Much lower AFC than a few months ago

[Dogpark]

Hi everyone,

I just returned from my baseline scan and my AFC is 5 while it was 12 back in February. I am wondering whether this means that my Amh halved in just a few months, or is it bad luck? Has anyone have had a similar experience?

[Alpatchino]

It could be just cycle variability. In the past I had twice an Afc of 8 and when I went of ivf I had 14... So it can go up or down based on the cycle. Sometimes they are also hiding in the start but they might end up growing with the meds...

[bextoliver]

I think it can fluctuate a lot a lot each cycle. I’m not sure if you’ve done an egg retrieval recently but that can also affect things. Mine went from 25 to 8 after egg retrieval and the clinic said that it can take a little while for the ovaries to heal.

[Dogpark in reply to bextoliver]

I had an egg collection in february and a FET right after that. For the FET I had to do a downregulation and I’m wondering whether it takes time for my ovaries to wake up after downregulation.

[Bext in reply to Dogpark]

I’ve never done a down regulation but I imagine all of the medication and procedures we’re doing would temporarily affect AFC.

[Orla9298]

I’ve had afc of 4, 5, 7 and 11 in different cycles so it really can vary xx

[Dogpark]

Thanks Orla9298 did you find that you responded differently from each round in terms of embryo quality? Did you end up having a better cycle with 11 than with 4?

[Orla9298 in reply to Dogpark]

No actually, I got better embryos when I only had 7 or 8, but it’s unrelated to my AFC, more related to lower levels of drugs used when I got the better embryos. Unfortunately there is little way to predict the quality against AFC xx

[Dogpark in reply to Orla9298]

Thanks this is very helpful.