AMH levels

[Pittapatta]

Hi everyone my AMH levels are 1.3 I know this is low but as an average what number of follicles should I expect. Just need a bit of hope. Goodluck on your journey.

[Orla9298]

At 2.6 amh I had anything between 7 and 11 follicles at baseline, and retrieved between 2 and 6 eggs per cycle x

[Pittapatta in reply to Orla9298]

Orla9298 thanks for your reply. I wish you luck!

[jengi]

At 38 I had AMH 1.4. Before treatment I was on so many supplements I rattled, DHEA, co-enzyme Q10 etc. On our first round I had two follicles, one mature egg retrieved which failed to fertilise. It had a thickened zona pellucida which prevented the sperm penetrating. This is a sign of poor egg quality. I then had 3 failed rounds when my body didn’t respond to treatment at all. On 5th attempt I had 4 follicles, 3 eggs retrieved. The only mature one failed to fertilise. The other two were immature but one of them matured over night in the lab & fertilised using ICSI giving a low grade 3 day embryo which was transferred. Sadly it didn’t work. But we had options, there are always options! I’m now 17 weeks pregnant with the help of donor eggs & expecting a baby boy in April. It is always worth a go with your own eggs. Remember AMH is only indicator of low numbers & not quality. You could be one of the lucky ones that has good quality eggs but just low numbers! Big hugs Xx

Ps feel free to pm me if you want to chat or ask questions. Xx

[Pittapatta in reply to jengi]

Jengi, so sorry for your failed rounds but happy to hear your little baby boy is coming! Thankyou for your reply. This IVF stuff is just hard and especially hard when you can't talk to people about it in case it doesn't work. I have hope.

[jengi in reply to Pittapatta]

It is a cruel and lonely journey. The hardest part was not knowing what would be thrown at us next. Every time I stepped over the threshold of the clinic, I’d take a deep breathe because I just couldn’t predict what the next set of bad news would be. It took its toll emotionally on me, took me to rock bottom. I found counselling such a comfort, just being able to talk about the crazy stuff rattling around in my head in a safe space without judgement or someone trying to give a solution or their opinion. I hope you are finding a safe space to talk in too, it’s very important. Big hugs Xx

[Pittapatta in reply to jengi]

Thanks jengi I have talked to my family the last round but I found it really stressful especially when it didn't work. I had to tell them and it was awful. A quick run down. I did egg collection, 2 fertilized was called day 3 to say transfer was on day 5 at 12:00 drink lots of water and bring hubby! Anyway I called day 4 to see if still going ahead with transfer, reception said my team will call me back. No call but received the text saying what time transfer, instructions and what doctor was doing it so I started talking about baby stuff which I have never done without caution. On transfer day dropped hubby off and told him will be back to collect him, yay! I went to work for the morning. I received a call at 10:49 to say no sorry not going to happen. I was shocked. I told them what happened and they said I received the WRONG TEXT!! Being my first time not knowing the process I lost it. I hung up on them, later I called back and apologised and explained again how I was treated was really, unfair. So atm the clinic is great but I guess I don't trust their communication skills, this has made it hard to talk to them, so reaching out to other women who have been on this process, they get it, they understand your worry, your stress, how sick and tired of the needles, tablets and ultrasounds you have. Currently on day 16 of stims twice a day, 5 ultrasounds, 8 bloodtests. The ladies like you understand, the clinic's don't. My family ask how I am going and I feel obliged to tell them about IVF because they ask. But last time was very hard so I have said nothing except maybe try again in a couple of months in the new year. Haven't told my friends either because as soon as you mention babys they talk about their children and don't really understand. Anyway thanks for letting me off load. I am ok, it's just great to hear anything is possible, I have hope or I wouldn't be trying. Babydust to you!!

[jengi in reply to Pittapatta]

Always have hope! I’m so sorry to hear about the issues with your clinic, this makes me so angry. Why didn’t they transfer it at day 3? Text message isn’t an appropriate way to communicate about something so serious. These are your eggs & sperm and they deserve more respect. Hopefully it’s behind you now & this new cycle will be much improved with a successful outcome! Just make sure you have talked to the clinic & are clear on the process & communication. Do also ask for daily phone call updates. And discuss about day 3 transfers too as a back up plan but hopefully you will make it to day 5.... everything crossed. I also stopped confiding in my family as I could not cope with telling them about another failure. Both my younger sisters got pregnant easily and have two boys each. So they don’t understand the emotional turmoil. Wishing you lots of luck & never hesitate to private message me if you want to off load. Big hugs XX

[Lilly12255]

I am similar to you: slightly lower AMH and also 43. You might get only 1 or 2 follicles growing. Maybe some more antra follicles that do not grow. If you get more than 2, you are very lucky! But one good follicles is enough for a baby, so don’t lose hope. It’s probably going to take you a number of trial though. Xx