https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 01 Jul 2026 21:26:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/male-factor-infertility#post-697633 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:29:56 +0000 Shutterbug 697633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH has low morphology (3%) but everything else looks great (count, motility, etc). I have a short LP but my RE doesn't seem to think that's an issue. We just found out about DH, so I don't know what it will mean for us - we have an RE follow up in a couple weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/male-factor-infertility#post-697536 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:11:23 +0000 BSB 697536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH has a history of low morphology (4%). We've done 2 IUIs both unsuccessful. Also, we were scheduled for two IUIs but both were cancelled due to DH's performance issues making the deposit and the other for an enlarged ovaries.</p> <p>His numbers looked great for those two IUIs. I'm just not sure why it didn't take. I'm beginning to think there's a female infertility factor. :/ I'm currently on a TTC break so we will pick up with fertility treatments/ adoption process in a few months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/male-factor-infertility#post-697521 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:03:51 +0000 PastaAndPotato 697521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we are only MF - DH has an unexplained very low count, although there has been some unsubstantiated rumors that some of the vaccines he received in the military may have had some impact</p> <p>this is our 1st cycle of IVF, and we bypassed IUI and other alternatives and went straight to IVF with ICSI. i'm on day 9 of stims now, so we'll see how it all goes in a few days </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/male-factor-infertility#post-684792 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:42:13 +0000 sarac 684792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know that even when I was ovulating on clomid, it still took 3 rounds to get pregnant. So, I assume that either I had other factors, or he had a little as well. Probably both, honestly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/male-factor-infertility#post-684274 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:10:21 +0000 beachbee 684274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@derevival: yes! It was a very long stressful road but worked out. I keep meaning to send a pic of LO to DH's urologist and tell him he was wrong! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/male-factor-infertility#post-683059 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:59:20 +0000 derevival 683059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@beachbee: WOW!! Great success story! Wow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/male-factor-infertility#post-678877 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 09:28:11 +0000 beachbee 678877@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were told we both had issues. DH's SA came back with THREE sperm. His urologist did a testicular biopsy (poor DH) and urologist said his body was not producing sperm and he would never have a biological child (not the greatest day of his life!). I also had issues, so we knew IVF was in our cards. Our RE said if DH had one good sperm in there she could freeze it and she could use ICSI during our IVF. We found a sperm donor, ordered our vials (not cheap) and then a few weeks prior to our transfer, DH went in to give a sample and they found millions! So the day of the procedure he gave a fresh sample and we now have a healthy LO who is both biologically ours! they still don't know why his body had none at the time, but it could have been stress or trauma or something else. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/male-factor-infertility#post-678557 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:52:24 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 678557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are male factor only. My DH has a low count, motility, and morphology bc of a chromosome translocation. The geneticist told us it is rare for the translocation to cause infertility, but it does happen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/male-factor-infertility#post-678550 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:48:42 +0000 brownie 678550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are make factor. Due to my husbands cystic fibrosis he doesn't have bad deferens. So we had to do a sperm extraction and ivf with icsi. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/male-factor-infertility#post-678517 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:25:45 +0000 spaniellove 678517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were initially diagnosed with MFI, then both, then just me. The first two SAs showed 10% motility but several counts after that were in the 60-65% range. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/male-factor-infertility#post-678328 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:01:54 +0000 Mrs. Cowgirl 678328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we were both. and i don't want to share too much since i want to protect my hubs' privacy, but after our results we were told we pretty much had a zero percent chance of having a biological child. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/male-factor-infertility#post-678272 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:32:20 +0000 swedishfish 678272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have both. We went through IVF with ICSI and I am currently 28 weeks pregnant. I was told that it's only 10% of couples with infertility factors on both sides - the other 10% have unexplained infertility. It makes me feel even more special haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/male-factor-infertility#post-678263 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:28:33 +0000 heffalump 678263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have friends who had infertility on both sides too. they went through IVF and have a baby girl now :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/male-factor-infertility#post-678251 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:22:36 +0000 marionberry 678251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had mild male factor infertility - DH had low volume. I had a cervical issue, so we were a combo of both types too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/male-factor-infertility#post-678241 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:18:56 +0000 Mrs. Polish 678241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anyone else in this category?</p> <p>Unfortunately we have infertility on both sides of our relationship. I don't include this in my blog posts because my blog is connected with Facebook, but Mr. P had a low count, &lt;6m at his last test. (I understand that it is just low, and not zero. We're thankful for what we do have).</p> <p>His urologist told us that of the couples with IF, 40% is male only, 40% is female only, and the other 20% are the lucky ones with both. </p>