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I've always wanted to be a father, that is proving more difficult that we had planned. With that said, I absolutely love my wife and if being with her means I never get to have a biological child I'll still think I'm the luckiest man on the planet.
We've been together 11 years, we've been trying now for 4 years. In those 4 years we've had 3 miscarriages, 2 failed IVF, 3 or 4 failed IUI, 4 surgeries, countless injections, and blood draws. The amazing thing is, we always get pregnant when we take a break from all the doctors, it takes all the stress off and we can just be us, unfortunately it doesn't stick. I HATE going through this with the Doctors, it gets in my head and I'm unable to "Perform" which causes tension in our marriage. Everything works fine on my end, but when everything is scheduled and we have to do testing the next day, and if not we'll do this, or that or this... it gets in my head and my libido just totally shuts down.
I'm only in my 30s but keep thinking of talking to my doctor about Hormone Replacement Therapy to artificially inflate my libido in hopes it'll boost my drive even when all eyes are on me.
Honestly, if it were up to me we'd just say "doctors clearly aren't working for us" lets just be happy together and if it never happens we'll still have lived a wonderful life very much in love.
I just don't want to do this the rest of my life, I love my wife and we have a wonderful life together, but everything is overshadowed by this dark cloud, at what point do we just say "ENOUGH". I guess I'm willing to try anything.. The sad thing is I'm finding I now want to have a child now just so this IVF nightmare ends more than because I want to be a dad, which really stinks but it is what it is.
So how about it? Any men being injected with Testosterone to try and increase the chances a big fat positive?
Has your wife undergone genetic testing to look for reasons for the miscarriage? It’s a simple blood test. I have to inject myself daily with blood thinners to maintain a pregnancy due to a genetic clotting disorder. I also take CoQ10 for improved egg health when trying to get pregnant.
I don’t know anything about the man’s side, sorry.
I am sorry to know your story. I fully agree with the previous poster, IVF PGS NGS might be one of the solutions to boost chances of success.
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