My husband and I were married in January, 2003. We were both 28. We started trying to conceive soon after. After about a year of trying I went to my OB/GYN and she thought maybe it was time to see a Reproductive Endocrinologist (RE). I went to the one she referred me to. I had all the tests done. My FSH came back at 10.5 which is borderline high. My husband had his sperm analysis done and it showed Anti-Sperm antibodies, he has had no surgies to cause this so all we can figure is he took a hard hit as a child.
We needed IVF with ICSI. We had to take some time to figure out a way to pay for all this..... Finally, we started our cycle, and after stimming for 9 days, the doctor said I was not responding well and he advised cancelling the cycle and starting again with different
medications. He then said I needed to do the Clomid Challenge test, so I did.
My FSH came back at 16 which is very high for my age. He told me I had three choices;
adoption, donor embryos or living child free.
I was DEVASTATED. I found a new RE for a second opinion and he is GREAT! He does have hope for me. We started our cycle, I was on a much more aggressive protocol. I produced 6 eggs, 4 fertilized, we transferred all 4 and still no success.
Right now we are trying to find a way to cycle again. We have spent all the money we had for treatment. We are now 31 but with my FSH levels, time is running out for me.
Some days I'm okay, but others I am worried, sad and just do not know what to
- I cannnot imagine my life without children, I am not ready to give up.
Some day we will get our family. :)