glasgow centre for reproductive medicine, cardonald glasgow.

[sandoval_star]

My amh was considered low for my age, I'm 31 and it's 8.2. The good thing about knowing your amh is they are able to tailor treatment based on how they expect you to respond. I honestly wouldn't worry too much about having an amh of around 4. I think all in our treatment cost about 5.5k but we had some extra tests done on dh's sperm to check for possible hereditary issues that could be passed to male children. I'd say you're looking at around 5k though. We didn't do the viability testing though, so that will bump the cost up a bit x

 

[Wallie]

My AMH is 9.9 and I'm 38. Basically it just lets them know how you're going to respond to drugs and how many eggs they'd expect to recover. From my flare protocol I got 7 eggs but one was immature. That's what they were expecting.

And yes we spent just under £5k altogether for our cycle and that included drugs.

Most blood tests were done at our GP's office luckily, they just forgot one for my OH, so we did that at the GCRM and it cost £75, so best you try to get them all done at your GP too and that'll save some ££'s.

Hope this helps and even if you don't end of up doing a cycle with them you will have a Consultation with them anyway, you'll see then how nice they are!

 

[sandoval_star]

I was the same as you Wallie - flare protocol and 7 eggs collected which was expected. The amh definitely serves as guide for the experts, I definitely didn't worry too much about being on the lower end x

 

[Lin0]

Hi guys

Hope you don't mind if I join. Starting ivf for the first time and feeling really anxious about it. Getting prostap on thu at Gcrm. Loved reading through your chats, helped calm me down! Always surprises me just how many of us there are out there.
Any advice for newbies would be much appreciated
X

 

[cooch]

Thanks for the advice ladies. Hi LinO, we're is a similar position.

We've booked a place at the GCRM open eve in Feb and will decide from there what we want to do. We're expecting around £5k for each go. I have to say I really would like to do the iui. We're doing the first one guaranteed.

I'm amazed (naieve maybe) that you have such higher levels of AMH than me and got 7 eggs, I would have expected a lot more. I suppose it does only take 1 and in early 30's there should be good quality in there. Sandoval_star, did you ask them many questions about why that was your range at your age?

A friend of mine did IVF 3 times and got 5 eggs each time, her AMH was just lower than mine at the point. Its good they tailor the drugs to try and get a decent number out of us.

 

[Foxybabyhg3]

Hi Ladies

My AMH was 4.8 and it really shocked me for being so low. I did the flare protocol. Would've got 7eggs but they couldn't get to my right ovary during collection so I was distraught when they only got 3, but the embryologist came in and was brilliant, totally calmed me down and phoned me each day to tell me the progression. It's well worth the money and even if I didn't get my bfp I would've certainly gone back. The whole process wasn't half as bad as I thought and the nurses were always on hand to answer my incessant random questions. Good luck

 

[sandoval_star]

I did ask why I had a low amh but really they can't answer that. I was told it could be hereditary but they can't know for sure. They told me 7 was around what they expected during retrieval. As foxy said though, it definitely matters more about quality rather than quantity. Most women who have 12-15 eggs retrieved sometimes only end up with 10 fertilising then 5-6 making progression, the numbers dwindle. All 7 of mine were good and fertilised normally. Don't fret too much about how many you get, you just need one good one! x

 

[cooch]

foxybaby, did you do ivf somewhere else afterwards or was it a natural bfp?

Thanks, Sandoval_star. Now thinking I'm going to push for my three iui. My BIL, who is a GP and also trained in Napro (still to complete though). Said AMH is mostly used for and useful for predicting ivf response to drugs. He said its by no means an indicator of the ability to get naturally pregnant. Iui is more an extreme version of the natural cycle, and we are going to gcrm open eve. But I don't want to rush into it. The iui should take us to around June, then we'll reacess. Thanks for the great info and encouragement. xx

 

[nobump]

Nervous, booked a place on the open day in Feb for hubby and I. We have had an inital appointment at the Nuffeild, but GCRM is easier for us to get to, and looks to have a better success rate. Hubby not sure about the whole thing, hopefully this will help us make the step.... on waiting list for ICIS on the NHS, but earlies we ca expect treatment for this is 2014.... Have found this thread really interesting.

 

[x0xjacquix0x]

Hiya, my AMH was low at <4 however i took DHEA for 3 months prior to treatment at the GCRM and this increased to above 7. When i visited the GCRM for my first consultation i was told i shouldnt hang about with an AMH of this level. The NHS told me a similar thing cooch ie it wasnt that important and when i repeated this to the GCRM they were surprised, I dont think its the be all and end all but the GCRM use this as a base for treatment and drug packages and it gives a good idea of how you are fertility wise... for example i was told that due to my age my egg quality was good but because of my low AMH i should expect to get a lot of eggs. I was also told that it would be unlikely i would get any eggs for freezing. I got 7 in total in the end which they said was really good and ended up with 3 really good quality- I had 2 transferred at day 3 and 1 frostie and am now 33 weeks pregnant with Twins.

I was told with an AMH of this level that doing IUI would have about the same chances of working as getting a natural BFP. I do think IUI works for some people but for me i got offered 3 (suppossed to be 6 but reduced to 3 due to AMH) and only managed to complete 1 full cycle in 4 months due to having cycles cancelled if i had more than 3 follicles, lining issues etc. I binned IUI after this 1 cycle. I found the full IUI process frustrating and upsetting but perhaps i was impatient. I found it very disappointing and stressful giving myself injections and then going for a scan and being told they couldnt do the IUI. Anyways this is just my opinion but if you are going to do IUI maybe think about taking DHEA as well to try to improve your egg quality

The GCRM is expensive but i do believe you only get what you pay for and the service and staff are excellent. You get a genuine feeling that they care and want the BFP as much as you do. Obviously we were extremely lucky that ICSI worked first time however if it hadnt worked we had already started saving for round 2 at the GCRM in the backround.

Nice to hear from everyone and see how all doing x

 

[cooch]

Thanks for the info. I've been taking DHEA since Dec. IUI does work for some, but I'm not prepared to rush IVF, I'm just not that into it. Everything else has to fail for me first and there's no way I'd be happy to do 1 round at GCRM in the belief that that's that.

It doesn't surprise me your AMH was higher at GCRM either as tbh, the NHS has always painted a dimmer picture. The nurse did say we should rush ahead but it feels so wrong for me. If it comes to it I will not hesitate to start IVF, but the frame of mind I'm in I'll have my bfp before then.

Wanted to add, should pour IUI get cancelled we'll still try that cycle.

 

[Foxybabyhg3]

Hi Cooch

I got my bfp at my 1st round of IVF at the GCRM. I was predicted a poor response to the drugs, but it's definitely quality over quantity. I considered an IUI but went straight to IVF due to my age, I'm not getting any younger

 

[cooch]

Thanks foxy. It just doesn't feel right for just now. You never know whether or not I'll be allowed my 3 IUI and how I'll respond to the drugs. I would imagine the injections used will be pretty powerful.

 

[Foxybabyhg3]

Hi Ladies

Just checking in to see how you all are x

 

[sandoval_star]

Hey Foxy, I'm great. How you keeping? Did you have your early scan with the GCRM yet? I'm growing fatter by the day ha! x

 

[Foxybabyhg3]

Aww, Sand-you're a lemon already

I'm ok, lots of MS and I love it

Had scan at GCRM at 7w4D and saw heartbeat then again at 8w3D at my Obs-Med appt-been referred due to diabetes to the specialist at Wishaw, I've got a really good team looking after me

Are you going to do a private gender scan at 16 weeks? I think I am-I'm so impatient

 

[sandoval_star]

Nope, we're staying team yellow! I really want the surprise and would like it to be dh that tells me if we have a son or daughter. Think it might help me push lol! That's good you're being taken care of; you and your little bean! I've had not one pregnancy symptom yet, well 3 weeks of extreme tiredness, but apart from that nothing. If I hadn't had my scans I wouldn't believe I was pregnant! Well, the expanding belly is giving it away now right enough! x

 

[Foxybabyhg3]

I thought about not finding out but have seen 2 bedding sets that aren't really unisex so want to know which one to buy!

I'm overweight so prob won't look pregnant just fat knowing my luck

 

[subaru555]

Great to hear all you girls are ok.

We are going to the open evening too.

Cooch - I am surprised they are doing IUI with your AMH? I said this at the consultation and he said that my AMH is too low for IUI and the egg quality needs to be above 12 for it to be a chance of success. Not trying to disappoint you or just don't want to upset you either if it's not suitable.

I'm 25 and my AMH is 6.9, he said IUI was a waste of time for us and to pursue IVF as soon as I've been taking DHEA for at least 3 months. We've now decded to make it about 6 months on the DHEA just so we've got the best chance of success.

Also take well-woman every day as does dh as recommended.

 

[Foxybabyhg3]

How long you got left to go before you start Subaru?

I thought about IUI at 1st, but the results were better with IVF so due to my age I decided straight to IVF, tbh I never even discussed it with the GCRM, but I think they';d have steered me away from it anyway with my AMH & age.

Good luck to you both