[AllDeliveriesNoBaby]

Originally Posted by Naomi35

Our results came back weird. First dr. Ssaid it was likely a block- probably of the epydidimus.We were psyched and scheduled a surgery to repair it.
Then dr. S called us with the bloodwork results and said dh's chromosomes are messed up- a part of 2 of them broke off and switched, and a oart if one of them is missing.

This is different than y chromosome partial deletion.
This means that our babies- if we could conceive them- have a 1 in 4 chance( I think?) of having a missing or extra chromosome which is really not good and could cause serious issues.

We actually don't feel that we have gotten really clear answers from dr. S as to ur options. I need to call him tomorrow.
We are thinking of going with donor sperm.I think one other option would ne to do ivf and some procedure for dh- and if they could find sperm then they could check the embryo genetically before implanting.
All of it seems crazy right now and we may try to do donor sperm for our first baby as I feel really eager to get pregnant already and it has been a very long road already.

We have one family member of his that we asked and are waiting to hear form. We aren't extreemely close with him ( I have never met him but dh and he grew up together some) so atleast if he said yes it would still be the same family.
But if not, we have no idea what we would do.
Just keep on trying to figure it out.
Let's hope he is willing.

My dh has mosaicism which is apparently another type of chromosome abnormality, but they told us there was <10% chance that they would find anything with a surgery. We decided to go with donor sperm, but had to struggle with how to ask a family member. How did you do it? We ended up feeling that the discussion would be too awkward and we chickened out. We are going with sperm from a bank...

[ritag82]

I posted on here back in Dec when DH was getting referred to a urologist. After out 2 month wait we finally saw the urologist and he did an examination and everything appeared normal and he said he found the vein (cant remember what its called) on each side coming from the testes. He said the testicles are normal too. He asked DH if he had trouble ejaculating or getting irrections...NO. If he had abnormal breast growth or sensitivity..NO. If he had slow hair growth..NO.

All the questions he asked would indicate a hormonal imbalance. (I put 2 and 2 together) So since DH could answer no to all those questions am I correct in assuming it's probably and obstruction?

I sure hope it is an obstruction. But it sounds like you guys are all saying he should have a low amount semen if there was an obstruction.

Also if there's a hormonal imbalance, I'm wondering if there is always signs & symptoms because online where i read up about it there was a list of things. Like, late puberty, slow hair growth, breast growth, low sex drive, low body mass...etc.. NONE of which are troubles for DH

I can hardly wait for this next 2 months when we fnally will know the blood test results.

[YoungSiegfried]

Originally Posted by ritag82

All the questions he asked would indicate a hormonal imbalance. (I put 2 and 2 together) So since DH could answer no to all those questions am I correct in assuming it's probably and obstruction?

I hope for you it'll turn out to be an obstruction. However, many guys suffering from a non-blocking cause haven't had any symptoms either. For instance, the Y chromosome microdeletion cases appear to be mostly asymptomatic.