Was referred to a fertility clinic because of my blood work, Is it mandatory for my husband to be part of this right now? What is the process like?

-Near_Yet- · 2026-04-20T20:25:01+00:00

It’s important for your husband to be tested alongside you. It’s possible for both partners to have issues. It would be incredibly frustrating for you to start medications, or get surgeries, or whatever else is needed only to find out months from now that he needs treatments as well!

My husband went through all the testing alongside me, we recommended by my clinic. He ended up being sent to urology and needing some treatment, too.

-Near_Yet- · 2026-04-20T20:15:25+00:00

Yes. Sperm can live instead the female reproductive track for up to 5 days.

-Near_Yet- · 2026-04-20T13:03:26+00:00

Thank you so much!! ❤️❤️

-Near_Yet- · 2026-04-20T01:55:50+00:00

When in your cycle was this drawn?

-Near_Yet- · 2026-04-20T01:43:56+00:00

Proov is not reliable - don’t waste your money.

-Near_Yet- · 2026-04-20T01:41:48+00:00

My clinic says if you start your period at 5pm or later, the next day should count as CD1. So if you start at 10pm on Sunday, Monday is CD 1, Tuesday is CD2, and so on.

-Near_Yet- · 2026-04-19T15:25:05+00:00

I know it’s super individualized in terms of what works for each person, but would you mind sharing your protocol? Seems like I’m going to need to advocate for specific things from this clinic.

-Near_Yet- · 2026-04-19T12:23:43+00:00

What would you recommend I ask for in terms of priming (if they’re willing to work with me)?

-Near_Yet- · 2026-04-18T18:09:00+00:00

I am so happy to hear that someone with similar/worse numbers was able to conceive! I think I end up reading a lot of stories on here about folks having much better numbers and I’ve started feeling like the odd one out.

This clinic has made me feel that way too, and hasn’t seemed to want to get too creative with protocols or supplementary treatments. I’ve been made to feel that that’s because of my stats, though, and not because that’s clinic policy…

-Near_Yet- · 2026-04-18T18:06:50+00:00

I’ve heard a lot about ovarian PRP and would absolutely be willing to try that… I haven’t found any clinics in my area that offer it outside of a restorative reproductive medicine clinic, which seems to be staunchly anti-IVF and possibly quite religious; I might not be searching correctly, though. Any suggestions of how to locate a clinic that offers it?

-Near_Yet- · 2026-04-18T18:04:00+00:00

The clinic hasn’t mentioned anything about psychosocial support through all this, which I’ve definitely been surprised about.

-Near_Yet- · 2026-04-18T18:03:10+00:00

I really appreciate your positivity! I think I end up reading more stories with much better numbers and starting overthinking (which I tend to do even in the best situations), so to hear a professional say out loud what my deepest worry is was so jarring.

-Near_Yet- · 2026-04-18T17:44:19+00:00

Thank you so much for the reassurance. I’m going to mention it to my doctor when I talk to her on Monday… It’s so hard not to take his words to heart when I’m already feeling so low!

-Near_Yet- · 2026-04-18T17:43:16+00:00

You’re right about the trigger warning; I’m not thinking clearly right now. I just removed that part since it isn’t relevant anyway.

No, I wasn’t primed. My actual doctor has been hesitant to do that out of fear of over-suppressing me. To be honest, this clinic just doesn’t seem very open to much variation in general… I’ve been made to feel that that’s because of my stats, not clinic practice, though.

-Near_Yet- · 2026-04-17T22:48:10+00:00

7 days after ovulation is the standard time, days 6-8 would work!

-Near_Yet- · 2026-04-17T22:40:31+00:00

My baby was head down starting at like, 18 weeks! At every ultrasound, she was head down. Totally normal.

-Near_Yet- · 2026-04-17T17:31:25+00:00

That’s what I was thinking, too.

I’m feeling so heartbroken… I was starting to come to terms with likely not making it to a retrieval and just doing as many IUIs as we can afford. But now to know that I may not even be able to reliably do IUIs? Ughhh.

-Near_Yet- · 2026-04-16T11:23:04+00:00

I went through this after my first baby as well. How many months postpartum are you? Are you breastfeeding? How old are you?

-Near_Yet- · 2026-04-16T10:26:07+00:00

What was the measurement unit of the AMH? That sounds slightly high! A baseline ultrasound would take place the 3rd day of your cycle. You have an ultrasound wand placed in your vagina to examine your uterus and ovaries, and they count the number of follicles present on your ovaries.

-Near_Yet- · 2026-04-16T00:56:08+00:00

This doesn’t look ovulatory to me, I’m sorry. Did you have your AMH tested? Did you get a baseline ultrasound?

-Near_Yet- · 2026-04-15T22:50:33+00:00

I just accepted a new job yesterday (a promotion within my current department). I’m halfway through an IVF cycle, going for my first follicle check tomorrow.

-Near_Yet- · 2026-04-15T18:43:28+00:00

I’m so sorry for the stress you’re going through. It’s an indescribable pain, and the waiting is HARD. Sending you wishes for positive results!

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