u/BlackberryOk7416

To explain:

I started having brown spotting May 8th
Full period: May 9th - May 11th (but the weird part is it was lighter then usual - like it filled a pad, but not the way it usually does)
May 11th when I wiped, I had a big blood clot - not huge, but bigger than a quarter - but then my period tapered off - I called my gyno who stated that although it can be a cause for concern, in this instant, she doesn’t believe there’s any concern
May 12th - no period in sight at all, used the bathroom in the afternoon and when I wiped I saw bright red/pink , then have intercourse with my husband and boom, I use the bathroom and see bright red
May 13th have another fun time with my husband and this time when I wiped it was dark red

I have never had this happened before. None of these are enough to fill a pad at all, like they aren’t even getting on the pad. It only shows up when I wipe. I haven’t had any pain at all except for the 8th where I had intense back pain, but other than that I haven’t felt anything.

My husband was told he had grade 1 varicocele years ago, and was told it wouldn’t affect his fertility - and since he had no symptoms, they should leave it.

Well, almost 3 years of trying and no baby. We did 3 different sperm analysis and although he has a decent count (68 million, 90 million and 116 million) his motility, vitalité and morphology aren’t good at all. (Motility 13% progressive, 11% progressive and now 5% progressive - Morphology was 3% and then the other two were 1% - vitalité was 30%, 28% and now 23%)

We have been told we had to do IVF by our RE and that was the only way we would ever have kids. If we wanted to continue naturally, we would have less than a 3% chance of it happening (we did an IVF cycle - 3 failed implantations). Well, we met with a urologist (a second one) because my husband went for an embolization and apparently it failed. The second urologist we ended up meeting with said he was a bit shocked by the push for IVF and the fact they failed to do the embolization. So, we are going in for a surgery to help remove the vein as it isn’t grade 1, it’s grade 2, and they should’ve done the proper research beforehand. They went off documents from his very first exam (4 years ago).

Well, my husband has been cleared for surgery on the 12th of June and I was genuinely wondering what to expect.