Follistim, Oh Lovely Follistim
As soon as I placed an ad on CL looking for Gonal F, Follistim, or Menopur, I spied a fellow IF selling her Follistim on CL at a price and quantity I was grateful to have found. I needed 4 days of the elixer, and four days was what she had.
J and I drove to a Bux over on the East Bay and met T & A to do the exchange. They're a young, friendly professional couple that got totally lucky and, as they said, hit the "baby lottery" on the first try.
T, the husband, gave us a tidbit of information today that was worth investigating. He said that he had heard that for men with male factor, using HGH can boost sperm counts. I'm not sure if it also boosts motility or affects forms, but it's worth looking into.
What I did find today is that HGH is expensive stuff and it needs to be injected twice a day. Okay, so that's what I found from Dr.Google, but I sent off an email to a local doc who runs a "anti aging" institute to see if he could help us in a pinch.
J doesn't have male factor, but his numbers go up and down and since we're not doing ICSI this time, it might behoove us to help his little swimmers as much as we can.
But....on the other hand, $600 for ICSI or $600 for HGH...what difference does it really make for us? Statistics go both ways on whether children born to ICSI have problems so the jury's still out.
Worth investigating at any rate.
J and I drove to a Bux over on the East Bay and met T & A to do the exchange. They're a young, friendly professional couple that got totally lucky and, as they said, hit the "baby lottery" on the first try.
T, the husband, gave us a tidbit of information today that was worth investigating. He said that he had heard that for men with male factor, using HGH can boost sperm counts. I'm not sure if it also boosts motility or affects forms, but it's worth looking into.
What I did find today is that HGH is expensive stuff and it needs to be injected twice a day. Okay, so that's what I found from Dr.Google, but I sent off an email to a local doc who runs a "anti aging" institute to see if he could help us in a pinch.
J doesn't have male factor, but his numbers go up and down and since we're not doing ICSI this time, it might behoove us to help his little swimmers as much as we can.
But....on the other hand, $600 for ICSI or $600 for HGH...what difference does it really make for us? Statistics go both ways on whether children born to ICSI have problems so the jury's still out.
Worth investigating at any rate.
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posted by linda at 8:01 PM
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post a commentGreat that you got your Follistim! Good luck with this cycle!
I don't know much about HGH but I would spend the money on the ICSI. I am sure you will do your research and make your own mind up, sweetie.
The only menopur I have left is out of date now. Let me know if you want it anyway.
the higher rates of chromosomal defects for ICSI babies might be due to the fact that most males with low sperm counts have chromosomal abnormalities... I am not worried about this, certainly because ICSI was the only way for us to go. I know that my husband's genetic defect (CBAVD) will not be transmitted to our baby, and that the only thing I was worried about. I would go with ICSI rather than some unproven HGH. Good luck with everything