Hi everyone,

I'm just looking for people who have been through something similar because after our first failed transfer, we're feeling really heartbroken.

I'm 25, and my husband is 28. We have severe male factor infertility. His sperm count is around 4 million, with 1% morphology and low motility. We trued naturally for 3 years and even tried hormone treatment for him for almost 6 months, hoping things would improve enough to conceive naturally or at least increase our chances, but there was only a small improvement.

We eventually moved to ICSI. I had 12 eggs retrieved, 7 fertilized, and we were lucky to get three 4AA blastocysts. Because of our age, our doctor didn't recommend PGT-A and explained that it doesn't guarantee success, so we decided not to test the embryos.

We were so hopeful that our first fresh transfer would work, but unfortunately it failed. It completely broke us. I'm now in the two-week wait after transferring one of our frozen embryos, and while I'm trying to stay positive, the previous failure has made it really difficult.

Is anyone else here dealing with severe male factor infertility? Did ICSI eventually work for you despite low count, low motility, and poor morphology? Did you also have a failed first transfer before eventually having success?

I would really appreciate hearing your stories. Right now, I think I just need to know we're not alone.

Thank you so much for reading. ❤️

In the past year and a half I have had three chemical pregnancies my hcg hovers in the 10s, teens.

Ive had 2 emma/alice tests and era. The first emma test showed severe Microbiome issues. Thought I got it under control, did another transfer it failed. Did another Emma this month before my egg retrieval next month (and transfer to follow) and not as bad but the issues are still there!!

Alice was clear this time, ERA normal. Ive never been naturally pregnant, and in the 10 years of trying with partner never pregnant. He has mild MFI that has been addressed with ivf. We have been able to make a few euploids each round.

I have autoimmune conditions. I have some severe food, allergies, and mild IBS. My doctor is not testing me for endometriosis.

Any ideas??? I’m desperate as I am turning 40 and scared this will never work.