I’ve decided that our infertility is due to a combination of both our subfertility.
Telis‘ sperm plus my short luteal phase is the cause. Fair, people get pregnant all the time with a short luteal phase but they may not be dealing with sperm issues at the same time. Fair, people get pregnant all the time with Telis‘ semen analysis but they may not be dealing with ovulation issues at the same time.
My ovulation is weak, resulting in low progesterone which then leads onto a short luteal phase. The luteal phase probably isn’t an issue on it’s own but with low progesterone then maybe, yeah, it is an issue. Couple my sucky eggs with sperm with 97% abnormal form, maybe they just can’t get together and when they do, maybe my hormones suck too much for implantation.
Just a theory.
Now, I want all the drugs when doing IUI. The drugs will strengthen my eggs and ovulation and Telis‘ sperm will be more concentrated and have less of a distance to swim. If our issues are as (comparatively) “simple” as this, then IUI could work. If I’m completely wrong, then my life is fucked and we’re doing IVF.
Here’s hoping for hormonal issues overcome by drugs!
Although not diagnosed, I could also have PCOS – but I probably don’t. But I’m going to pretend I do so that I have hope of the drugs working. I also want to do a prolactin blood test as I had a cycle with random leaky nipples and I’ve had history of inducing lactation (hehe.)
Ok bye.
Ugh. I’m back. Just read that high levels of prolactin prevents ovulation but I OVULATE!! Grr!
I take it back,
“prolactin levels may not be high enough to prevent ovulation but could affect the production of the progesterone hormone which is responsible for the thickening of the uterus walls after ovulation.”
Yeah, I’m doing that test.