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High FSH Levels

I just found out that I have an abnormally high FSH level. It's 12.5 and I'm 37. My doctor is not too hopeful about my conceiving and has refered me to a specialist. The specialist's nurse told me as I was making the appointment that my levels were so high, I would have a really hard tiem getting pregant and not to get my hopes up. Has anyone had levels like these or a similar problem. I'm so unhappy right now and can't stop thinking about it:
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please can someone send me an email to ***@****. about acupunture and weat grass am 32 with FSH of 11. been trying to conceive for about 3 years now.Please i will be very grateful if i get a reply soonest .Thanks
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please can someone send me an email to ***@****. about acupunture and weat grass am 32 with FSH of 11. been trying to conceive for about 3 years now.Please i will be very grateful if i get a reply soonest .Thanks
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That is such great news!!!!!!  Congratulations to you!!!  I am 45 and wanting a tubal reversal this year so hoping I get lucky like you-love hearing stories like yours that are so full of hope-and never giving up-thanks for sharing your journey and best wishes!:)
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Hi Katy
Can I ask which doctor you have used and clinic
I have had tests done and my fish came back at 58 but I have normal periods and according to the ovulation test kit I am ovulating and it looks like I am ovulating early so I am looking for someone like your doctor who will do all possible test in me

Thank you Donna
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Hi Katy
Can I ask which doctor you have used and clinic
I have had tests done and my fish came back at 58 but I have normal periods and according to the ovulation test kit I am ovulating and it looks like I am ovulating early so I am looking for someone like your doctor who will do all possible test in me

Thank you Donna
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I will be following your foot steps thank you, you give me hope.
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after 6 months of trying, I had all the tests done, and my FSH level was a 12.5 at 35 years old.  I was told my only option would be IVF, and I was devastated.  I started to relax and stop trying because we didn't have the money at the time for IVF (I had cut out drinking, caffeine, was taking pre-natals, we were trying all the time etc) and just started living a normal life.  I got pregnant naturally less than 2 months later.  Anything is possible and miracles happen.
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I am giving birth anyway now...(mis-spelled)
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I am 51 years young, 98%raw vegan foodist..My FSH today is 61.1 and I am ready to give birth anyway...
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My FSH level is 61.2 and I am 40 weeks pregnant and am 51 years young.  I am 97% raw vegan for over 7 years...I look in my late 30's..So, how is it that i am pregnant with such a high level of FSH?

smiles&thanx
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I am 36 years old, never been pregnant and trying to conceive for the first time. I have only been on birth control for about 6 mths of my life and I stopped taking it in Nov. 2013. My OBGYN says that everything looks normal and that we should try naturally for at least 6mths. It has been 5mth now, and nothing yet. I have regular periods and seem to ovulate regularly. A family member scared me to death the other day, and told me that there had to be something wrong for me to have gone this long without getting pregnant. She insisted I get my FSH levels checked. She said that if they are high, then I wont be able to get pregnant. Also, she said that because I am so old that I will have a high chance of having unhealthy eggs, and an unhealthy baby. Needless to say, I made an appt. to have my FSH levels checked this month. What if they are high??? What should I talk to my doctor about? What are my options?? HELP!
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Don't listen to the bad news.... They are only making educated guesses, this is what I just posted "I know this post is 7 years old, but I had to post. I'm 45 and had my son four months and three days ago at the age of 45 and 4 months old. I tried fertility treatments, etc, etc. got pregnant twice, once naturally but miscarried at 8 weeks 3 years ago, and once with natural IVF (no stims, just waited for one egg) and it was a chemical pregnancy that ended at 5 weeks eight months before I conceived my son.

The month before I conceived him (naturally) I had another round of non-medicated IVF. My day 3 FSH level was 46.5!!!! That's not a typo...the month before I conceived my son my day 3 FSH level was forty six point five! The thing we did different, was we gave up trying to conceive. We found an adoption lawyer, completely gave up on TTC, went on vacation and just enjoyed our freedom from fertility stress.

Three weeks after the holiday, I tested positive on 3 HPTs. I still took my temps and knew I ovulated while we were on vacation, but didn't think it would happen. And now my son is sleeping next to me on our sofa! Don't lose hope ladies. Just try to relax. I know it's hard, I tried and couldn't either for five years. But you have to stop the obsession. He is my first child. I feel so blessed. Thanks for listening and I hope this helps give you hope.

Two infertility doctors said I would never conceive. I even had very, very low AMH levels three years before he was born. The doctor that took that test said I had a one in ten thousand chance of ever getting me pregnant, so I guess my son was a once in 30,000 chance! The doctors are only making educated guesses. Hold what you believe in your heart!"
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I know this post is 7 years old, but I had to post. I'm 45 and had my son four months and three days ago at the age of 45 and 4 months old. I tried fertility treatments, etc, etc. got pregnant twice, once naturally but miscarried at 8 weeks 3 years ago, and once with natural IVF (no stims, just waited for one egg) and it was a chemical pregnancy that ended at 5 weeks eight months before I conceived my son.

The month before I conceived him (naturally) I had another round of non-medicated IVF. My day 3 FSH level was 46.5!!!! That's not a typo...the month before I conceived my son my day 3 FSH level was forty six point five! The thing we did different, was we gave up trying to conceive. We found an adoption lawyer, completely gave up on TTC, went on vacation and just enjoyed our freedom from fertility stress.

Three weeks after the holiday, I tested positive on 3 HPTs. I still took my temps and knew I ovulated while we were on vacation, but didn't think it would happen. And now my son is sleeping next to me on our sofa! Don't lose hope ladies. Just try to relax. I know it's hard, I tried and couldn't either for five years. But you have to stop the obsession. He is my first child. I feel so blessed. Thanks for listening and I hope this helps give you hope.

Two infertility doctors said I would never conceive. I even had very, very low AMH levels three years before he was born. The doctor that took that test said I had a one in ten thousand chance of ever getting me pregnant, so I guess my son was a once in 30,000 chance! The doctors are only making educated guesses. Hold what you believe I. Your heart!
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Your post definitely gives me a lot of hope!  I was told my FSH is 13 earlier this week and have been devastated. I am 38 and we also had a miscarriage last year, the fertility doc said it might have been down to my FSH levels?? They are sending me for more blood tests and another internal scan and then I will go back to see the doc again... Hopefully it all works out and I can go for IVF soon!
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Sorry for the miscarriage, but congratulations on your pregnancy.  I am currently 45 and would like to get pregnant.  I have had the initial bloodwork and waiting for the results of the AMH and FSH.  Did you do anything in particular to help along the pregnancy?
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Just to give hope to anyone with high FSH - mine came up to 14.7 and I fell pregnant second time round.  I used a sperm donor as I'm single and now only have 4 weeks to go:).  I was 36 too which would have made it that extra difficult.  Cheer up!!
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I just turned 28 and have been wondering the same thing. Five years ago my FSH level was 154, and I just had my levels rechecked it is at 133. I have been on Estrogen patches and Prometrium so far and all I have been told is that the odds of me getting pregnant might be around 10%. I haven't had a period for over a year, and I am thinking of trying the acupuncture and Chinese herbal remedies also. I am already taking wheat grass on occasion, so hopefully something gives. Good luck to you, I hope things have worked out.
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I just finished Day 3 and day 10 of Clomid Challenge Test and was told my FSH is much too high...  I am 34 yrs old and have been married almost 12 years.  I lost our first baby in Sept 2004, then another one in March of 2009.  I have been unable to conceive again.  I was told back in 2006 that I was in premature "ovarian Failure".   I also have endometriosis and was diagnosed with PCOS.  It has been a hard long road...  After reading your post, I am curious as to the meds you mentioned and your success with them.  Would you mind going into more detail about what you did?  I had figured that after what the dr. told me yesterday, that my chances of ever successfully conceiving and having a baby are quite impossible now, but your post gives me some hope.  btw, back when all this started, I was referred to a reproductive endocrinologist who matter-of-factly told me (over the phone) that my chances of ever having a baby are 1 in a million :(  I was also informed my eggs are like those of a 70 year old (though no invasive procedures of any kind were ever done).  Way to give a gal hope... hunh?!
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Thanks for your feedback. My FSH levels are 12.3 and there's something abnormal with my ovaries. I cannot afford IVF or IUI treatments, so I'm going to be stronger than my brain. This stuff stresses you out. I will order the book and keep you posted.
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I visited a holistic counselor a couple of months ago and she suggested using progesterone cream and wow my cycles have started and I feel like my old self again. I am waiting new fsh level results and hopefully this will work and I will be pregnant soon. I met another woman in the area and she said her sister-in-law is a midwife and suggested the same and she now has two babies :) Hope this helps!
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I am having the same issue. My family doc ran a hormonal blood work and said all the results were normal. I had this because my periods became irregular and I though it was due to stress since my mother had terminal brain cancer. I just turned 38 and had a tubal reversal in hopes of conceiving. Today I left the gyno dissapointed after she asked of the family doctor had given me my results ( of course he said normal). She said my fsh was abnormal and it was 28. I am scared that now I will not be able to conceive. She prescribed a 7 day of provera to start my period and then she plans to re check my fsh levels
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I am having the same issue ..my level was 28 and the doctor who took those labs said the results were normal. Mind you this is prior to a tubal reversal i had this last July. My gyno just told me what the results were and asked if my family doctor told me the results. She put me on provera to stimulate my period and suggested doing a  new fsh level test. So disappointing is all I can say. I am 38 and have always been healthy and pretty much normal. No history of early menopause in my family either.
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Just so you know you gave me much hope. I always had normal cycles until my mom had brain cancer last Sept., then my periods became irregular. June of this year I had a hormonal panel done as well as an ultrasound to make sure it was not due to early menopause because my husband and I had decided to have a tubal reversal this July. My family physician said all was normal on two different occasions. Well I scheduled a gyno appt and just got back to find out that my hormonal panel results were not normal and my FSH level was 28. I just turned 38 this July  and this really devastates me. My gyno has put me on provera and plans on scheduling a three day as soon as I start my cycle. No one in my family has had early menopause so I am so very confused about what is going on. I paid out of pocket for the tubal reversal and had high hopes to find this out :(
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Forgot to add - I stress "get the lump out " because mine was reported as benign after a very invasive core biopsy.  I followed my instinct, as I always have, and they called me two days later, stunned to report they found cancer in it!!  Mammogram missed it 2 months earlier, biopsy stated benign and it was cancer!!!!  My instinct saved my life!  Trust your woman's intuition!  It's never wrong.

If you aren't getting the support and answers you need and want, find another doctor!!!!  Its your life and your happiness that matters.  Get aggressive and take your own health back into your own hands.  Find someone willing, and more importantly, just as passionate as you are, about fulfilling your dream of having a baby!
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