Low AMH 0.35, endometriomas in both ovaries...

[ababy4us]

any hope for IVF?

 

[CaliDreaming]

There's definitely hope for you. AMH is not the end all be all on ovarian reserve they make it out to be, especially for young women. There is still a lot they don't know about it. I read somewhere that AMH is not that reliable an indicator for young women. If you ovulate regularly I wouldn't let that number get you down. Plenty of women get pregnant with low AMH.

Is you doctor recommending that you get the endometriomas removed?

 

[ababy4us]

There's definitely hope for you. AMH is not the end all be all on ovarian reserve they make it out to be, especially for young women. There is still a lot they don't know about it. I read somewhere that AMH is not that reliable an indicator for young women. If you ovulate regularly I wouldn't let that number get you down. Plenty of women get pregnant with low AMH.

Is you doctor recommending that you get the endometriomas removed?



Thanks for replying! My Dr. is not recommending to remove the endometriomas he said if he opens up the ovaries and removes them there is always a chance of scar tissue and that may be worse than the actual endometriomas.

 

[Goldfish]

I had 2 large endometriomas on both ovaries and had them removed via laparoscopy because it caused me a lot of pain. Unfortunately just before my first IVF, I found out that 1 has grown back and that I also have low AMH. There's definitely hope for you to get pregnant - as calidreaming said, AMH isn't the be all and end all, and I've read about women who get pregnant with low AMH (naturally and IVF!). However, low AMH does mean that there's a chance that you won't respond well to the IVF stimulation drugs, so the Dr should take that into account. Did they tell you what your antral follicle count was? Mine was really low for that as well, which is why I was a poor responder.

Also even if you don't get many eggs from IVF, it's good that you're 27 as there's an excellent chance that your eggs will be good quality!!

 

[ababy4us]

Hi Goldfish thanks for responding!

I have done 3 rounds of IUIs with injectibles (the same they will use for IVF) and I always responded very well to the point of almost cancelling the IUI due to the high multiple factor. That was on the lowest dosage of Gonal-F (75 units a day). They said they would double or triple the dosage for IVF so I imagine that I will have loads of follies. For my IUIs I only did about 4-5 days of taking Gonal-F before it was time to trigger because I responded so quickly. I just went in for an ultrasound on Friday and I had one 12mm follie and a few 8mm and a 7mm (I think). I did take one dose of 100mg of Clomid the night before though so that may be why I already had a 12mm follie on CD 6. I usually ovulate on my own between CD 11-13 so if I count a growth rate of 2mm a day and count anything follie between 18-22mm its right on par with my 12mm follie at CD6.

 

[ababy4us]

what is an antral follie count?

 

[Goldfish]

AFC = how many follicles they can count during an intravaginal scan before you have any meds. It sounds like you responded well to the meds when you had IUI, so hopefully no need to worry about response when you have IVF!