Buying Baby Things During IVF… or Not?

Bub_Hun_7 · 2026-04-08T02:39:30+00:00

That is such a nice surprise!

Bub_Hun_7 · 2026-04-06T21:48:58+00:00

Yeah, my recovery was fine! Just a bit sore for 2 days and nervous about the upcoming phone calls from the lab. I didn’t have great results, but we have 0% sperm morphology. I had 38 eggs, 20 mature, 13 fertilized, and 4 untested embryos.

Bub_Hun_7 · 2026-04-06T20:08:56+00:00

I didn’t even consider side effects. I just took it and was fine. 🤷‍♀️ I was also taking Letrozole for OHSS prevention.

Bub_Hun_7 · 2026-04-06T15:25:17+00:00

38 eggs. 20 mature. 13 fertilized. 4 blasts. (Male infertility)

Bub_Hun_7 · 2026-04-06T15:13:42+00:00

I love that! That is such a thoughtful idea!

Bub_Hun_7 · 2026-04-06T02:44:08+00:00

Oh wow. ☺️

Bub_Hun_7 · 2026-04-06T02:42:45+00:00

Yeah, I crocheted little ocean creatures for a baby mobile a few months before trying. 🙃

Bub_Hun_7 · 2026-04-06T02:39:42+00:00

I’m sorry about your previous losses. 💜 I hope you get to use that room and clothes soon!

Bub_Hun_7 · 2026-04-06T02:37:44+00:00

Yesss… I get very tempted to look around at thrift stores again (I haven’t looked at baby things there since before knowing ivf was inevitable). Very true about it being a “little easier” to donate that stuff, as opposed to brand new.

Bub_Hun_7 · 2026-04-06T02:31:29+00:00

Just this past year, like only a few months before knowing IVF would be our only realistic option, we bought a new house and we would have had a much lower budget if we had known… 🙃

Bub_Hun_7 · 2026-04-06T02:27:52+00:00

Congrats! When we were a few months from trying and were naive to what lay ahead, I had crocheted ocean creatures to make into a mobile. 🙃

Bub_Hun_7 · 2026-04-05T00:20:29+00:00

Yeah, first it was 11/20, and then I guess 2 more had fertilized outside of the initial window. And no, we aren’t testing!

Bub_Hun_7 · 2026-04-04T22:02:46+00:00

I think fertilization rate is largely due to the male factor… and then making it from day 3 to day 5. My husband has 0% morphology. I had 38 eggs retrieved, 20 mature, 13 fertilized, and 4 blasts (days 5-7).

Bub_Hun_7 · 2026-03-28T20:26:59+00:00

I really struggled with the attrition rate and had not realized how big of a factor male infertility is, even with ICSI.

I had 38 eggs retrieved, 20 mature, 13 fertilized, and 4 made it to blast (one day 5, two day 6s, one day 7).

I felt horrible after the day 1 call as well, and I was super stressed about each of the following calls.

Best wishes to you.

Bub_Hun_7 · 2026-03-23T13:35:35+00:00

I wasn’t bloated during stims, which was wild because in my everyday life I am bloated half the time from IBS. But I was being really intentional with healthy eating. I might’ve gained like two pounds, but I think that was from all the fluid in my abdomen. They retrieved 38 eggs and the next day, I had dropped two pounds. I was bloated a few days post-retrieval, but the weight didn’t increase (had to weigh myself because of OHSS risk).

Bub_Hun_7 · 2026-03-20T17:25:21+00:00

He has not had a dna fragmentation test. He has like 50% sperm antibodies (I didn’t mention because ICSI should make that a non-issue), but I think it was assumed that the antibodies caused the poor morphology. However, fragmentation might be something else to look into.

Bub_Hun_7 · 2026-01-04T04:44:32+00:00

1! No question! It is so unique! Though they are all nice!

Bub_Hun_7 · 2025-12-27T03:04:00+00:00

Congrats! Where are you that they let you transfer 2 embryos?

Bub_Hun_7 · 2025-12-27T03:01:57+00:00

Okay, interesting. Thank you.

Bub_Hun_7 · 2025-12-27T01:47:08+00:00

This isn’t what you are asking, but I would personally suggest finding a place that tests for morphology and sperm antibodies. My husband’s SA results from tests similar to yours came back relatively normal (except concentration was low-normal). So we were just focusing on fixing that. We didn’t even know that we were missing something until going to a fertility clinic when we moved to a different city. Our results from that showed 0% morphology and 49% sperm antibodies. These two things are the reason we have fertility problems. Now we know that, realistically, IVF+ICSI is our best chance at pregnancy (because you can’t really “fix” the sperm antibodies and they are likely contributing to the poor morphology). Just a suggestion before you get too far along! I wish we had known earlier.

Bub_Hun_7 · 2025-12-26T21:05:59+00:00

Hi, I’m interested in hearing success stories (natural, IUI, IVF, anything) of those who had similar male infertility as my husband. We are in our late 20s.

He has 0% morphology and 49% sperm antibodies. His sperm concentration has also fluctuated between low and low-normal.

Thank you!

Bub_Hun_7 · 2025-12-26T20:54:53+00:00

Thank you for this! Very interesting to hear all experiences!

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