Hi,
I am posting my story to give hope to anyone with low AMH levels ..
Last year we conceived naturally after 6 months but sadly lost our first baby last August. After much advice we decided to start trying again immediately and as each failed cycle passed my desperation worsened. After another 6 months of trying I visited my doctor to discuss my periods as they were getting more irregular and the doctor agreed to the first stages of fertility testing. My day 3 FSH levels came back at a disappointing 16 and so my doctor referred me to a specialist.
The specialist carried out a scan and could see that one of my ovaries was small and I was told this is a sign of decreased fertility and recommended that I take the AMH test. The results from this test were shocking and heart breaking as at 0.07 are virtually zero! On receiving this letter I immediately started making arrangements for IVF as I was advised to try 1 cycle with my own eggs as even though a very low chance of success it was worth a try. My partner and I had already decided before the results were back to give IVF 1 go and if unsuccessful would then decide whether we would try IVF with donor eggs or go straight for adoption.
A few days later I realised I was a day late (I had been temp charting and consistently had my period 13 days after ovulation) and thought maybe but told myself not to be stupid and took a test to stop me thinking about it. The test was positive!!!! So ironically I had conceived when the specialist performed the scan but this was not seen as the egg had not yet implanted.
The next day I rang the specialist who was very surprised that I was pregnant and said she was equally as surprised at how low my fertility results were for a 37 year old. When I said that she would have to use me as a case study I was told that she did know people who had conceived but only 1 pregnancy did not end in miscarriage. This was a very unfortunate remark for me to hear as for the first 20 weeks I did not relax at all and all I could think about was the quality of my eggs!!!!
I am now 22 weeks pregnant and we are expecting a boy and feel very lucky!
Since the miscarriage I had regular acupuncture and took royal jelly to improve my fertility and maybe this did help improve the quality of my eggs (that is the few remaining eggs!).
I hope this story has helped and wish that your dreams come true x
I am posting my story to give hope to anyone with low AMH levels ..
Last year we conceived naturally after 6 months but sadly lost our first baby last August. After much advice we decided to start trying again immediately and as each failed cycle passed my desperation worsened. After another 6 months of trying I visited my doctor to discuss my periods as they were getting more irregular and the doctor agreed to the first stages of fertility testing. My day 3 FSH levels came back at a disappointing 16 and so my doctor referred me to a specialist.
The specialist carried out a scan and could see that one of my ovaries was small and I was told this is a sign of decreased fertility and recommended that I take the AMH test. The results from this test were shocking and heart breaking as at 0.07 are virtually zero! On receiving this letter I immediately started making arrangements for IVF as I was advised to try 1 cycle with my own eggs as even though a very low chance of success it was worth a try. My partner and I had already decided before the results were back to give IVF 1 go and if unsuccessful would then decide whether we would try IVF with donor eggs or go straight for adoption.
A few days later I realised I was a day late (I had been temp charting and consistently had my period 13 days after ovulation) and thought maybe but told myself not to be stupid and took a test to stop me thinking about it. The test was positive!!!! So ironically I had conceived when the specialist performed the scan but this was not seen as the egg had not yet implanted.
The next day I rang the specialist who was very surprised that I was pregnant and said she was equally as surprised at how low my fertility results were for a 37 year old. When I said that she would have to use me as a case study I was told that she did know people who had conceived but only 1 pregnancy did not end in miscarriage. This was a very unfortunate remark for me to hear as for the first 20 weeks I did not relax at all and all I could think about was the quality of my eggs!!!!
I am now 22 weeks pregnant and we are expecting a boy and feel very lucky!
Since the miscarriage I had regular acupuncture and took royal jelly to improve my fertility and maybe this did help improve the quality of my eggs (that is the few remaining eggs!).
I hope this story has helped and wish that your dreams come true x
