desperately seeking male infertility success stories

[geeup]

Can anyone please post any success stories about conceiving despite issues with their DPs sperm? Mine has poor morphology (less than 2% normal) and we're trying Fertilaid. I'd love to hear that other people got their BFPs despite these issues to help keep my optimism alive! Otherwise I'm happy to support others on the same journey. Thank you in advance.

Oh yes, those 7am temps will explain it. If I were you I'd stick to 5am if you can and then go back to sleep. I sleep v heavily so I set my alarm for 6:30, take my temp and then either get up or go back to sleep.

Positive opk today finally. So ov tomorrow which is 3 days later than last time. And yes friends, I did think it was good to grow the follicles a bit longer but ultimately I think I prefer the confidence of knowing exactly when I ovulate (not that that made any difference last cycle!)

Sorry, I've had this in draft all day so didnt see your message friends and have given contradictory advice - I wasn't deliberately contradicting you! I think I read somewhere that you should take it after at least 3hrs sleep which is why I plump for the earlier time, but I think the closer you can get to the same time each day, the better

That's okay Star, I think I subconsciously thought geeup getting up at 5am was way to early haha.
Geeup, how's your chart now? How are you finding the acupuncture? I'm gonna start myself after this Clomid cycle .

Well weirdly FF still hasn't acknowledged I ovulated - I hope I did. Temp continued to rise so I'm hopefully.
Am doing acupuncture religiously each week but don't find it that relaxing! Might not help that the clinic isn't that nice but I think that's common for these Chinese medicine places right? I'll show her my chart on Friday and see what she thinks. She was the one who wanted me to temp to see if my LP is actually defective...

Hi geeup,
It looks like you ovulated on cycle day 14 to me. FF needs 3 days of high temperatures to confirm, so I think when you do your temp tomorrow FF will confirm ovulation then . Your chart shows a clear shift .

Ps was getting a bit worried about my weight gain over the past year so have joined a weight loss thread. Two days in, so far so good. Determined not to put on any more while I wait for Baby Geeup to decide to be conceived!

It's possible you ovulated on day 13 too but there's not a clear shift for FF to pick up on .

Thank you - so good to have your advice. It was quite good it was a day or two earlier than normal as it gives me an extra day to finish AF before my lap.

You were bang on Friends! FF decided day 14 it was. You are officially the BBT expert!

Ta dah!

Whoop whoop Geeup .

I've had my progesterone blood done today cycle day 20 ( no appointments tomorrow ) . I've felt so sickly the last two days. I hope it's a good sign but probably reading too much into it like we do.
Good luck on the weight loss, I feel a bit bad after telling you a few weeks ago I had a diet of a saint, all I've done is eat cake. .

On a completely different note, I sometimes cast my mind back to when we were newly diagnosed with MFI. And I suppose if I was to give advice to a lurker now i'd say live with it a bit. It's awful i know. But it gets less scary. It's still painful and sometimes you feel hopeless but after a while you look at options and you see there are some. Whether that's drugs or supplements or IVF or icsi. And you're not alone. I'm thankful for this group I really am. We don't have a big success story yet but we will. I really hope we will.

Ps well done on the day 20 blood. We love a bit of pincushioning!

Well I'm certainly glad you started this thread and of course the amazing support. I honestly felt so lonely and miserable because nobody else in my group has had any sort of problem. I don't even think these people know how baby making actually works. .
Well my blood test confirmed ovulation and I had higher progesterone level. I feel like AF is on her way though. Started peeing on sticks twice a day, strangely It seems I'd rather get a BFN instead of not knowing anything. Have a lovely weekend.

I'm thankful for this group too. It's really difficult a lot of the time, but mumsnet has been a bit of a God-send as very few of my friends have any idea what this is like. Those that do, I talk to sometimes but it's nice to pretend that everything is fine and just rant at you guys on here!

Friends, congratulations on ovulating (geeup too!) When are you due? You aren't out until it arrives and you really never know. Got my fingers crossed for you.

I'm due a week on Tuesday when I'll be on a big group holiday (4 couples) in Italy. Must remember the clomid for round 3.

Oh star. Holiday sounds like fun - a good way to keep your mind off things! And good news on the ovulating friends. Any news over the weekend - did you cave and poas?
No news from me. Went to a friends BBQ yesterday which was very heavy on the babies and pregnant people front but I dealt with it ok. I'm not due to test until next Monday so got another week of hell waiting. Trying to stay calm and distract myself. Not expecting anything different from the 12 months prior though.

Ps were almost due on the same day star. Who can hold out longest...?

Oh yeah geeup, I think I'll beat you actually as I've only ever taken one pregnancy test in 20(?) months of trying. The bfn made me cry so much, I just wait till my period now - it usually shows up right on cue...

It's certainly the smart move. I have wasted a fair few pounds although these days I don't really bother to be fair. Some months I get my hopes up but usually my period is early before I've even been tempted.
Currently waiting for a train home after a work do. The half hour wait is reminding me why I don't usually do these things!

Hi,
No news my end, I've stopped peeing on stick as I'm 99% sure AF is on it's away, I'm in agony, I have quite painful periods anyway but wow this month is something else.( I'm due tomorrow). I can't wait to start the clomid again, not!
Strangely, I don't feel sad or anything, in fact the total opposite, I think I'm coming to terms with the fact IVF is inevitable. I've had lots of squeezes with my new niece this week, the bitterness as completely gone now she's here, it seems far more easier to cope with.

Have a lovely Holiday Star, hopefully AF won't show her ugly head .

Friends, I feel similar. Not really expecting it to work and know there's a next step which I'm kind of resigned to. But still, it would be nice! Good luck to you dear, quietly hoping that you see the week out without s period but with a bfp It's so nice what you said about your neice, yours won't be too far off and it must be lovely just feeling love and no resentment. Good on you.
Geeup, hope you're keeping sane in the tww. To be honest I don't think about it much at the moment. I'm so busy at work (still here now in fact) that the cycle days are flying by and soon I'll be on my period taking Clomid on hol!!

Glad you had some lovely cuddles friends and yes happy holiday star. Would love to be hitting some sun!
Sadly brown pre-AF spotting has arrived AGAIN AT 10dpo. Am so effing pissed off. Just want to shout and be miserable. Hundreds of pounds on acupuncture, hundreds more on supplements, temping, sex at the right times and still this. Eurgh. Well at least AF isn't late which would have affected the lap next week. So that's something clutches at straws.

Ps feel your pain star re work. Have a mega commute too so feel like I'm constantly on the clock. Sigh. (Sorry v woe is me today).

Sorry about the brown spotting Geeup, maybe after the lap & dye they could give you some progesterone pessaries or something to extend your luteal phrase? might be worth asking you never know. Good luck with the lap and dye , hope all goes well for you.
Well still no AF for me, clomid has clearly extended my luteal phrase, which gave me hope this morning but still resulted in a BFN, I actually thought I might be pregnant, but no matter how much i squinted,there wasn't a line. I feel truly dreadful too, bad cramps and pounding head. I never thought I would be wishing to see AF, just so that i can be put out of my misery.

I know it seems unlikely but my fingers are so crossed for you friends. I really really hope it's late for a reason.
In my crazy state I was just thinking how much I'd like to just not work, stay home and do blood tests and pee sticks every single day so I knew exactly what my hormones were doing and scans every day so i knew what my ovaries and follicles and lining were doing and just do yoga and meditation and eat unprocessed food and walk for hours in fresh air and sunshine. I swear if I could just focus on this one thing I could get a grip on it (I know I can't and the stress would kill me any baby and I'd be miserable and very poor). Sometimes it's just like life is getting in the way of me having a baby! Ahhh. Mad rant over.