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low amh level & chances w/IVF
This is my first time ever posting...or joining anywhere for that matter. I was told today that my AMH level is .03, yet we were encouraged to try at least one round of IVF before donor eggs were discussed. I would love to hear any similar scenarios (good or bad) just to know what to expect. I thought I had done ample reading and was well informed about the process, but after today I feel like I have been thrown in the deep end and very overwhelmed. Any clarity of what I am about to take on would help...
You are so welcome!!! A good thing to do when you see your doctor is to take a note pad, with all the questions or things you want to talk about, because sometimes it can be overwhelming, and you can forget things. Doctors are totally fine with this, and often expect it!
I'm doing my test on Feb 5. I don't feel confident at all, as I have lots of menstrual like pains, but it is hard to say, as I also had these pains with my two previous pregnancies, and also with my two failed IUIs last year, so it really could go either way. Whatever, I will probably do another IVF. I'm also waiting to hear if any of my other embryos got to blastocyst, or got frozen, as that will give me a bit of hope.
For sure be in touch. It's so comforting having other women going through the same thing.
Marietta XOX
I'm doing my test on Feb 5. I don't feel confident at all, as I have lots of menstrual like pains, but it is hard to say, as I also had these pains with my two previous pregnancies, and also with my two failed IUIs last year, so it really could go either way. Whatever, I will probably do another IVF. I'm also waiting to hear if any of my other embryos got to blastocyst, or got frozen, as that will give me a bit of hope.
For sure be in touch. It's so comforting having other women going through the same thing.
Marietta XOX
Hi Boudreau,
I noticed you're in SC also. I was reading your post and I continue to be amazed at the different things women are told in similar situations. I am 38 yeares old. In December I got my FSH results of 17.3 and AMH of 0.2. I was told I had less than a 1% chance of having a biological child even with the most agressive meds and IVF. I was given those results and the donor egg speech about 3 minutes into the office visit. (Are you by chance in the Charleston area? I am and I know of only one Fertility Clinic there.) I came out devastated and angry at that RE. I wondered if he was bias towards me due to the fact that I was pursuing single motherhood. Anyway, I arranged to see a different RE in NC who agreed with the first RE's diagnosis but was much nicer about it and willing to work with me. I ended up getting pregnant naturally in January. My "research" lead me to believe that my chances were just as good naturally as they were with ART and I didn't want to skip an opportunity since I was looking at around March to start any actual ART. I have my first ultrasound on 2/8. I am continuing under the care of the NC RE at least through my first trimester.
I noticed you're in SC also. I was reading your post and I continue to be amazed at the different things women are told in similar situations. I am 38 yeares old. In December I got my FSH results of 17.3 and AMH of 0.2. I was told I had less than a 1% chance of having a biological child even with the most agressive meds and IVF. I was given those results and the donor egg speech about 3 minutes into the office visit. (Are you by chance in the Charleston area? I am and I know of only one Fertility Clinic there.) I came out devastated and angry at that RE. I wondered if he was bias towards me due to the fact that I was pursuing single motherhood. Anyway, I arranged to see a different RE in NC who agreed with the first RE's diagnosis but was much nicer about it and willing to work with me. I ended up getting pregnant naturally in January. My "research" lead me to believe that my chances were just as good naturally as they were with ART and I didn't want to skip an opportunity since I was looking at around March to start any actual ART. I have my first ultrasound on 2/8. I am continuing under the care of the NC RE at least through my first trimester.
Hi Baby Jazz,
I just read your post and it encouraged me a little. I wanted to sare my story. I just turned 34 and three days ago I received a shocking news of FSH 32, AMH 0.03! I can't believe this can be true, as I have never had these low values. I have been always very disciplined with attending a gynecologist, always checking hormonal status and nobody else before told me that I have a problem and I should not loose time. I should probably tell you that I was pregnant (naturally concieved) 3 years ago and i lost my baby in a very advanced stage. Ever since, I am fighting with the hormonal values of FSH and E2, but nothing of this type. I am angree at my doctors (SO MANY OF THEM!) and I am at the end of my reproductive age according to these results. Could you or somebody else tell me, have you had any experience with such high values of FSH and extremely (theoretically 0) value of AMH? My ovaries have never been stimulated, nor I have been considered as IVF candidate and now suddenly I am advised to go for egg donor option?!!! How can I accept this? It is fully out my concious, call me selfish or poor, but this I can not absorbe that easily or shall I say not at all!. My husband too.... I am so sad and angry at the same time. My head is killing me for three days in a row, I can not think positively and I have lost every reason for living. Honestly. Nothing makes me happy. I am a doctor btw, coming from a south-east country in Europe where medicine is ok, but not on such an advanced technology level.
I would be grateful of any comments, thoughts and experiences on very high FSH levels, low AMH and biological pregnancy.
THANK YOU!
I just read your post and it encouraged me a little. I wanted to sare my story. I just turned 34 and three days ago I received a shocking news of FSH 32, AMH 0.03! I can't believe this can be true, as I have never had these low values. I have been always very disciplined with attending a gynecologist, always checking hormonal status and nobody else before told me that I have a problem and I should not loose time. I should probably tell you that I was pregnant (naturally concieved) 3 years ago and i lost my baby in a very advanced stage. Ever since, I am fighting with the hormonal values of FSH and E2, but nothing of this type. I am angree at my doctors (SO MANY OF THEM!) and I am at the end of my reproductive age according to these results. Could you or somebody else tell me, have you had any experience with such high values of FSH and extremely (theoretically 0) value of AMH? My ovaries have never been stimulated, nor I have been considered as IVF candidate and now suddenly I am advised to go for egg donor option?!!! How can I accept this? It is fully out my concious, call me selfish or poor, but this I can not absorbe that easily or shall I say not at all!. My husband too.... I am so sad and angry at the same time. My head is killing me for three days in a row, I can not think positively and I have lost every reason for living. Honestly. Nothing makes me happy. I am a doctor btw, coming from a south-east country in Europe where medicine is ok, but not on such an advanced technology level.
I would be grateful of any comments, thoughts and experiences on very high FSH levels, low AMH and biological pregnancy.
THANK YOU!
I just wanted to post a positive story. After 3 miscarriages and a couple of IUI rounds with clomid, my AMH was 0.7. the head of the fertility in london, (best in the uk) told me i would have to do 10 IVF cycles to get a baby. I did two IVF cycles and only had 3 eggs from either of them, and only 1 fertilised egg from each cycle. None of them took.
Very frustrated and sad, I took 7 months off of all fertility drugs, detoxed, did acupuncture and got my AMH tested at the end of that period and it went up to 2.4x. Still low but better. I did IVF for a third time, only 2 eggs fertilised but both were top quality and I had a baby girl last May.
Now, two years later, I am 36 and my AMH was just tested and its 6. Still in the low but signficantly better. All the fertility drugs I am convinced make your results even lower. As an aside, I just saw a specialist here who advised me that for women with low AMH below 2 or 3, he advised TTC naturally rather than doing IVF because the uterine lining gets destroyed by the drugs used in IVF making miscarriages even more likely.
I would reiterate that this AMH test is so new that doctors advice around the globe differs alot so try your best not to take any doctor's advice as the holy grail. I felt like it was never ever going to happen for me and it finally did. it will happen for you too and i would advise trying naturally or doing IVF (with acupuncture) for as long as you can hack it before starting down the egg donor route.
Very frustrated and sad, I took 7 months off of all fertility drugs, detoxed, did acupuncture and got my AMH tested at the end of that period and it went up to 2.4x. Still low but better. I did IVF for a third time, only 2 eggs fertilised but both were top quality and I had a baby girl last May.
Now, two years later, I am 36 and my AMH was just tested and its 6. Still in the low but signficantly better. All the fertility drugs I am convinced make your results even lower. As an aside, I just saw a specialist here who advised me that for women with low AMH below 2 or 3, he advised TTC naturally rather than doing IVF because the uterine lining gets destroyed by the drugs used in IVF making miscarriages even more likely.
I would reiterate that this AMH test is so new that doctors advice around the globe differs alot so try your best not to take any doctor's advice as the holy grail. I felt like it was never ever going to happen for me and it finally did. it will happen for you too and i would advise trying naturally or doing IVF (with acupuncture) for as long as you can hack it before starting down the egg donor route.
I just wanted to post a positive story. After 3 miscarriages and a couple of IUI rounds with clomid, my AMH was 0.7. the head of the fertility in london, (best in the uk) told me i would have to do 10 IVF cycles to get a baby. I did two IVF cycles and only had 3 eggs from either of them, and only 1 fertilised egg from each cycle. None of them took.
Very frustrated and sad, I took 7 months off of all fertility drugs, detoxed, did acupuncture and got my AMH tested at the end of that period and it went up to 2.4x. Still low but better. I did IVF for a third time, only 2 eggs fertilised but both were top quality and I had a baby girl last May.
Now, two years later, I am 36 and my AMH was just tested and its 6. Still in the low but signficantly better. All the fertility drugs I am convinced make your results even lower. As an aside, I just saw a specialist here who advised me that for women with low AMH below 2 or 3, he advised TTC naturally rather than doing IVF because the uterine lining gets destroyed by the drugs used in IVF making miscarriages even more likely.
I would reiterate that this AMH test is so new that doctors advice around the globe differs alot so try your best not to take any doctor's advice as the holy grail. I felt like it was never ever going to happen for me and it finally did. it will happen for you too and i would advise trying naturally or doing IVF (with acupuncture) for as long as you can hack it before starting down the egg donor route.
Very frustrated and sad, I took 7 months off of all fertility drugs, detoxed, did acupuncture and got my AMH tested at the end of that period and it went up to 2.4x. Still low but better. I did IVF for a third time, only 2 eggs fertilised but both were top quality and I had a baby girl last May.
Now, two years later, I am 36 and my AMH was just tested and its 6. Still in the low but signficantly better. All the fertility drugs I am convinced make your results even lower. As an aside, I just saw a specialist here who advised me that for women with low AMH below 2 or 3, he advised TTC naturally rather than doing IVF because the uterine lining gets destroyed by the drugs used in IVF making miscarriages even more likely.
I would reiterate that this AMH test is so new that doctors advice around the globe differs alot so try your best not to take any doctor's advice as the holy grail. I felt like it was never ever going to happen for me and it finally did. it will happen for you too and i would advise trying naturally or doing IVF (with acupuncture) for as long as you can hack it before starting down the egg donor route.
I have been reading all your stories and information on the hard road to get pregnant, we have just gone to a fertility clinic for help because we have been trying for 3yrs to have a second baby. I have just recieved my AMH results and we are devistated they are 0.03. I dont know any of my other results all iv been told was that they were all good and i was nowhere near the menopause !!!! We have been told we "could" try drugs but the outlook is not very good.Is there anyone who has had similar results and had a full term pregnancy.
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