Comments on: Varicocelectomy

By: Lily

Lily — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:13:46 +0000

Thank you for this section! We are currently deciding on whether or not DH is to have this surgery done. His first SA back in June showed very low counts with 0% morphology and 31% motility…He’s been on clomid which, per his 6 month follow up SA (just last week) went up to 5% morph and 66% motility!!! However, volume and count are still very low…
His doc suggested he do the varicocele surgery, but we are going in to talk to an RE first before making any decisions…
I’d love to find more success stories that having the surgery did help enough to at least be optioned for IUI…as of right now, without, we can only do IVF – which isn’t in our budget…

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:26:09 +0000

Thank you for this section and especially for the comments afterwards. I’ve come across a few blogs today that didn’t seem to have that much success and its nice to hear a few positives.

By: BabyDreams

BabyDreams — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:00:40 +0000

Can I ask the couples that it worked for, what count they had pre-surgery? I am trying to be positive about my husband’s, but it’s sooo hard! He started with .4 mil. He gets re-tested in August, four months after the surgery.

By: Hillary

Hillary — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:04:00 +0000

Great explanation! My DH had the surgery in January 2009 and we just had his post-surgery SA…and there was improvement! his count went from 72 mil to 174 mil, and his motility went up from 2-5% to 10%. GL to anyone thinking about having the surgery, I know it’s a big decision with no guarantees!

By: beckbot

beckbot — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:54:00 +0000

Thanks so much for your straightforward explanation. dh is scheduled to have this operation tomorrow and is pretty nervous. I have mostly found very clinical, jargony information online. Fingers crossed and heads bowed in prayer as we try this procedure and hope it helps us add to our family!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:35:00 +0000

my husband had a bilateral varicocelectomy in jan 2007, and we conceived in may. previous to that, we had tried for a year w/ no success. not only is he relieved of his discomfort, but we have a sweet baby girl due in february! if you are considering surgery, it does work! our surgeon gave us a 20-30% chance of getting pregnant post surgery and here we are!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:07:00 +0000

Just want to let anyone know that it does work!!!! My dh had the surgery in August and we conceived in march. (We didn’t try some of those months in between.) I also feel that vitamins helped as well. Never, never give up!!!!!!!