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Re: 1 vs. 2 tubes-DonnaFrom: Christine (anonymous@obgyn.net)Thu Feb 18 05:41:28 1999
At Wed, 17 Feb 1999, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: > >Chris S., > The invitro would be done with my husband's sperm, since I am having the >problem not him. And as far as the tube goes, with everything that I had dome >to me during that last surgery,( a lap, a hysteroscopy and a hystero) she >seems pretty confidant that nothing is getting through that tube. Lucky me >huh? As far as the arousal problems, It's not just the fact that I can't get >aroused enough to have sex to try and get pregnant, It's that I can't seem to >bring myself to do it period. And I feel so badly for my husband, I don't >know how he goes for so long, and he doesn't even complain. I guess he just >knows what I'm going through and is either very compassionate about it or is >being taken care of very discretely or so to speak. The thing is, I really >love my husband, and he is a very attractive man to me. And that in it's self >used to be enough to arouse me. But now I couldn't get aroused if Billy Zane >or Oscar De La Hoya were dancing in front of me butt naked. >Oh and by the way, just in case you didn't know, Billy Zane played the fiance >of the girl on Titanic and the partner of Tom Beringer in Sniper Oh and he >played the bad guy in the Tales from the Crypt movie, and Oscar is a boxer. >And to me {and this is my personal opinion} They are two good looking men! >Donna Hi Donna: I guess I am confused. I thought you have at least one well functioning tube and one ovary (both on the same side, which is a plus.) The ovary and tube on the left side are stuck together, etc. If I have this right, my example was just to point out that it is not impossible (or difficult in some cases) to become pregnant with only one side working, assuming of course that there aren't other factors like a lot of adhesions around the right ovary and tube also.(even though it may be open, these adhesions can interfere with ovum transfer) I know several women who have conceived with only one side working. One I'm thinking of had one side removed (the tube) because of an ectopic pregnancy. But as I said, I do realize it is more difficult if there are other factors. But even in my case there were other factors-those little tags of dye left in the good tube indicated to the gyn there were probably little bits of scar tissue holding onto the dye in the tube. He also said that endo is almost always a bilateral disease. Plus, this was only an x-ray, not a lap so he was getting a rough idea. As far as the AIH goes, remember I said I was from the Dark Ages! :<) What they used to do was take the husband's sperm and insert it into the woman (in the doctor's office) at a time when they predicted ovulation was likely to occur. They did this when there were problems with cervical mucous inhibiting transport of sperm, or other problems. Of course this wouldn't work if the egg couldn't get down the tube so maybe in your case they wouldn't do it because they'd have no way of knowing (I would guess, maybe they would) if the egg came from the correct ovary to get down the working tube easily. I just get the feeling that these RE's are too quick to suggest IVF but I do realize there is more than one way to treat infertility. I don't know what to do about the "other" problem. I still can't believe that cream applied to the vagina would be strong enough/or absorbed well enough to make a big difference in sexual arousal. I would think it would take something more powerful, like injections. I would be very interested in hearing from someone who used a product like this. (a testosterone cream) Do you think the clomid is doing this to you? Do you ovulate without clomid? If so, why not try that (completely "natural" for 6 months) I mean, if you can't bring yourself to have sex, what good is the clomid going to do? Without it, you might have a chance. You won't become pregnant if you don't have sex-that's a given. :<) (not talking about IVF) Chris
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