Sounds like my life's story. I had a child 10 years ago and my husband and I have been trying for (his 1st and my 2nd) 3 years now.
I pretty much got the run around also! Finally a doctor listened. I did go and get the histpingogram (however you spell it) basically they inserted a balloon like thing and shot air/dye into me. My results were good. The dye is so that when they xray it will show up. If your tubes are not blocked and fine, the dye will go all the ways through. That is good. The next step is get you pg. It is painful and embarrassing having a tech do it, but worth it.
The next thing I did is get on clomid. My periods are so irregular that that did not work. I am now on metformin and clomid. I am ovulating, but it is now my 4 month of ovulating and taking the medication and it has not worked (getting pg). I wish you luck.
The procedure that I am currently doing (last 3 months and soon to be 4th month) is called iui. They monitor me and see if there are any follicles (eggs) and when confirmed (which there has been 3 each time) they then take my hubbies sperm and wash them (make them more active) and they insert the sperm into me. This is also a bit painful but not as much as the pain of not having a child. My husband and I are starting to feel that we need to give up soon and think more towards adoption. It is just so expensive. We just want a child to love and raise.
Good luck and keep in touch

Yeah that sounds something like me...Now the only problem is when I called the gyn the other day they told me it has been too long since I was there and now I have to be re-referred back to them again...Talk about a pain...I have not seen them because they could never get a time to do it when it was right and then they go to tell me that they dont have the results to my husbands test..So I guess they lost them...I am thinking along the lines of being referred to a different one all together..Maybe then I will get some results..Taking the clomid did it make your periods regular???
Thanks for the response...I did not think anyone was going to answer...

The dye test is commonly called an hsg. I had one after doing several cycles of clomid and before using gonal-f injections. It was slightly painful, but no worse than the bloating of a bad period.


I have pcos, and don't regularly ovulate. However, we were lucky enough to conceive 7 years ago by accident, so we're hoping for #2.


Please seek out an ob/gyn who specialized in infertility. My regular gyn also gave the run-around, and wanted to wait and wait before starting treatment.


My current office has an entire floor specializing in intra-uterine ultrasound, hsg, specialty nurses and other infertility patient care. You probably have one in your town too - just need to find them.


I used several cycles of clomid unsuccessfully. They only allow you to use it for so many cycles, because it can fuel the growth of cysts on your ovaries.


Now i've been using daily gonal-f injections along with 1500mg of metformin. This is my second cycle, with a cycle off in-between for the ovaries to rest. I also have my estrogen levels drawn every third day along with an intra-uterine ultrasound to look at my ovaries.


The see how many mature follicles you develop, and decide whether to continue or not. Too many, they won't allow you to inseminate - too few they also cancel.


I have had 1 mature follicle each time, just saw one on the ultrasound today.

if all goes well, on day 13 or 14 you'll inject yourself with a drug to force the eggs to release. The next day you'll be inseminated.

Then you often use progesterone vaginal suppositories to help you "keep" the pregnancy.


The injections have been difficult, but i'm surprising myself. It's not too painful - but with mixing up your own drugs it can be complicated. The Dr. Will give you info sheets and the nurses guide you through the first one.


The gonal-f injections are expensive! 30 ampules cost over $2k! It varies how long that will last you. They have you use 2, 3, 4 ampules a day based on your estrogen levels. I've never gone beyond 4. Hope your insurance covers it. Plus the cost of needles and syringes.

I'd be happy to try and answer any questions you might have. I'm still learning too.


-k.

In your case laparascopy should be done to assess the patency of the fallobians tubes and to role out the presence of adhesion post to the c_section your husband should check his semen parameters.