I started seeing a naturopath and my doctor six years ago because my health (mental and physical) was taking a complete dive. I wondered if my busy and stressful career as a trial lawyer was just getting to me or if something else was at play.
I started taking prenatal vitamins and extra folic acid in preparation for pregnancy, but unfortunately a diagnosis with hypothyroidism and difficulties regulating my thyroid even with the help of an endocrinologist led to a delay in being able to try for a pregnancy (thyroid levels must be in a healthy range to avoid potential problems in pregnancy like miscarriage and brain damage in the developing fetus). My doctor also said that other medications that I was on would have to be removed or replaced in order for me to have a safe and healthy pregnancy.
The years slid by. My endocrinologist said that my thyroid levels were safe to become pregnant. I was referred to a perinatal psychiatrist who looked at my list of medications and my condition and agreed that I could now try to get pregnant. That was November 2013.
My husband and I were so relieved. We had always planned to have children (we even discussed it the first night we met each other) and now we were sure that this would happen in good time. It didn't.
First I went through blood tests. Then he went through blood test. Then I had a pelvic ultrasound. Everything seemed normal. He had a semen analysis done...and another...and another. The results continued to be sub-optimal. He saw a urologist. The urologist thought that sperm quality could be improved with a varicocelectomy. He had this day surgery done in May of 2015. Subsequent semen analyses were about the same. The urologist didn't see why we couldn't get pregnant in spite of this.
But we didn't get pregnant.
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