Now for the update.
So as you all know, Randy's last appointment we got some good news! His numbers were up all around and the doctor said that they probably would have been better if he hadn't gotten in the hot tub and he asked us to come back to be tested again in two months. Well that two month mark hit and we returned. This appointment they didn't have his results ready right away like his last one and so we had to go home and wait for two weeks before we received news. We weren't super worried about this appointment because we assumed that he would have much better numbers because he had not been in any more hot tubs.
Then the phone call came.
Definitely not the news we were expecting.
His sperm count had not changed. If anything it had gone down slightly. They told us that there was nothing more his doctor could do for him and that we should return to my doctor to possibly try another IUI.
Needless to say we were shocked, a little bit confused, and wondering what had happened to cause them to stay low. I definitely cried. It was as if the world crashed around me. But I was not ready to give up and give in to what the doctor told us to do. Not just yet.
After about a month, we received the paperwork showing his results. I sat down to compare it to the last analysis that he'd had in July. While doing this I discovered that everything else had improved besides the sperm count! This was great, at least in my eyes. Yes, the sperm count was still pretty low but the health of them had continued to get better. I also saw while comparing that the concentration of sperm was still low compared to his first follow-up and was the same as the last appointment. This confused me even more.
So I started to do some more digging and trying to figure out why. Then one day it hit me. Randy had been super sick with a cold about a week before his appointment. He had had a fever. Fevers pretty much make your body just as hot as if you were sitting in a hot tub. Now it finally made sense! If we had been smart we would have rescheduled the appointment until a later date, but unfortunately we were not.
With this realization, we still knew that there was a small possibility that we were wrong and that the fever did not cause the low count. With this in mind we began to discuss what our next step should be.
We have been praying, studying, and have attended the temple in hopes that we would receive an answer about what we should do next. That is what we have been doing in our spare time the past couple of months since this appointment. We have received our answer that we need to wait a few months. Whether that means we will get pregnant in a few months or if in a few months we will decide to try another IUI we are not sure. We will continue to pray for guidance and we know that we will get a more clear answer in a few months. Our goal right now is that if we are not pregnant by April or May then we will look into another IUI. But for now we are trusting in the Lord and in his timing. :)
Now to just keep Randy from getting sick anymore! Since in the past two months since his appointment he has had 3 colds, and a kidney stone. All causing him to have a fever. Please pray for his health! I'm sick of him being sick and not just because I want children! You wifes all know what I'm talking about!
Til next time!
Becca
