Anyone had a very low AMH and still produced lots of healthy eggs with some left to freeze?

[Nobabyyet]

Hi i'm clinging at hope that even with an AMH of 1.7 its not only possible my first round of IVF will be successful but that i'll also have some healthy good grade eggs left for freezing. I know i'm just trying to stay as optimistic as possible but wondered what others thought and if anyone else had actually overcome the odds and this has happened?

[Niki_B]

Hey hun, I really dont think you or anyone can predict. I have a very high amh and get lots of eggs (first round 15 egsgs14 mature 11 fertilise 2nd cycle 14 eggs 11 mature 8 fertilise) my first round out of all those embryos only one average to transfer and none to freeze! 2nd round out of 8 we got one average blast to transfer and 2 to freeze. What I'm trying to say is you only need 1 good embryo. Look at all my embryos, yes second round was alot better but still I was expecting more blasts from that. So even if you only get a couple embryos they could still be high quality as it seems mine were not. I think alot has to do with age (I'm 38) plus sperm quality and just how good of eggs you produce. As long as they even get a couple you have just as much of chance to some like me yes a decent amount of eggs but not many good blasts. Maybe ask if the eggs you do get you could do ICSI just to maximize your chances of fertilization? I wish you the very best of luck for your cycle and some nice looking eggs! 😍😘xxx

[Nobabyyet in reply to Niki_B]

Thanks for your reply and sharing your story. We are already down for ivf as husband also has poor sperm. I'm 38 also and i know that doesn't bode well for quality. The odds def. Not in our favour but i'll just keep hoping for the best

[jengi]

Hi hun, I can only share my experience. I have an AMH of 1.4 so lower than you. I am 39. In my first short protocol, 1 follicle took 17 days to grow to 17mm, 1 egg retrieved but failed to fertilise with IVF. My 2nd go at short protocol, I had no follicles so abandoned at d7 (I never ever imagined it could be worse than our first cycle!). I had 3 further attempts to start short protocol & failed miserably. Currently on long protocol & have 3 follicles growing well & one slow one. It’s the best I could have ever hoped for.

Our consultant has never been anything but honest with me. My understanding from what she’s told me are that my chance of a pregancy with my eggs are low, like less than 10%. What I deduct is that I have geriatric ovaries and I am pre-menopausal (consultant has never used those words, they are mine). My best option is donor eggs which increases success to 50%. I’ve had a year to get my head around this & ready now to move to donor eggs.

I am still under NHS care for the simple reason that they made an error on my first cycle & performed IVF instead of ICSI on my one egg retrieved. So they gave me a 2nd round of funding. Had I had to move straight to a private clinic after that first cycle, I would have probably tried with my eggs one last go & then gone to donor. We’ve always said we’d give ourselves 3 chances, I’m not sure emotionally or from a mental health perspective I could handle anymore.

Everyone is different and all our bodies are unique so never give up on your dream. To help I do acupuncture alongside my cycle, we’ve done councelling, I take DHEA, DHA, coQ10, vit d spray, vit b12 and pre-conception mineral. Hubby takes vit d spray, omega oils & wellman fertility vits. I’ve not had alcohol or caffeine in 13 months & hubby has joined me on this but has had the odd pint or coffee but not regularly. We are on a mission to make a baby, our target is a healthy kicking baby, if that’s using donor eggs so be it. It’s taken me a year to reach this point emotionally, it’s a jouney. So take each step/stage at a time, be kind to yourself, find a way to calm your mind (for me it’s yoga) & most of all never give up! Xx

[Nobabyyet in reply to jengi]

Hi thanks for your reply. Yes i have considered that at some point my doctor may suggest donor eggs. Can i ask what thoughts/things helped you to come round to the idea of donor eggs and also if you would consider or looked into adoption? I ordered an info pack on adoption and had thouggt about getting on list early but it said they wouldnt consider anyone while in process of ivf.

[jengi in reply to Nobabyyet]

Hi, for me it’s been time. It’s a grieving process and time is the healer. I’ve also had to go through the heartbreak of it not working so far and that has very quickly focused my mind. It’s a cruel process. Councelling has helped & so has this forum. I recently watched ‘One more shot’ a documentary about a couples journey with low AMH. I’ve found this really helpful. I’ve spoken to consultants in the private sector who have basically told me it was a minor miracle to get one egg with my AMH levels.

My sister offered to be a donor but her AMH levels were too low....obviously genetic! I had to grieve the loss of that option too. That was devastating as it was my only option of having a baby biologically related to me.

I have a list of options which look like this:

A. Natural

B. IVF

C. ICSI

D. IUI

E. Donor sister

F. Donor stranger

G. Adoption

H. Foster

Obviously A, B & E are out, D I’ll skip & move straight to F. One step at a time, when F is no longer an option then I’ll move to G. At the moment I’m not ready to think about that option. It’s not what I want but perhaps if I get there I’ll be more ready. Who knows!

Wishing you lots of success and I’ll follow your journey so please keep us up dated Xx

[Nobabyyet in reply to jengi]

You are so unbelievably strong. Having just found out about our fertility challenges in Nov it already feels like our world has been torn apart and we are really struggling. I'm not even ready to face the real chances of our first ivf in feb not working never mind anything else just yet. Had some good news just now about the seperate AMH results the NHS did a month after the private ones and they are 6.9 up from 1.7 but i know this is still low. I'm in awe of how you are coping and hope you are still on here should i ever have to face up to not using my own eggs. Wishing you success and a happy ending asap. Good luck for Friday! Hope there's four good eggs.x

[jengi in reply to Nobabyyet]

This such good news about your AMH. Fingers crossed for you! Xx

[Sausage11]

Hi,

I had an amh of 1.9. First round 3 eggs and Nothing to transfer. Second round 8 eggs, 3 fertilised with icsi and one made it to day 5. I am now 23 weeks pregnant. I agree with what others say, you really do just need to one egg to make it work!! I wish you all the luck in the world xxx

[jengi in reply to Sausage11]

Congratulations! It’s lovely to hear your success story! Xx

[Nobabyyet in reply to Sausage11]

How fantastic for you. Congratulations on your pregnany!!! Thanks for your reply and giving me hope.x

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Mine is 1.9, also due to start in Feb for first time and wishing for a good haul but not getting my hopes up. Interesting to read everyone’s stories. Wishing you all the best xx

[Nobabyyet]

Thanks Stacie81. Not long now! Wishing you luck too