Archive for April, 2006

Clarifying my wife’s age

Friday, April 28th, 2006

I received a funny comment that my wife pictured in my previous articles was underage. The letter sender said I had to wait for her to ovulate before she could get pregnant.
Ha ha ha, he sure does not know much about asian women. My wife and I are Filipino, she was 30 when we were fighting our secondary infertility. Here she is today at age 33 with our 3rd child who was conceived immediately by surprise!

Wow, these infertility tips work too well. Our 2nd child was only 7 months old when she got pregnant with this 3rd child… and I think we only “did it” twice.

Sperm improvement

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

It is practical that the husband first get a sperm analysis as this is the cheapest, fastest and easiest to analyze and remedy. Mine cost less than $10 each time. My usual test is 100 million per ml. But there is always room for improvement.

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Clomid, one of the most common fertility drugs

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

When we were consulting our OB Gyn for infertility after 4 months of trying, she thought that my wife’s “irregular” 35 to 50 days cycle was a problem. Her ultrasound machine showed that my wife was not “regularly” ovulating. She prescribed Clomid for my wife to be taken for a maximum of only 6 months… or else there may be side effects.

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