Before we could actually begin the process of In Vitro Fertilization, We had a few more obstacles to overcome. The first obstacle the doctors wanted me to tackle was to attempt to raise my sperm count by taking testosterone injections for a month. They taught my wife how to give me the injections at home, at the same time they taught me how to give her future injections…since she would be getting the lion’s share, and we both joked that it would be an easy way to relieve stress on one another; Ouch! So, I dutifully endured the daily sting, first thing each morning, and we prayed for a positive effect.
Of course, in order to test the effectiveness of the testosterone injections…you guessed it. I had to return to my favorite sitcom feeling world of the HMO lab to deliver another collection sample. And trust me when I say, they never let me down. I never left without feeling some form of degradation, inferiority or shame.
We finally got the results back and they showed a very mild improvement in my count and so they had me switch to a pill taken by mouth and told me to continue to take it until the day of egg collection to give me the best possible sperm count for fertilization purposes. We were all set to go until…
Another obstacle was thrown into the mix when we discovered that one of my wife’s tubes was being pulled down to her bowel by adhesions caused by endometriosis. We had to take one of many detours to clear the adhesions before we could proceed with the fertility process. The fix was a relatively simple out-patient procedure and may seem somewhat insignificant to the casual bystander. However, fertility does not wait for these minor interruptions and they sometimes set you back months at a time. This is due to ovulation schedules, openings with the fertility clinic’s schedule, additional costs and the build up of vacation time. Eventually, the adhesions were successfully cleared and we were given the green light to proceed with our fertility plan.
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