Post Op Doctor’s visit

Who is the “aaron” person that decided to post all of a sudden?

Seriously though, it’s high time that I got back into the swing of things with posting to the blog. I’d like to thank my lovely wife Malky for filling in for me.

I went to the doctor today for my post op follow up (try saying that 10 times fast) and everything looks good. He told me to continue with the Clomid for the next month then a month after that I need to have a blood test taken to see how things stand. He seemed pretty confident that everything will be good.

On another note, I only gained 3 pounds over the holidays.

More Male Infertility News

Now we shouldn’t drink coffee, beer or wine. Nor should we eat nuts. This is just getting silly.

ICSI sons may have infertility issues

Could the sons that are born with the help of ICSI have problems when they are older? The report from MSNBC seems to say that there is a chance. There is a long way to go in this study though.

Episode 47 – Sinead Moriarty

This episode Malky and I interview author Sinead Moriarty. She is the author of a trilogy of fictional books about a woman’s infertility journey. As always we have the news, a new poll, and some surprises coming up at the end of the podcast.

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Links from the show:

• Varicocele Surgery helping male factor infertility
• Not so fast my friend
• Time off for IVF
• Stirrup Queen
• The Baby Trail
• The Right Fit
• From Here to Maternity
• Beginning and Ending Music from John Benedict
• Hosting and bandwidth by Ataraxia Consulting

Episode 45 – News, News and more News

Malky and I are back to give you some more infertility news and opinion.

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News articles we discussed tonight:

• Will being overweight interfere with sperm production? Yes and No
• Male infertility inherited?
• Men reluctant to seek help for infertility
• Smokers refused access to free IVF

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Is Male Infertility in the Genes?

These studies seem to think so. Excuse me while I call my father to yell at him…

Men are you overweight? Don’t worry about sperm production

In news that makes me quite happy, a new study indicates that overweight men don’t inherently have a problem with sperm production. Of course you may have other problems, but this issue won’t be one of them.

I know that Malky has some legitimate problems with this study and I’m sure that she’ll bring them up in the comments, but for now I’m going to have some more ice cream.  

 

UPDATE: Digging into some older news items I found this opposing viewpoint.

Paint solvents and infertility

There may be a connection.

Cooler Weather, Better Sperm

If this study is correct, we may be moving to the North Pole…