Our "history"

Whoever said that getting pregnant is easy? Maybe for some, but not for others like me. Six years of marriage and here I am still waiting for that little gift from God every couple would want to have. 

I got married in 2006. In the beginning we were not so anxious about having a baby. We just enjoyed our time as a couple, thinking the baby would come eventually. Almost two years had passed, still no baby. 

In 2008, we decided to see a doctor. We live in Makati area, so I searched for a doctor who was available on the weekends since hubby and I both have work on weekdays. We went to Patient First Medical Center in Glorietta and met Dr. Lani Buenconsejo. I underwent some tests (blood, pap smear, HSG, etc.) and the usual follicle monitoring to see if I was ovulating and producing viable eggs. Results were okay. 

No luck on our first month. On the second month, Dr. Buenconsejo gave me a Pregnyl shot to assist with ovulation. Still no luck on our second month, so on our next visit to Dr. Buenconsejo I asked her about IUI and she didn't encourage it yet. She advised hubby to have a sperm analysis. 

Hubby took the test at St Luke's Medical Center in Quezon City and found out that he had teratozoospermia which, according to Wikipedia, is a condition characterized by the presence of sperm with abnormal morphology that affects fertility in males. On our next visit to Dr. Buenconsejo to show the result of hubby's SA, she recommended hubby to go to Dr. Jose Prodigalidad, a urologist.

On hubby's visit to Dr. Prodigalidad in Makati Medical Center, he was prescribed medicine to be taken for three months. Hubby also had an ultrasound on his genital area and found out that he has varicocele. 

Varicocele is an enlargement of the veins within the scrotum, the loose bag of skin that holds the testicles. It is similar to a varicose vein that can occur in the leg. It is a common cause of low sperm production and decreased sperm quality, which can cause infertility. (Source: www.mayoclinic.com)

After 3 months of meds, hubby took the SA again. Results were the same. Not much improvement. Dr. Prodigalidad explained that surgery may be an option to correct the vein but it does not guarantee that his sperm count and morphology would improve. We did not want the surgery.

After almost two years of consultation with no luck, hubby and I decided to stop seeing doctors and taking medication for a while. We just focused on trying to keep our bodies healthy, hoping and praying for a baby to come.