Testing for Fertility

[Lix]

Hello everyone,

My girlfriend and I are thinking about starting a family together, I had a few questions.

1. I've read that 97% of males with CF (I'm the one with CF) don't have the vas deferens so we can't conceive the old fashioned way. How do we test for that?

2. She is perfectly healthy so should we go the IVF or IUI route if the above comes back negative?

Thanks, Alex.

 

[Lix]

Hello everyone,

My girlfriend and I are thinking about starting a family together, I had a few questions.

1. I've read that 97% of males with CF (I'm the one with CF) don't have the vas deferens so we can't conceive the old fashioned way. How do we test for that?

2. She is perfectly healthy so should we go the IVF or IUI route if the above comes back negative?

Thanks, Alex.

 

[Lix]

Hello everyone,
<br />
<br />My girlfriend and I are thinking about starting a family together, I had a few questions.
<br />
<br />1. I've read that 97% of males with CF (I'm the one with CF) don't have the vas deferens so we can't conceive the old fashioned way. How do we test for that?
<br />
<br />2. She is perfectly healthy so should we go the IVF or IUI route if the above comes back negative?
<br />
<br />Thanks, Alex.

 

[rwatterson]

If everything comes back perfectly normal (for you and her), you should consider attempting to conceive naturally. If you have no insurance coverage and don't want to waste any time, I would highly suggest IVF - your odds of pregnancy are much better, but of course the cost is much higher. For your work up, it's very simple, it's just a semen analysis. Go to a reproductive endocrinologist in your area for this, do NOT go to an OB/GYN. If it comes back showing you fall into that majority of the 97%, IVF is the only route you can take. I'm an embryologist (do the lab work for IVF), if you have any questions about the infertility work-up or processes, feel free to ask!

 

[rwatterson]

If everything comes back perfectly normal (for you and her), you should consider attempting to conceive naturally. If you have no insurance coverage and don't want to waste any time, I would highly suggest IVF - your odds of pregnancy are much better, but of course the cost is much higher. For your work up, it's very simple, it's just a semen analysis. Go to a reproductive endocrinologist in your area for this, do NOT go to an OB/GYN. If it comes back showing you fall into that majority of the 97%, IVF is the only route you can take. I'm an embryologist (do the lab work for IVF), if you have any questions about the infertility work-up or processes, feel free to ask!

 

[rwatterson]

If everything comes back perfectly normal (for you and her), you should consider attempting to conceive naturally. If you have no insurance coverage and don't want to waste any time, I would highly suggest IVF - your odds of pregnancy are much better, but of course the cost is much higher. For your work up, it's very simple, it's just a semen analysis. Go to a reproductive endocrinologist in your area for this, do NOT go to an OB/GYN. If it comes back showing you fall into that majority of the 97%, IVF is the only route you can take. I'm an embryologist (do the lab work for IVF), if you have any questions about the infertility work-up or processes, feel free to ask!