zero sperm, but we found some with biopsy

[bextaj]

Its so reassuring to hear there's some other couples going through the same thing as us.
We have been TTC for 4 years and after much persuading finally DH did a SA to find zero sperm count, twice DH has since had ultrasound, no blockage found and blood tests which were all good, what came up though was abnormal chromosomes, DH is XYY, but to make it worse his two Y chromosomes somehow got mixed up when he was conceived! We went to see a genetics counsellor before going further down the IVF ICSI track and he told us there is no other case of this happening before so couldn't really tell us what to expect! As you can guess poor DH is very upset and now we are waiting for a biopsy to see if there is any sperm
Anyway, what I wanted to know was after we see our FS next week, how long from that appointment does it take to book a biopsy? I know there is going to be lots of waiting with this whole TTC journey, am so over it already thou!

[tracey2010]

If you go through public system it may take a while as its not emergency surgery, we went private as it was the only way to get things moving quickly.. The cost was not all that bad from memory. We are now paying rent on the frozen sperm which we will take out of their pocket money when they are born ha ha... best of luck with it all.... let me know if i can help any further..... it was nearly 12 months from finding no sperm to having some frozen, most of that time was waiting to see urologist and timing things in between my DH work.

[bextaj]

Thats a little ray of sunshine, we will be able to go private too so fingers crossed a biopsy can be done in June, DH plans to take a week off work after the surgery as aparently the bruising and swelling is bad
What was your partners experience?
Thanks again for sharing, while everyone around me is very supportive its good to get advice from people who have had to go through this too.

Good luck with you baby making

[tracey2010]

Hi and glad to help.... My partner was a little sore, but panadol and 3 days rest seen him feeling quite ok.. he said it was well worth the sore goolies for a few days to have sperm... He was very proud indeed. Frozen bag of peas worked well wrapped in a towel. Its not a nice thought for the guys, but well worth it if it will produce a baby of their own, especially if donor sperm is not an option. He was back to normal within a week for sure, best of luck with it,, hope you find lots a good swimmers to freeze. xx

[belizeli]

Hi Ladies

Im glad to see this post! It gives me a little bit of hope that we may be able to concieve! We have only had our bad news in the last few days, and we have a long journey ahead..DH has bilateral microlithasis and atrophy, basically the doctor described his testes as "dead". As you can imagine, we are struggling a bit right now
So reading things like this makes me teary in a good way! Maybe it is possible Thank you for sharing this.

[diva det]

bextaj
you said you DH is XXY
this is called Klienfelter's syndrome- one of the commonest genetic and most livable genetic conditions- most men dont know that they have this syndrome until infertility is investigated
just so you know- when we did assisted conception 7 years ago, our clinic had just had success with the birth of a child conceived from a man who had klinefelters and sperm was collected through a biopsy!!
that was 7 years ago so i am sure they have had more success since then. There is plenty of info out there on the web and there are support groups in Australia that your DH can speak to - there are men who are quite happy to talk to him about their experiences!
i hope this info helps and if you want any more- please feel free to say