Comments on: 6 Good Books About Infertility and Getting Pregnant http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogbaby/quipstipscouplesinfertility/general-infertility-issues/6-good-books-about-infertility-and-getting-pregnant/ Infertility doesn't have to sink our spirits or dash our dreams! Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:13:19 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nick Montez http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogbaby/quipstipscouplesinfertility/general-infertility-issues/6-good-books-about-infertility-and-getting-pregnant/comment-page-1/#comment-1003 Nick Montez Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:56:25 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogbaby/?p=1034#comment-1003 Ever since I helped my my friend with infertility research, I've been obsessed with learning more about this subject. My friend actually found a an infertility guru and she helped her have a baby witin two years. If you go to cureforinfertility.weebly you can learn more. Ever since I helped my my friend with infertility research, I’ve been obsessed with learning more about this subject. My friend actually found a an infertility guru and she helped her have a baby witin two years.

If you go to cureforinfertility.weebly you can learn more.

]]> By: Kathleen A. Ryan http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogbaby/quipstipscouplesinfertility/general-infertility-issues/6-good-books-about-infertility-and-getting-pregnant/comment-page-1/#comment-1001 Kathleen A. Ryan Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:39:40 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogbaby/?p=1034#comment-1001 My husband and I tried for over four years to conceive...cycles of Clomid, Pergonal, Metrodin, inseminations, IVF attempts; tests, exploratory surgeries, you name it. I learned the root of the problem by catching a news segment one night, and ironically the focus of the piece was about the possible development of the male pill. Turned out that 10 couples attempting IVF weren't getting embryos (like my husband and I)...I spoke with the research biologist who was interviewed for the piece, who figured out the problem, which is not widely written about or discussed. It was the men's high blood pressure medicine (calcium channel blockers, not the beta blockers), which rendered the sperm incapable of fertilizing an egg (Yet, in testing, the sperm will appear normal, except for the hamster egg test, when you learn the sperm doesn't penetrate the egg, which leads to an IVF attempt to put a hole in the egg, hoping the sperm finds its way in). I was on fertility drugs and my husband was basically on birth control! We were very lucky, and the third IVF attempt was successful (the first two didn't even produce an embryo, even with ICSI). Here's an article explaining Dr. Benoff's findings, which includes the drug maker's resistance to let the public know about the "side effect" of the blood pressure medicine: http://www.malecontraceptives.org/methods/nifedipine.php I hope this information may help some couples out there. I know the pain and heartache involved with the infertility roller coaster. I remember how depressed I was when I had to write the YEAR on my temperature chart. Best wishes... My husband and I tried for over four years to conceive…cycles of Clomid, Pergonal, Metrodin, inseminations, IVF attempts; tests, exploratory surgeries, you name it. I learned the root of the problem by catching a news segment one night, and ironically the focus of the piece was about the possible development of the male pill. Turned out that 10 couples attempting IVF weren’t getting embryos (like my husband and I)…I spoke with the research biologist who was interviewed for the piece, who figured out the problem, which is not widely written about or discussed. It was the men’s high blood pressure medicine (calcium channel blockers, not the beta blockers), which rendered the sperm incapable of fertilizing an egg (Yet, in testing, the sperm will appear normal, except for the hamster egg test, when you learn the sperm doesn’t penetrate the egg, which leads to an IVF attempt to put a hole in the egg, hoping the sperm finds its way in). I was on fertility drugs and my husband was basically on birth control! We were very lucky, and the third IVF attempt was successful (the first two didn’t even produce an embryo, even with ICSI). Here’s an article explaining Dr. Benoff’s findings, which includes the drug maker’s resistance to let the public know about the “side effect” of the blood pressure medicine: http://www.malecontraceptives.org/methods/nifedipine.php
I hope this information may help some couples out there. I know the pain and heartache involved with the infertility roller coaster. I remember how depressed I was when I had to write the YEAR on my temperature chart. Best wishes…

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