Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 Freaky, It does not necessarily mean you're sterile. There are many men here who have fathered a child AFTER being diagnosed with hypo. Why don't you have yourself tested, then there is no doubt. If you are fertile, you may want to bank some sperm, as Testosterone replacement therapy tends to make you sterile. What kind of hypo were you diagnosed with? Primary or Secondary? There is a big difference, especially where fertility is concerned. Regards, K4 > i was just diagnosed with hypogonadism and my wife and i are trying > to conceive a child and is there any hope? does this cause total > infertility or is there hope? > > thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 Only via artificial insemenation or adoption. I feel for you, have been there and went with A.I.. produced a beautiful boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 I am secondary and my wife is expecting our first child any day. There is hope! --- kaitain4 <no_reply > wrote: > Freaky, > > It does not necessarily mean you're sterile. There > are many men here > who have fathered a child AFTER being diagnosed with > hypo. Why don't > you have yourself tested, then there is no doubt. If > you are fertile, > you may want to bank some sperm, as Testosterone > replacement therapy > tends to make you sterile. > > What kind of hypo were you diagnosed with? Primary > or Secondary? > There is a big difference, especially where > fertility is concerned. > > > Regards, > > K4 > > > > i was just diagnosed with hypogonadism and my wife > and i are trying > > to conceive a child and is there any hope? does > this cause total > > infertility or is there hope? > > > > thanks > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2003 Report Share Posted July 24, 2003 It is possible you still produce viable sperm. Only a semen analysis can tell you. If you do have some sperm you try artificial insemination. Regards, K4 > i am primary.....is there any way of fathering a child.....in the > process of dr. ordering a semon ananlysis....just want some answers > and comments cause i am scared and wife and i are young and don't > know what to do....thank you all for all the support you can give > me!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Vitamin E is the fertility vitamin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 Hi Jerry, My best guess is you're infertile or nearly so. At 2 years this might still be reversible with Clomid (or similar) stimulation therapy. Bruce > > I've been on testosterone for about two years now. My testes are > about 2/3s the size of grapes and I'm currently taking 150mgs of > depo T weekly by IM injection. I'm not asking for a binding opinion > nor a medical opinion, just an opinion from a bunch of guys who have > been there. What do you think the chances are of me being fertile > right now, while on the injections? Anyone heard of men being > fertile while on the injection? Thanks. > Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 Thanks for the response! Well, I had a bunch of tests to localize the problem and it looks like I'm a primary actually from what he said...I see an endochrinologist for my therapy, and concerning fertility he suggested that I have little to no hope for that.....I just posted to see what others think to get a kind of second opinion from actual patients and not doctors. I also had the whole work up of hormones done because he thought originally it was hyperprolactinemia....but it ended up being a problem directly in my one testicle and concluded the hypogondism. My level of testosterone was 3.6, I think that is in mmol/L but I know the scale for men is from has a minimum of 8.0, so I'm definatly low. Anyways, I see my doctor again in a couple months, and I already have a list of questions to ask......but this fertility thing is kinda depressing me, so I'm glad that people can help on this forum! Thanks again, and anymore feedback would be greatly appreciated! Dave > > > > > > Hello, I'm kinda new at this. I've been diagnosed with hypogonadism > > and have taken the testosterone injection for 2 months. My symptoms > > started as real painful breasts and gynecomastia. Since my > > injections my breasts have little to no pain, and the size is going > > down. My question for people who have dealt with this for a while > > is concerning fertility. I had one testicle removed about 6 years > > ago because of tortion, and the other one is very small. If there > > is anyone else in similar situation I would appreciate some feedback > > concerning fertility or any other related thing.....like I said I'm > > new here. I'm 25 years old and I kinda am worried about this > > fertility thing as I'm getting married in 6 months. Thank you for > > your time. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 >I'm not sure why you're posting something that I said has been disproven? >This is the old thinking, which, as I said, has now been disproven. The >research finding that women continue to produce eggs into adulthood is quite >new though, I think, so don't expect it to be widely published. Probably 99% >of the sites out there on fertility will have this older, erroneous >information. > Where is the evidence for this? I'd like to see the new research. Certainly the risk for birth defects have been shown to increase with age, or has this been disproven as well? Deanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 -----Original Message----- >From: >[mailto: ]On Behalf Of Deanna Wagner > > > >>I'm not sure why you're posting something that I said has been disproven? >>This is the old thinking, which, as I said, has now been disproven. The >>research finding that women continue to produce eggs into >adulthood is quite >>new though, I think, so don't expect it to be widely published. >Probably 99% >>of the sites out there on fertility will have this older, erroneous >>information. >> >Where is the evidence for this? Oh somewhere on the Net I'm sure. I thought I'd saved my email to with the citation, but I can't find it. However, if you write her, I'm sure she'd probably send you the citation. http://www.gardenoffertility.com/ I'd like to see the new research. >Certainly the risk for birth defects have been shown to increase with >age, or has this been disproven as well? I have no idea. Suze Fisher Lapdog Design, Inc. Web Design & Development http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine http://www.westonaprice.org ---------------------------- " The diet-heart idea (the idea that saturated fats and cholesterol cause heart disease) is the greatest scientific deception of our times. " -- Mann, MD, former Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University, Tennessee; heart disease researcher. The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics <http://www.thincs.org> ---------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 Suze Fisher wrote: > > > I'm not sure why you're posting something that I said has been disproven? > This is the old thinking, which, as I said, has now been disproven. The > research finding that women continue to produce eggs into adulthood is > quite > new though, I think, so don't expect it to be widely published. > Probably 99% > of the sites out there on fertility will have this older, erroneous > information. > > > > Suze Fisher It is published (see link below), but it doesn't really " disprove " that women become less fertile as they age, nor that the eggs a woman is born with don't age (or get damaged in utero and so cause problems later). It just shows that new eggs can get produced during life: http://www.hms.harvard.edu/news/pressreleases/mgh/0304egg_cells.html Among many potential implications of the study is a different mechanism underlying ovarian aging. It is known that eggs released by older women are more likely to be abnormal, which has been attributed to the eggs themselves being older. But the problems could instead be the result of aging of the germline stem cells that produce the oocytes. If these stem cells could be identified and isolated, a whole new set of options for treating or preventing infertility might open up. -- Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 >-----Original Message----- >From: >[mailto: ]On Behalf Of Heidi >> >> >> I'm not sure why you're posting something that I said has been disproven? >> This is the old thinking, which, as I said, has now been disproven. The >> research finding that women continue to produce eggs into adulthood is >> quite >> new though, I think, so don't expect it to be widely published. >> Probably 99% >> of the sites out there on fertility will have this older, erroneous >> information. >> >> >> >> Suze Fisher > >It is published (see link below), but it doesn't really " disprove " that >women >become less fertile as they age, nor that the eggs >a woman is born with don't age (or get damaged in utero >and so cause problems later). It just shows that new eggs >can get produced during life: > >http://www.hms.harvard.edu/news/pressreleases/mgh/0304egg_cells.html Ah! Thanks for finding that! No, but this *does* prove that mammals produce eggs into adulthood, which is what I was referring to when I said that what Deanna had posted about females being born with all the eggs had been disproven. Suze Fisher Lapdog Design, Inc. Web Design & Development http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine http://www.westonaprice.org ---------------------------- “The diet-heart idea (the idea that saturated fats and cholesterol cause heart disease) is the greatest scientific deception of our times.” -- Mann, MD, former Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University, Tennessee; heart disease researcher. The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics <http://www.thincs.org> ---------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 Suze, > >Oh somewhere on the Net I'm sure. I thought I'd saved my email to with >the citation, but I can't find it. However, if you write her, I'm sure she'd >probably send you the citation. http://www.gardenoffertility.com/ > I might do that. Heidi also posted something I haven't viewed yet. Singer wrote an informative article on reproductive health for this WT. It's a good read. Deanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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