Guess what?
I was talking to a couple of women that also have DH with zero s/c on another thread and they've explained more to me than anything the clinic has said or I've learned in my own research.
Apparently when you have a 0 s/c and there aren't any physical abnormalities such as a missing vas or blockages they do go ahead with a biopsy.
Now the important thing they told me was this: They can only do one biopsy in 6 months. One type (mTESE) is much more thorough and they do several microbiopsies looking for sperm. The other is an actual biopsy that is not as thorough and they might miss the sperm producing tissues because they only take a few pieces of tissue.
SOOO the downside is that the sperm that might be found in the mTSE is not very strong and would never survive being frozen and thawed. So basically what you have to do is go ahead with the IVF protocol. At the time when they want to fertilize, they do the mTSE then. If they find sperm they use it, if they don't you either cancel the IVF cycle or go with a donor.
Obviously we'd never do the biopsy wait because they would not necessarily give us a clear answer and we don't want to have to wait 6 months if he does have sperm to go ahead with the IVF.
Really- I'm not trying to get my hopes up here... I'm just so thrilled that someone out there told me what to expect next.
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Me 29 DH: 36
TTC #1: 2 years Meds: 2000 mg met
HSG all clear
DH DX azoospermia (zero sperm) Jan 08
TDI Next cycle (hopefully, if the RE isn't busy)
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