Ok I'm 27, have 7 y/o precious girl from a previous relationship. I have irregular periods (always have), questionable PCOS, questionable endometriosis, have had a 7cm cyst on L ovary b/f. Have been overweight for the majority of marriage, but have recently lost 55lbs to help with conception. My husband had undescended testes at birth requiring surgery, Bilateral inguinal hernia repairs at 4, and epididymitis twice. I have taken Clomid 50mg for two cycles without ovulation on the proper day. Doc says I ovulate b/c I do have periods. They are usually every 5 to 8 weeks, last 6 days, painful for 1st couple of days then normal. My husbands sperm count is low, but his morph and motility is fine. Urologist friend said that he would need to take Clomid and we might need to do IUI. I am just confused about the whole thing. I started using progesterone cream to help regulate my periods but I don't know the days to start and stop. I started use on day 12 and stopped on day 27. On day 28, I felt like I having an ovarian cyst, sudden swollenlike pain on L lower pelvic region, swelling pain dissipated after 3 hours but is still slightly sore the the touch 24 hours later. I took and OPT and it was slightly positive. I figure I started trying to release the egg, developed a cyst causing the pain, it ruptured and now I am a little sore. But, I did try to ovulate. I am a nurse and am not opposed to try home IUI. I am sure it is not as successful as if done in the clinical setting, but nevertheless it is worth a try. So my questions are...

Can you still release an egg even with cyst development?

Does anyone have any advice or suggestions of remedies for our conditions?

Does anyone have any advice for days to use progesterone cream?

Does anyone have any advice for the L pelvic pain?

Advice Diverticulitis vs. Ovarian cyst? no history of dvtlts but + for ovar cyst

Any advice for natural male treatment for low sperm count?
he did quit eliminate alcohol consumption and switched to boxers
Any advice would be great! I am open to anything! I know I'm not a doc, just a nurse, but I just really want to figure this out on my own without spending money that I don't have on fertility treatments! Thanks!

I don't have the answers to all your questions but I wanted to tell you my situation which is similar:
I have irregular periods and my husband's count and motility is low. We did IVF (1 fresh, 1 frozen and a 2nd fresh back in '06). We got pg on the last try and our daughter just turned one. We are now trying for our 2nd child and hoping that we can do it naturally this time. I've been temping and my DH has been taking a whole lot of vitamins and herbal supplements (like a fertility blend for men) and we both have been doing acupuncture. (I also did acupuncture during that last attempt at IVF.) We've been trying for a few months now. I'm going to test tomorrow to see if this cycle worked...I think it might have!;) I'll keep you posted!

Sorry, I didn't get back to you right away. I don't know if you read my other posts but I got a BFN and AF came the same day. We are dealing with it at the moment but now considering IUI before doing IVF again. We are changing our RE and hoping that we may be able to do a less invasive route this time around. If nothing else happens in the next 2 cycles, we will do IVF in July. Good luck to you!:angel: