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wendiewagner — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:55:59 GMT

I am interested in being an egg donor. What is the approved weight for someone that is 5'8.. I am in excellent health and have 3 healthy teenage children.

Forum: General Questions About Infertility

What if Husband has had a Vesectomy?

ninna1_1972 — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:33:41 GMT

If my husband has had a Vesectomy and I have had my tubes tide. Would he need to have his reversed before I could do this. His have only been tied a year. Mine has been tied for 14 yrs.

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Wanting twins

sunshine71 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:32:08 GMT

If someone wants to try to get pregnant with twins can they ask to be put on fertility drugs to maybe help with that?

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older want to be Mom

oldlady — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:31:35 GMT

I'm 43 and would like to know if I should look into invetro because of the high possiblity of birth defects such as Downs. Do you do 'genetic testing' to rule out that possiblity? Also, should I be seeing some kind of 'specialist' verses any recommended OB?

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Ovulating while on Ganirelix

auntlinda — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:23:30 GMT

Hi, I am on my 2nd month of injectables- follistim, ganirelix, and ovidrel; last month I had a failed IUI, but my body responded perfectly to the injectable meds. This month I ovulated on my 3rd day of Ganirelix! (My ultrasound and blood tests show this.) My doctor and nursing staff said they are truly baffled as to how my body "broke thru the Ganirelix." They said they have never seen this happen before. Do you have any idea of what could have caused this? My doc said to do an ovridel shot and have intercourse right away.
Thankyou, Linda

Forum: Questions About Infertility Drugs

low sperm count what are my options

700845 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:37:28 GMT

Hi my name is Kelly I am 27 years old and so is my husband. I have never been pregnant trying for 1.5 years. As far as i know everything is ok with me. I do ovulate regularly, but my husband had a vericocele repair after low sperm count, now 4 months later counts got worse. The first count was 7 mill with 53% motility and 40 % abnormal morphology now 1.9 mill and 50% motility and 80 % abnormal morphology. I have a couple questions. 1. Is it normal for counts to get worse after surgery and 2. What options do we have to get pregnant now, and what the odds of these options working? My husband does not want to do ivf. 3. I also wanted to know what the chances of getting pregnant with this count without doing anything is. The urologist put him on clomid 50 mg 5 days a week for 3 months. He just started it yesterday. The urologist said to wait 3 months and repeat the sperm count and then try artificial insemination. He also says we do not need to see a fertility specialist yet. Is this true? I am close to your area and a coworker recommended you to me that is how i found this site. My ob-gyn is not willing to discuss anything with me so I am looking for a new one and I feel like the urologist may not know what is best as he does not specialize in any type of fertility. Any information you could give me would be very much appreciated. I have spent my whole life planning for children and really want to know if it will be possible or not.

Forum: Questions About Male Infertility

Older mom wanting info

mom1965 — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:03:02 GMT

Dr. Cooper,
A doctor from Bryan referred me to you. I had seen him about a possible tubal reversal. Because of my age ( 42 ) he suggested I try in vitro. I would like to know the chances of having a baby at my age. I have had most of the tests involved with having a tubal reversal, including sperm testing, everything is fine physically with me, how much of a part does age play when it comes to these types of procedures?
Thank you

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estradiol?

betty888 — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:00:49 GMT

HI, i have a question regading estradiol number..mine was 812 on cd6...i was on follistim injectables..i was told to trigger on cd8 for iui on cd10...im just curious regarding that e2 of 812 what does it mean? is it normal?

Forum: Questions About Infertility Drugs

i am homozygous MTHFR

donia — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:16:39 GMT

In april of 2003 i had my tubal ligation reversed in hopes of having more children. it was a success and since then i have had 5 early miscarriages, i never had one before i had tied my tubes. i had a miscarriage panel done and found out that i am homozygous MTHFR with the C677T genes. i was not able to find a doctor that was willing to help me to stay pregnant, i am still longing to have another baby. the first couple of times after my ligation was reversed i got pregnant on clomid, and have found its harder to get pregnant on my own now, i am 34 yrs old, with my last child i was 23. i have searched on the interent and have found that i needed my homocysteine levels checked which i did and it was 6, i have started taking Foltx vitamin, a prenatal, a baby aspirin and a 800 mcg folic acid tablet. i had learned while searching on the internet that i needed between 3-4 mg of folic acid with the MTHFR. my last miscarriage was in sept of 2004 and have not been able to get pregnant since. would you consider helping me to get pregnant, i did have an hsg one year after my reversal and it was fine.

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how do i get started?

tryinfor3rd — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 05:39:01 GMT

I have 2 children 5 and 8 from a previous marriage. My current partner does not have any children. We have been tryin to conceive for a year now. I have no insurance, he does. How do I go about getting started for testing. And what costs are involved ( do I have to pay everything upfont etc..) Also, do I need to be referred by a physician to see a fertility specialist?

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Donor sperm/donor eggs

alexisrenee — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 02:46:57 GMT

Does your office use donor sperm or donor eggs and if so what are the cost and what are the procedures? Like do I have to find my own donor or do you do that and what does it involve? Thanks

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IVF in a patient with a tubal ligation

regly — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 01:45:56 GMT

I had a tubal ligation (hulka clip). My husband and I each have children from a previous marriage, but we would like to have a child together. I am turning 40 next year, so a reversal is really something we do not want to consider. Would IVF be an option for us? We were both able to conceive children, so I wonder if we would have a higher success rate?

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keeping cost down

sunflower5808 — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:12:26 GMT

Hello Dr. Cooper, I am a prior, soon to be current patient in Jan. 06. We had done the iui twice, and we had discussed ivf, which will be what we will do next. Now since I have done the dye spill at least 5 times (3times with you 2c with other fert. doc.) can I keep cost down by not doing that and anything else that has always come back with no problems to keep cost down?

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Low sperm count IUI vs. IVF

alexisrenee — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 01:49:20 GMT

My husband has a low sperm count 3 million. We've done two complete Ivf cycles with you and wanted to know if you would recommend doing an IUI or strictly IVF. Thanks

Forum: Questions About Male Infertility