Tina's Story Posted July 3, 2005 Me and my husband have been trying to have a child since 1998 and have been unable to. After trying for over 5 years without success we finally went to an infertility doctor in 2004 and to our amazement we have found out that my husband has a very low sperm count (azoospermia or asosperima). I also have irregular periods (I have always had). Our only hope is that we would have to use a sperm donor with IUI. My husband is a little nervous about that as was I. He says he doesn't know if he can deal with the fact that the child wouldn't be his biological child. I keep trying to tell him that it doesn't matter where "our" child comes from as along as we have one together. I am trying to cope the pain that my husband is going through along with my own pain. We have started thinking more about starting the IUI's but have heard so many horror stories about IUI's. I have heard that they don't work anyway and that I should go straight into having an IVF done. I am needing anyone who as gone with this and been successful to please email me at and let me know that there is hope out there for us. We have longed to have a child... It breaks my heart to have friends and family becoming pregnant and I can't. Any information will be very helpful.