Hi there
I wish you all the luck in the world! - let me know how you get on. My appointment with the doc. is on Monday - so will find out whether or not i can go ahead with ICSI or not.
Ellie I have the exact issues that you do? We went to RE because we thought it was my husband but then we got my tests back and I have high FSH levels and he has a low sperm count. We are doing egg retrieval tomarrow with ICSI. I have had a FSH of 6 that within 5 months went to a 15 and now it tested at 11. I am 33 years old and have never been pregnant. I was diagnosed with Diminished ovarian reserve. So I don't have many eggs left and I am a poor responder to medicine. So we are working with 3 follicals tomarrow and hopefully will at least end up with 1 egg.
http://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/hormonelevels.html
Here's a great link on hormone levels.
BTW I meant to say I have heard of ICSI and i am sure it's very common. But I just haven't got that far yet.
There's lots of success stories on here from ladies who did ivf or iui. It's a great site and I have learned so much here.
thank you so much for taking the time to reply.
I just hope that my estradiol level isn't too low - anyway time for me to stop looking on the internet!
FYI - ICSI translated to intracytoplasmic sperm injection with IVF.
I think this forum is so fantastic! and I can see this being my link to sanity while going through this. Best of luck with you also
Besitos
Don't worry just yet. I am 35 also, with fsh of 9.8 on cd3. My dr. is not worried too much about that FSH number. And from what I have researched online, anything around 10 is okay. My hubby's swimmers are okay, but we did clomid + iui anyway this month for the first time. IF it didn't work , we will probably do it again next month with higher dosage of clomid.
I am sorry i don't know much more than that and i have never heard of icsi but I just want to say don't give up hope because with an aggressive approach it CAN still happen for you!
Good Luck