Tuesday is the big day... nervous? Testicle problems...?

Question

My husband has varicoceles (a large vein twisted around his left testicle and ducts). It was diagnosed when he was a teenager. That doctor did NOT do a semen analysis, but told my husband that varicoceles are quite common and that he should still be able to have children "one day". Well.... will that "one day" ever come? =/ I really feel like it won't. We've been TTC for 10 months (had been off the pill for a LONG time before we started trying). Because he has a known medical condition, my doctor will take our "case" before the one year point. Tuesday is my annual pelvic exam and pap smear. My doctor will give us his semen analysis results then.

We're both really nervous, but especially him. We talked (and fought) long and hard about our decision to have kids last year. And we talked about this semen analysis and I tried to re-assure that I will always love him regardless to what the test says. On one hand, I'm glad we'll finally know... and on the other hand, I'm scared to death to hear that we can't have kids.

Any advice or encouragement from people who've been here before?

Answer 1

im not sure if your a christian or not but the best advice I think anyone can give you right now is that everything will be fine if you put it in gods hands. My husband and I havent been using any type of birth control and still are not pregnant. I have faith that it will happen for me and because of that I know it will, just put it in the lords hands.

Answer 2

hey,



first i'll tell you a story to inspire you and give you some hope. my sister in-law got married and her husband never told her he had a problem down there. he was diagnose at age 18 when he went to the army. he had a very low count and another problem which i really don't know what it was i just know that he needed a surgery. he did not tell his new wife anything about it...they started trying about 8 months before the wedding to about a year after, then she went to have a few tests done, she discovered that she did not ovulate, then her husband confessed about everything (i'm not gonna talk about the drama it caused in between) anyways they then went for ivf treatments, her husband was admitted to an emergency surgery,then she got pregnant(with ivf) and lost her baby girl at 5 months. she went into early labor, it was then discovered that her body could not hold pregnancies for very long possibly due to 2 abortions she had as a teenager...the third ivf worked and they now have a 1 year old little boy and another one on the way.....they are very happy and were able to overcome all problems thay had....no matter what the results of your husband might be there is almost always a solution....also you did not mention having any fertility test other than the normal check ups we all get when going the gyn, sometimes we think(happened to me) that because we know there might be a problem (with your husband in this case) than it is not us....you should get checked. I was diagnosed with endometriosis and always thought it was me with the problems, i finally went and got my tubes checked for blockage and guess what? it was clear....my husband's sperms could not swim very good so they told me to do it in the missionary position and keep my pelvic elevated a little...(i'm also on clomid because i don't ovulate every month which has nothing to do with endo...) but ok i think i wrote too much here don't want you to fall asleep on me now...



hope i helped somehow!!!!





Good luck and loads of baby dustttt!

Answer 3

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Tuesday is the big day... nervous? Testicle problems...?

My husband has varicoceles (a large vein twisted around his left testicle and ducts). It was diagnosed when he was a teenager. That doctor did NOT do a semen analysis, but told my husband that varicoceles are quite common and that he should still be able to have children "one day"....

Answer 4

Right on brother I did the same thing today and I'm a registered 18 year-old Democrat! Great minds think alike I suppose. I'm throwing a party with my friends to watching the political butt-stomping! I'm pretty sure you'll have a good answer on Tuesday night but in past years it's come down to Wednesday morning.

Answer 5

I have no advice or encouragement... I've never been in that kind of situation, I just really wanted to say good luck and send some baby dust your way :)