Monday, February 1, 2010

Wait and See People

After the surgery, the doctor met with me while Charlie was still unconscious and told me that there was a 60/40 chance of success. He said, "Sometimes I go in and know immediately that this was successful. Other times, it's a wait and see situation. You guys are going to be wait and see people." We went in for our first test 2 months later, nervous and a bit stressed out. After being told repeatedly by Charlie that no, he can't, "feel it working", I just wanted to know if we could get pregnant.
After testing, the results looked pretty good. We had 4 million sperm in the sample and they had some motility. FYI: Motility is a biological term which refers to the ability to move spontaneously and actively, consuming energy in the process. Most animals are motile but the term applies to single-celled and simple multicellular organisms, as distinguished from animal locomotion....Not the same as mobility. You will be corrected in medical facilities if you try to ask if sperm are mobile. They're not. Apparently they're motile.
Anyway, the goal is to get somewhere in the area of 20 million sperm that show motility, but 4 million, we were told, is normal for 2-3 months after the procedure. So we were a go! We could try and get pregnant. The operation was a success.....

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