I went for my first IUI this morning. There's good news and bad news, but I'll get the bad news out of the way first. Mr. Bella's sperm count is low again. I didn't ask the specific number, and they didn't tell me, other than to say it's low. I really had a lot of hope after our appointment with the urologist (since he didn't find anything wrong and said S/A's can be inaccurate) that his count was okay, but that's just not the case, I guess. So I guess IUI really is the right option for us. Now, the good news is that my RE, Dr. W said that the sperm that Mr. Bella does have, look good and they look like good, strong swimmers -- there's just not a ton of them. But of course, all we need is one to get the job done. Dr. W said he's encouraged by that, and is optimistic about our chances, so that was very good to hear. I'm trying not to get my hopes up but Dr. W actually seemed kind of excited after he took a look at Mr. Bella's swimmers. He obviously does this a lot, so hopefully that's a good sign.
The procedure itself was uncomfortable, but not painful. They actually showed me Mr. Bella's sperm under the microscope before they did it, which was very very cool to see them moving all around. So, that's done :) Now I just have to get through the next 2 weeks without driving myself crazy! I don't know how this will turn out, obviously, but I am feeling good and pretty optimistic for the first time, that this might actually happen.
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