Hiya, when we first had Fertility tests in 2017, my AMH was 3.4. My consultant mentioned DHEA then, and I took some but did not continue for the recommended 3 months before egg retrieval. We started IVF 2018, 2 high grade embryos from that cycle, unfortunately both resulted in a faint positive but neither lasted. I moved clinics and decided to give DHEA a good go, so I took it for 3 months before starting next round of IVF. Resulted in 4 embryos, we transferred one fresh, but BFN. So I have 3 currently in the freezer. I don't know if the DHEA helped or whether it was just chance, as my AMH had also gone up to 7. 2 before that second round of IVF with the new clinic! There is some research to say it can help, which is what my consultant was going on.
Not sure if this helps, but that's my experience xx
But it was years ago now and I really don’t remember - all they said was take DHEA as your on the low side that’s was about it. I didn’t ask any questions and took it x
I took DHEA as a last resort type of thing! I found it helped me to get my embryos to day 5. Sadly our embryos didnt take but my cycles were improved after using it. My AMH was 7.19 and I was 38.xx
Just to add, one of my cycle buddies decided to take it after her first cycle and her AMH wasnt too bad and was around 35yrs old but her embryos didnt do very well in her 1st cycle and had to do a 3 day transfer of one embryo which failed. She ended up with 2 5 day blasts on next cycle and transferred both and has twins now.xx
I was quite surprised on my last fresh cycle last year with AMH low 5.7 when they say I responded better.
We only got one left frostie and my age so that why I decided to repeat that AMH is my “first” step before we decide what to do.
I have appointment on 16 next week with a doctor who done my operation on my tube few years back . I all ready spoke with him on a phone and I mention to do hysteroscopy just to see if everything “there” is in place ...
Hun I fallow u for long time and u went through so much and u still keep strong ...but I’m not so strong and I just cannot go through another failure cycle 😔 xx
You sound like you respond not too bad. My clinic were recommending trying DHEA whe I was using my own eggs....little did they know I'd started it myself....naughty! Its doesn't agree with everyone like Daisy said below but I dont get too many side effects. Just a little bit greasier hair and the odd more spot.
You too have been through a lot too but you have made it through so you are stronger than you think hun!! I worry that I wont make it through too but this is our last loy of embryos and I need to get to the end with no regrets....its what helps me get through this!xxx
I took it because I had read so many good things about it on here. Within a week I had terrible insomnia and my hair started falling out, my cycles also went haywire. I am so desperate for some decent eggs but the side effects were just too much. I’ve since read that you should really have blood tests etc first before going on it, as you may make thing worse (which it seems I did) xx
I took DHEA without any tests just because my consultant said it may help and it did I am now 16 weeks pregnant 2nd round icsi. I started taking it about 10 weeks prior to starting my second round xxx
I started taking it after lots of reading up despite my clinic saying there was no strong evidence for it. My AMH was 2 when I started taking it and went down when to 0.4 while I was taking it. One thing I would mention if you do decide to take it - in the US where most of the research on DHEA has taken place clinics measure DHEA-S and testosterone levels before and when taking DHEA, as having a high testosterone level can be as detrimental as it being too low. I took just 50mg so less than the recommended 75mg and when I eventually decided to check my levels through Medichecks’s they were both very high. I reduced my dose to 25mg every second day and my levels were then quite low. So the right dose for me ended up being just 25mg daily. On the higher dose I got very oily hair, I did lose a lot of hair, and I got terrible bacne (pimples on my back) - this all resolved once I dropped my dose down. I took it for over 12 months in the end and through three IVF cycles but sadly it did nothing for me - in my first cycle I got 4 eggs and 3 embryos (resulting in one pregnancy and then miscarriage), my second was cancelled due to poor response, my third resulted in just 2 immature eggs. But it makes an amazing difference for some women.
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