so you can do it after your baby is born and weaned. It's working really well for me. I weighed myself on Sunday night and then again last night (Tuesday) and I've lost 3 lbs already!!!! And I'm eating well, it's not a starvation thing at all, just eating a lean portion of protein and veggies (and a moderate portion of both) with no carbs or sugar or fats or anything, and my body is just eating up this tire around my waist like crazy. You are supposed to take a good amount of fish oil for your omegas, and I accidentally did that this morning before b-fast and just threw up. A few people in my office got excited when I came out of the bathroom because they thought I had morning sickness but alas, just some good old fashioned barfing. Anyway, I like this diet because I get to have a "free meal" on Saturday night when we are at a wedding, so it's easier to stick to.
Lola, you need to share those diet secrets with me after I have this baby! Sorry you barfed up your vitamins... sounds like it wasn't very fun. :(
:luck: for Friday Lola!!!
Oh yeah Lola we need the secret for sure sound great! sorry you got sick...
1 more day!
Can't wait to see how your husband's balls are tomorrow :rofl:
I am dying for the Balls Report as well!!! I will update once he gets back. My poor R, he is just not thrilled about the logistics of this appointment, although he is excited to get whatever is wrong fixed and make some babies.
And of course I will share the secrets with you guys. I got the info kind of underground, if you will, so I'm not going to post the ebook here, but I will give you all the gist of it. Maybe I will write it all out tomorrow when I have time.
So, my mom calls me last night and tells me that my 42 year old cousin, who was infertile for years and finally had a son at age 39, is miraculously pregnant again- naturally. I was super excited for her, and cant' help but hope that I have some strong eggs like her that will stand for my age if it takes another year or two to get pg. (I'm only 36, but still.....)
Again, thanks for the well-wishes for R's testes. LOL
Go balls go! I hope the Dr has some magic to fix those fells!
Congrats to your cousin!
Oh, and I had the carbs at dinner last night, which you are supposed to do one night a week, and my body revolted. That's all I'm saying. I felt a little fatter when I went to bed. I've never done no carbs....in fact, I've never dieted! But man, it totally works.
Hoping the appointment goes well today, Lola!
TESTES UPDATE: (that was really fun to write, by the way) So, the appt went well this morning. Poor R, he had a good sense of humor about the whole thing. But the doc said that he is optimistic that we can conceive naturally because he has gotten me pregnant a few times before. R has to do another SA and have an ultrasound next Thursday, so we'll have a better idea of what is going on then, but the doc said he couldn't feel a varicocele. He said if there is one, usually it feels like a "bag of worms." Eeeewwwww, right? Anyway, he said it very well could be the tights and dancebelt, so he really wants him to make efforts to go commando or wear boxers only and use cool packs and such as much as possible. He said counts can fluctuate also, something about "stress patterns" with sperm production, but overall, R said he was upbeat about our chances and actually said that he and his wife had the same problem, and there was no identifiable issue, just that he had low count for a while. So YAY for the optimistic thumbs up from the doctor! Of course, we'll know more after the u/s and SA, but I'm feeling optimistic. He said we shouldn't necessarily assume we'll need IVF and that most likely, we will conceive at some point since we have before.
I have a feeling that during the ballet season, life is just hard on those poor fellas down there.....they have to be all wrapped up for long periods of time under 3+ layers of clothing. Not to mention that R is like most ballet dancers and must watch what he eats (read: can't have man-muffin tops and the like) so he doesn't eat very much, and in the past, hasn't eaten well, although that is changing. Poor guy, if left to his own devices, he will not eat all day until dinner. Can you imagine your DH doing that? I am always like, what guy doesn't eat all day? Well, ballet dancers, that's who. Anyway, keeping my fingers crossed that the off season (now until early September) is lucky for us.
It is kind of nice to think we may be able to do this the old fashioned way and not do IVF, although I was kinda excited about the prospect of a trip to CR and all. We can just go on our own someday and have fun though.
That sounds so optimistic Lola, I so hope to hear of a BFP from you over the next few months - you can have all my babydust :D
I am so excited over this update, and really hope DR's advice about letting his balls "relax" will help you concieve naturally! Whoo hooo!!!
That is awesome news, Lola! I hope the time he has off will let the balls heal, and send a baby your way!
I am so happy to read this update Lola!!!! What great news that they didn't see anything right off the bat and that they were so optimistic for you! Yay!!!!!!!!!
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Thanks everyone! He had an ultrasound this morning (which I dubbed the "nutscan") and of course, they wouldn't tell him anything as it was at an u/s place and not the doc's office. He's got another SA on Thursday and then another appt with the doc in a week and a half or so. I guess we'll have more of a verdict then.
In the meantime, I am going in to my doc tomorrow as I've had a lot of bleeding and super bad pain. I'm afraid I have a fibroid or a cyst or something. I had to take painkillers since then! I've stopped bleeding, but something was definitely not right on Saturday. I had two hours of terrible pain and then that night I passed some clotty stuff, but no bleeding last night or today so far. I've read on WebMD that sometimes growths can get their blood supply cut off somehow and they kind of twist up and then break off (sorry, that is gross), so I have a small inkling that I might have experienced that, but the LAST thing I need now is something wrong with my freakin' system, right????
I hear you on that, Lola!!
Can't wait to find out the results of the "nutscan"!!
Nutscan :rofl: Love it!! I can just see your DH's balls sitting on a beach somewhere sipping a vitamin cocktail and relaxing!
So, my appt went fine, she saw nothing in there but a nice lining and an ovary ripe with an egg. All we could figure was that it was a tiny cyst that killed itself off and came out. There was no matter from it left though, which she said was odd. Anyway, all looked fine, so I am going with that.
My doc pulled the "nutscan" off of the med center's lab site and told me he had a "mild and active varicocele" and she explained that it meant that there was a good bloodline in it so it may be heating up his balls too much as blood is 98.6 degrees and balls need to be cooler than that (which is why they are external and hang off the body, of course). It could also be blocking his sperm tube. He's doing an SA right now as I write, actually, so all will be interpreted and diagnosed as a whole at his appt on May 11.
Also, my doc said that I should NOT think I need to do IVF. She said they should be able to figure out what is wrong and get him back to normal and then we may need to do IUI if anything. It might be that he has too many bunk ones ("licorice sperm" as atomic put it) so they need to just wash those suckers out and put a small handful of the good ones up in my uterus and have them bypass the treacherous vag so we help things along.
I guess we'll see, but still, it comes back to $......varicocele surgery is like $8,000. IUI is like $2,000 where we are. All out of pocket. May be cheaper to still go to Czech and make some twins!!!!!
Everything sounds good so far!!!
Thanks, lady. I hope you are doing ok. Just wish infertility was covered by insurance and/or this country wasn't a hot mess with medical prices and all that BS. I know you are with me on that one! xxooQuote:
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Glad your appointment showed nothing abnormal with you, Lola. And it sounds like they are really zeroing in on what is going on with your DH! Hope the SA comes back with better #'s than last time.
Thanks, Hobbs, me too!
It's so cool how they really are discovering things about your DH's balls! I still love that they think they can get you guys to concieve naturally, or with help of IUI. Still, the Czech thing sounds tempting, going over there, enjoying the views, doing IVF and maybe getting twins....ohh twins woudl be perfect!
Great appt Lola!! Things are sounding better...either for IUI at home or twins while on holiday!! I hope as you start planning either of these you get surprised by a natural BFP!!
Thanks everyone! I am going to call and see if I can get my DH's results today. I just want that stinking count #!!!! You guys have no idea how great it would be to have a natural bfp. This crap can get so expensive (Michaela knows what I mean). I can't help but think of how unfair it is that the starving artists can't have a nice free pregnancy!!!!!!
Lola this is so exciting :bigsmile:
Lola, did the doctor's get back to you the number of spermies?
Nope, they are not ready yet! I am going to try later this afternoon. I am dying to know!
Ok, they said that I'd have to make an appointment to come talk about them (fertility clinic, sheesh.....that would be like $200+ for appt) or we can just wait till DH's follow up at the urology practice on the 11th, so I think we have to wait.
Why won't they just tell you?? That is annoying! I hope it is good news. :)
Man Lola that bites that they won't release it! At least you can find out next week though, FX it is a good report!
That is just rude!! I hope he has bazillions of superman spermies!!
That IS annoying!
I know, I very politely asked the lady, "Can you PLEASE just tell me the number that is next to the line that says sperm count????" She played dumb and said she didn't know how to read SAs. I was like, IT'S A NUMBER! I just told you how! Oh well. R is out of town until late Sunday night doing a show in Atlanta anyway, so I've got my hands full being single working mom this week. I'll have enough to take my mind off of it!
Lola, I'm sorry you're going through so much! I am praying for you, hun! you are such a sweet person! you've helped me and so many others on this site. you really deserve the best.
Thank you, Wishing! That is so sweet of you to say! xoxo
It's been really fun to watch moms and their newborns get wheelchaired out of the hospital while I wait for R's knee surgery to end. I feel like an avatar is hiding behind a chair and shoots and arrow at me each time I hear that little new baby cry.
On a good note, I have no more cramping. I think it was the lack of carbs.
Any news on the SA yet??
Aww I'm sorry Lola, that must hurt. {hugs}