I realize it has been quite awhile since I last posted. Life has been pretty crazy but I also procrastinate... A lot. The good news is, Randy's follow up appointment was only last week :) so technically I'm doing pretty good lol!
Anyways, this will be a short update. We went to his appointment and they asked a ton of questions about whether he had had any pain, tenderness, or anything like that. He has not which is awesome!! They said that if he did that it was normal for this stage of his recovery.
They then checked the veins. This was to make sure that there was no more blood flowing through those varicose veins. The great news is that there is not!! We were told that eventually the veins would shrivel up and be absorbed into the body. But it'll be a bit before that happens, but don't worry, the blood that is in those veins still is old and cool not hot like it used to be. This means that the sperm is happier than before and that Randy's body will not have to work as hard to produce sperm.
Speaking of sperm...
Randy had to have a semen analysis done so they could see if his numbers have started to improve since the surgery. This is where we received not so great news. His numbers had actually decreased compared with his numbers before surgery. They told us that there is no reason to be worried, yet. They said that this will sometimes happen especially in males whose numbers were already low before surgery. So because of this Randy will have another appointment in 3 months to do another semen analysis. If his numbers have not increased by this point then we will be sent back to my fertility doctor for other options of getting pregnant.
We have faith that everything will work out whichever way we end up going. We are hopeful that his numbers will increase and that we will get pregnant without having to do other measures. We are also hoping/wishing that we can cancel Randy's next appointment because I will be pregnant. We are really crossing our fingers for that to happen!
It is the first day of National Infertility Awareness Week! Please share this post and those that follow to help raise awareness of this terrible ordeal! I am planning on writing a post a day this week in honor of this. So check back and keep an eye out for those!
Til next time!
Becca
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