MFI: Varicocele & Hub’s Identical Twins Success Story

For now I’m just posting our journey because I think many are searching for answers of some sort. I know I am. So I will keep you all posted as we move along.

We’ve been trying to conceive now ever since we got married April 2015. So over 2.5yrs. I have a son (8yrs old) from a previous relationship. All of my test were good. We did a lot of testing starting with a RE who basically told us our only chances to conceive was IVF because hubs count was at 2Mil. Well my words to him were “We are going to trust God in this because we want to conceive naturally”. Well, my Mom works for a urologist in our home state, so he told us he would test him for free. He did all of the blood work, his LH & FSH hormones were a little elevated but not by much. So the next step was finding out why. So my Mom’s boss referred us to a doctor here in Houston. Larry Lipshultz a world renown fertility urologist.

Upon meeting with Mr. L, he discovered my hubs had really bad varicocele in both testicles. As they were doing his ultrasound (I’m surely not in the medical field) but I saw them before they told us that was them. That day he did another semen analysis & his count had went up to 3.9Mil. He was on and off vitamins, so not sure if that helped or not. Dr. L suggested a varicocelectomy & hubs is now schedule for surgery Jan. 4, 2018. We couldn’t do it sooner because his insurance was horrible, so we found one on the marketplace. It cost us $375/mth but he has $0 deductible and only a 20% coinsurance.

Now, my brother-n-law, my husband identical twin. His story is similar. He was married to my former snl & they had been together 3yrs. No Baby. After testing the doctor found that he had varicocele causing low count & numbers. His wife at the time had a cyst on her ovaries. But she had checked out of their marriage before anything could be done. She left him Nov. 2015! Needless to say, they both had surgery Feb. 2016. He had the varicocelectomy. She had a cyst removed. She ended up pregnant by a guy the following month (they weren’t divorced yet) & my brother-n-love waited. He met his now wife a month after the divorce was final in June 2016. They remained celibate until they married 9/23/17. So all together he was celibate for 20 months. His now wife had been celibate 7yrs!

So not even a month later, him and my now snl conceived. We found out 11/11!!! I believe that boosted my husbands confidence and his desire to have the surgery done. God is so good though y’all. He is faithful! I’ll keep y’all updated on our story as it happens!

I was able to go to their ultrasound this week & snapped this shot! ❤️

My Hubs and Me and my “our” Son

Hubs & his identical twin