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This doesn't really make any sense. I've gone through IVF with my wife. The first thing they do is test your sperm for both quality and count. If you were infertile this would have raised a red flag with them immediately and the clinic would have informed both you and your wife. Every time I did the fill up the cup thing I was given a count and a quality report. The procedure was the same at all three clinics we dealt with.
This doesn't make sense, I don't recall OP saying they went the IVF route.
Unless "mayo clinic" is lingo for that then I apologize.
I'm confused by OP. Apparently you have Klinefelter's syndrome...what does that mean?
From what I understand the conclusive diagnosis would be made by karyotyping/chromosomal analysis. Did you have that done? Otherwise you don't really know you have it. I can't see a responsible doctor telling you have it without doing the tests to definitively diagnose it.
This doesn't make sense, I don't recall OP saying they went the IVF route.
Unless "mayo clinic" is lingo for that then I apologize.
It doesn't really need to go all the way to IVF. I thought he said fertility treatment, and that starts with getting a sample from the man. They don't start fertility treatments until they make some determination as to where the problem is. Even the best treatment in the world wouldn't do much good if the guy was shoot blanks or had a bunch of bad swimmers. I did go back and re-read his post. It sounds like he went to the clinic AFTER she became pregnant. I'm still not sure why you would go that route. The OP needs to provide a more clear timeline. Still, I have to go with what other posters have stated. I've know several people that had "miracle" babies after one of the parents was declared sterile/barren. I wouldn't not panic until I had more solid information. Comparing blood types would be a start.
I'm confused by OP. Apparently you have Klinefelter's syndrome...what does that mean?
From what I understand the conclusive diagnosis would be made by karyotyping/chromosomal analysis. Did you have that done? Otherwise you don't really know you have it. I can't see a responsible doctor telling you have it without doing the tests to definitively diagnose it.
I ain't the op but basically it's xxy chromosomes.
I'd get a second opinion. Several of my siblings and their spouses have gone through difficulty conceiving, and fertility clinics have been wrong about fertility and sperm viability as often as they've been right.
My husband I went through struggles with infertility. I conceived my second naturally while having the expectation something like that would never ever happen. So yeah there are generally not always guarantees about what will or will not happen.
You're apparently seeing a fertility doctor, although to outward appearances, you've already fathered a child.
Presumably your wife is aware that you're going thru a fertility workup, since generally couples get to go through that simultaneously. (I find it hard to believe a woman would risk infidelity when she and her partner were going thru a fertility workup.)
From my understanding, the first thing fertility clinics do, after verifying your insurance, is send the man off for a specimen so they can do a sperm count. Was there ever an issue in the past with a low sperm count?
It doesn't really need to go all the way to IVF. I thought he said fertility treatment, and that starts with getting a sample from the man. They don't start fertility treatments until they make some determination as to where the problem is. Even the best treatment in the world wouldn't do much good if the guy was shoot blanks or had a bunch of bad swimmers. I did go back and re-read his post. It sounds like he went to the clinic AFTER she became pregnant. I'm still not sure why you would go that route. The OP needs to provide a more clear timeline. Still, I have to go with what other posters have stated. I've know several people that had "miracle" babies after one of the parents was declared sterile/barren. I wouldn't not panic until I had more solid information. Comparing blood types would be a start.
I agree with the last statements. No need to panic without DNA tests.
But OP didn't mention fertility clinics at all, no reason to think they went that route. Lots of folks don't get tested from fear of finding they're impotent/unable.
Testing come after many years of failed attempts.
OP just needs a DNA test on his first child, then take it from there. Also need to lay off the alcohol as it helps nothing.
I agree with the last statements. No need to panic without DNA tests.
But OP didn't mention fertility clinics at all, no reason to think they went that route. Lots of folks don't get tested from fear of finding they're impotent/unable.
Testing come after many years of failed attempts.
OP just needs a DNA test on his first child, then take it from there. Also need to lay off the alcohol as it helps nothing.
He mentioned the fertility clinic in one of the initial posts.
I agree with the last statements. No need to panic without DNA tests.
But OP didn't mention fertility clinics at all, no reason to think they went that route. Lots of folks don't get tested from fear of finding they're impotent/unable.
Testing come after many years of failed attempts.
OP just needs a DNA test on his first child, then take it from there. Also need to lay off the alcohol as it helps nothing.
Are you saying semen testing would come after years of failed attempts. That it isn't necessarily true, could come much earlier than that. I think the general consensus is to start preliminary investigations after 6 months to a year of trying depending on the age of the woman. Semen testing is noninvasive and relatively inexpensive.
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