Husband is unwell, egg collection this weekend

[Ivf4203]

This is our 2nd ivf ttc our first baby. First cycle we made 1 day 6 low grade blast which didn’t implant.

I’m 37 y/o with low amh and currently have 4-5 follicles growing so they are very precious. Husband’s dna frag was 33% six months ago but he had his varicoceles embolised in January. His sperm analysis were always fine. However just our luck, he started to feel unwell yesterday. He has cold like symptoms and feeling generally unwell. He looks unwell. Negative covid and no fever. My egg collection is likely to happen this weekend. We will be having ICSI again and this time with zymot. I’ve read that I can potentially have my eggs frozen to be fertilised later (?3 months) but I am beyond worried they won’t survive the thaw. I have emailed our doctors to let them know of the situation. I got so upset with my husband yesterday which was out of order as he obviously didn’t want this to happen. I feel so guilty for how I behaved but he was so understanding and incredibly patient with me. I just feel like everything is against us. :(

@Ivf4203 I'm sorry your feeling like this, it's a tough journey as it is and when something unexpected crops up it makes it even harder. What was your clinics advice? Have they given you a date for trigger? Sending hugs x

@waitingforourmiracle thank you for replying. I’ll have another scan tomorrow and nurse told me yesterday that based on the growth rate of my follicles, I am likely to trigger tomorrow and then collection on Sunday I think but it will all depend on scan tomorrow. The doctors have not replied yet but I will see the nurse tomorrow anyway so will discuss. I also emailed his urologist.

I hope he feels better soon and that your doctors can advise.

If you decide to freeze eggs, I would suggest that DH can leave a sperm sample with clinic when he is well, so that the eggs can be fertilised at a suitable time to tie in with a future transfer. It’s a good idea to have a sperm sample stored anyway, my clinic in Spain did that as a back up in most cases for a variety of reasons.

Best of luck with the egg collection, it’s a stressful process and can understand your feelings, look after yourself.

Oh no worst timing!! Hopefully he’ll feel better by Sunday/egg collection day. It’s a tough enough process already.

Is there something in particular you are worried about with him being unwell? I have to admit if it were me, unless he had d&v, I would be marching him up to that clinic! It’s not like he has to be there for long

Thank you @LongerthanMrTicklesarms .

Hi @LolaBumble just worried about the quality of sperm he’ll produce if unwell? 😣

Oh I see sorry! I hope his urologist/the clinic gets back to you soon.

I guess they may not be able to advise in advance, thinking maybe they would freeze your eggs if they were concerned about sperm quality on the day? Hopefully that is not the case!

@LolaBumble thanks and yeah that’s probably what they’ll say. Fingers crossed it will all be ok.

Just an update, clinic said the sperm sample will be tested as routine on the day and if there’s an issue we can discuss options but they said they’re not worried.