[~April04~]

Well we haven't had one of these in awhile and seeing as we have a few newbies I thought it'd be good to do again.

Name:
Age:
Occupation:
DH/SO Name:
DH/SO Age:
DH/SO Occupation:
Where do you live?:
How long have you been TTC?:
What's your diagnosis?:
When did you find that diagnosis out?:
What have you already done (Clomid, Femera, IUI, IVF, etc.)?:
What are your future plans when it comes to TTC?:
How many kids do you want?:
Anything else you want to tell us?:

[~April04~]

Name: April
Age: 22
Occupation: SAHW
DH/SO Name: Jeff
DH/SO Age: 23
DH/SO Occupation: He's in the Navy!
Where do you live?: right now we're in Hampton, Virginia.. we're moving in exactly a week to Odenton, Maryland
How long have you been TTC?: since November 2007.. so this would be what Month 16.. almost Month 17..
What's your diagnosis?: obviously male factor infertility. lol.. but specifically low count, low morphology and low motility
When did you find that diagnosis out?: We found out in February 2008, my DH had a feeling so he went to get a SA done w/o telling me.. low and behold he was right and it was extremely low.. We had a repeat SA done in August with the same results (they guesstimated at under 5 million).. another SA in September revealed better results (16.9 million concentrated.. 48 million total with 18% motility and 15% morphology).. sadly we both believe that those results were human error because of all the other ones and the counts with our IUI's.
What have you already done (Clomid, Femera, IUI, IVF, etc.)?: We've done two rounds of Clomid with a trigger shot and IUI.. the first time his count was 357,000 and the second one his count was 950,000. Neither one worked
What are your future plans when it comes to TTC?: We're doing our first IVF w/ ICSI in April.. *fingers crossed* that it works the first time..
How many kids do you want?: We'd ideally like only 2.. we're very open to having a third if we end up with twins from the IVF though.. time will tell.
Anything else you want to tell us?: Jeff will be home on Tuesday!!

[.H.e.a.t.h.e.r.]

Name: Heather
Age: 24
Occupation: stay at home mother
DH/SO Name: Rick
DH/SO Age: he will be 28 on wednesday
DH/SO Occupation: he owns a construction company
Where do you live?: Vancouver Island BC Canada
How long have you been TTC?: we're about to do our third month. first month resulted in pregnancy but I miscarried.
What's your diagnosis?: MFI
When did you find that diagnosis out?: August 2006 Rick's mother told him he was born with a defect that made him unable to have children.
What have you already done (Clomid, Femera, IUI, IVF, etc.)?: IUI
What are your future plans when it comes to TTC?: one more kiddo
How many kids do you want?: two
Anything else you want to tell us?:
If I have another miscarriage we're taking a break and I'm buying my darn boobies.

[Brandiwine77]

Name: Brandi
Age: 31
Occupation: Teacher, but SAHW this year
DH/SO Name: David
DH/SO Age: 32
DH/SO Occupation: technician/volunteer firefighter/police crime prevention unit/paramedic
Where do you live?: Tuscaloosa, AL
How long have you been TTC?: Oc. 06
What's your diagnosis?: Low count due to varicocele
When did you find that diagnosis out?: Definite diagnosis in early 08
What have you already done (Clomid, Femera, IUI, IVF, etc.)?: DH had surgery, I'm scheduling HSG soon
What are your future plans when it comes to TTC?: Pretty much trying all we can
How many kids do you want?: 2, maybe 3
Anything else you want to tell us?: My favorite words lately are maggot and fugly

[txjovigal]

Name: Esmy
Age: 35
Occupation: Training Coordinator
DH/SO Name: Tony
DH/SO Age: 39
DH/SO Occupation: Sales Associate at Home Depot
Where do you live?: San Antonio, TX
How long have you been TTC?: Since Dec. 02, so 6 years 2 months
What's your diagnosis?: MFI
When did you find that diagnosis out?: August '07
What have you already done (Clomid, Femera, IUI, IVF, etc.)?: Clomid, Femera, & IUI
What are your future plans when it comes to TTC?: 2 more IUI and then we are done
How many kids do you want?: hopefully 1 but 2 would be GREAT!
Anything else you want to tell us?: GO SPURS GO!!

[~~*Ashley*~~]

Name: Ashley
Age: 22
Occupation: Full time college student/part time nanny
DH/SO Name: Calvin
DH/SO Age: 25
DH/SO Occupation: IT Analyst
Where do you live?: Dallas,Tx
How long have you been TTC?: FOREVER!!!
What's your diagnosis?: Severe male infertility (not enough sperm to count)..no diagnosis until we see the urologist.
When did you find that diagnosis out?: October 08
What have you already done (Clomid, Femera, IUI, IVF, etc.)?: Nothing besides sex lol.
What are your future plans when it comes to TTC?: Most likely IVF
How many kids do you want?: 2
Anything else you want to tell us?: I'm a singer

[richmond_girl]

Name: Juli
Age: 30
Occupation: Mortgage/Investment Banker
DH/SO Name: Roy
DH/SO Age: 30
DH/SO Occupation: Sales Director
Where do you live?: Richmond, VA
How long have you been TTC?: Went off BCP in March 2007, but was not actively TTC until Dec 2007
What's your diagnosis?: MFI
When did you find that diagnosis out?: October 08
What have you already done (Clomid, Femera, IUI, IVF, etc.)?: Clomid, IVF
What are your future plans when it comes to TTC?: Don't know, need to look at our options and have a "heart to heart"
How many kids do you want?: Ideally? 4. But I'll settle for 1.
Anything else you want to tell us?: If this current cycle is a bust, we will either move onto DIUI or transfer to Cornell Weill Medical College - they are the leading MFI research insitution but they ain't cheap ($30K-$35K/cycle, NOT including travel and lodging). I go back and forth between what I want to do. My body is pooped just from one cycle and I'm tired of feeling like a human pin cushion.

[Hoosier Kitty]

Name: Aaron Nicole
Age: 27
Occupation: student
DH/SO Name: James
DH/SO Age: 33
DH/SO Occupation: Student
Where do you live?: Washington DC
How long have you been TTC?: since Sept 2006
What's your diagnosis?: MFI
When did you find that diagnosis out?: sept 2008 had a SA that showed low sperm count
What have you already done (Clomid, Femera, IUI, IVF, etc.)?: TTC naturally
What are your future plans when it comes to TTC?: get ourselves tested and hopefully find what's causing the low sperm and prepare for IVF/ICSI
How many kids do you want?: ideally up to 10 but with MFI... I'm hoping for twins/triplets each pregnancy.
Anything else you want to tell us?: Life's too short, live up your life and ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BeckyM]

Name: Becky
Age: 34
Occupation: Human Resources
DH/SO Name: Tony
DH/SO Age: 35
DH/SO Occupation: recently layed off, so currently unemployed.
Where do you live?: Maryland
How long have you been TTC?: 14 months
What's your diagnosis?: me - PCOS, DH no sperm in 2 S/As.
When did you find that diagnosis out?: January S/A showed no sperm, same with repeat S/A 1 week later. Waiting for biopsy Feb 25th to get more info.
What have you already done (Clomid, Femera, IUI, IVF, etc.)?: before S/A, have tried Clomid.
What are your future plans when it comes to TTC?: RE is saying probably straight to IVF, waiting for biopsy results.
How many kids do you want?: 2
Anything else you want to tell us?: I haven't been a very active poster yet, basically just reading through all your posts at this point as I don't have answers for most questions, and don't know yet what exactly DH & I are dealing with. Hopefully after Wednesday's results, I can be a more productive board member.

[ccwantsbfp]

Name: Carrie
Age: 28
Occupation: Therapist
DH/SO Name: Fernando
DH/SO Age: 24
DH/SO Occupation: HEO
Where do you live?: California
How long have you been TTC?: Oh lord now I'm getting depressed...17 months
What's your diagnosis?: MFI but on record my RE did not give us a diagnoses which is really weird with how low his counts were.
When did you find that diagnosis out?: December, 2008
What have you already done (Clomid, Femera, IUI, IVF, etc.)?: Clomid, IUI with Clomid, IUI with Injects
What are your future plans when it comes to TTC?: IVF with Injects
How many kids do you want?: 2
Anything else you want to tell us?: I love Startrek and I'm not ashamed to admit it