Hello,
I'm not sure of your financial situation, but I would try and not be rushed into any decisions based on your FS's presure to start due to the changes to medicare. I know that is easy to say, but making the move to IVF is a big and stressful decision.
Having said that, my DH and I undertook IVF (with ICSI) due to poor sperm, based on similar advice - that IUI would not work for us. My DH was not keen to take meds to improve sperm and so we pretty much went for IVF as our only option.
I know that menevit has helped some people, and there is no reason why your DH could not start it now anyway in the hope of having better swimmers to use through an IVF cycle. You could always start on that course and plan to do one cycle, and if his swimmers improve enough, but your first cycle is not successful, you could always go back to trying naturally or through IUI.
Good luck with your decision - I guess that if you are not comfortable with the advice you have got, you could always go with a second opinion.
IMO : I would take the advice of the FS and go for the IVF, I didnt listen to my FS initially, and went away for a year, I felt too pressured and couldn't quite get my head around needing ART.
I regret it now, I wont sugar coat it hun, IVF is a rollercoaster of feelings, however so is TTC naturally. Financially IVF is a burden, and imo you would be better starting sooner rather than later.
All the best with your decision, and I hope you make the right one for you in the end.
I'm sorry about your current situation. I understand your anxiety hun, I have been there myself! My DF had a vesectomy done 10 years ago, and when we decided to have kids he decided to have it reversed in April 2007. 3 months later he was told the devastating news that the sperm count was almost zero. We still tried naturally until May 2008 in the hope of catching an elusive swimmer
Well we didn't, and my gynie/FS recommended IVF asap as I wasn't getting any younger. I was pretty devastated at the news, but in my heart of hearts I knew it wasn't going to happen naturally for us. So in May 2008 we had our first stimulated cycle with ICSI (again, we we recommended ICSI as it has a better fertilization rate) and we were so thrilled to get our very first BFP. Had it not been for a very stupid fibroid, I would have had a healthy baby boy in Feb this year.
We are currently awating a FET in two weeks time, as we have one more frozen blastocyst embryo on ice. I pray this one likes it in my tummy. I have had the big fibroid removed in Jan this year, so we are all set.
Good luck in your TTC journey hun, but I have to agree with wouldloveabubba, you could be waitng TTC naturally and having absolutely no luck. The vitamins might improve your DH's sperm quality but I'm not sure if they improve the count. One thing I do have to say, when I found out my DF had a snip 10 years ago I blamed him so much for taking away our chances of falling pg naturally. But in the end I realised I was really selfish and stupid about it, and have since given him lots of support . He must have felt so inadequate the poor thing
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