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My DH has retrograde ejaculation(nerve damage from surgery). We have been advised to try using Sudafed for a few months to see if this helps close the bladder neck and allow sperm to be ejaculated. If that fails we need to go back to the fertility clinic. Does anyone have any insight if Sudafed actually can work? I am really not wanting to do IVF as I will require the drugs regardless of personally having no fertility issues. I am feeling pretty low about it all as the advice we have been given so far is if this doesn' work we are going into IVF or IUI.
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natalie08
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Hi, I can see that you asked this quite a while ago but just in case, I thought I would respond. : )
My husband also has retrograde ejaculation as well, only his was caused by type 1 diabetes. We have been trying to conceive for almost two years and finally had IVF done last week. I am currently in the 2 week wait. I am also like you, no fertility problems whatsoever. However, because of my husbands retrograde, our reproductive endocrinologist recommended IVF with ICSI for the best chances of conception.
To answer your question, yes, the 12 hour sudafed works wonders! My husband would normally not get anything out. After a few days of being on the Sudafed, he was able to give two sperm samples for a semen analysis.
The only drawback of the sudafed is that it makes it a little more difficult to get an erection because it relaxes the muscles so much.
But, I would definately give it a try!
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Marina
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Natalie,I never knew about that!We had male factor also on a top of my problems,my husband had partial retrograde,that's why his count was very low,but probably enough to do ICSI.But they never mentioned Sudafed...
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natalie08
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Marina,
Our RE made sudafed mandatory for my husband since it was the only way that he could get anything out for the samples. He has a very bad case of retrograde to where nothing will come out. But, after 5 days of being on the sudafed, he went to give his sample and the embryologist said that it was the best retrograde sample that they had seen because of the amount he was able to give.
Had it not have been for the sudafed, Im not sure what we would have done
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