Worried about fertility and swaying - low AMH

[ManchesterMrs]

Hi everyone,

I am hoping that some of you lovely ladies can help to put my mind at rest.

I have just had a failed PGD IVF cycle at Genesis in Cyprus and now I am terrified about my general fertility.

The pretest before we went revealed that I have low AMH (7.14 pmol / 1 ngml) and an AFC of 10. I am 33.

I believe I was over suppressed my cycle and am obviously a poor responder because only 5 eggs retried. 4 fertilised but only 1 made it to day 5 and it was a grade C morula.

The doctor there basically bluntly told me that I have poor quality eggs and that I need to start ttc naturally straight away and seek fertility treatment in 12 months if still not pregnant.

I wish I had never had IVF because I would be none the wiser about these levels and egg quality etc. I conceived my son two years ago on the first month so I was shocked when he said he thinks I have bad quality.

Anyway, some people have said that low AMH etc doesn't mean that I won't conceive easily but none the less I am now terrified that I won't be able to have any more children, let alone a girl!

I have purchased a sway plan from atomic but I am scared that I am going to crack and cheat because I just want to be pregnant asap rather than doing the best sway!

Has anyone else had their fertility tested but still managed to conceive naturally relatively quickly?

Many thanks for any guidance!

McrMrs

[nuthinbutpink]

Your AMH is low but you're AFC is not horrible and you definitely have age on your side. Protocol can make a huge difference. You can also try taking DHEA for a few months and try again. I would not go back to Genesis because if you are anything other then a 20 something-year-old with a great reserve, they just do not have any success there.

A change in protocol might make a big difference for you but unfortunately the only way to find out is to cycle again

[nicoler]

Were you stimmed with Menopur only? Adding more FSH (Gonal F/Follistim) with a different protocol could really make a huge difference in quality and numbers.

[ManchesterMrs]

Thanks both.

I had Suprefact 0.5 for about 10 days and then started 375iu Fostimon (increased to 450iu and then 600iu for the last two days). Stimmed for 14 days in total. I don't think the long protocol suited me and I was definitely over supressed at the beginning).

I am now happy to try naturally - I am just really worried that my egg quality is poor but hoping that natural swaying will be more successful as opposed to drugs that could have been too much for my body to take.

[nuthinbutpink]

IVF and natural fertility doesn't have anything to do with eachother. Your body knows what to do.

[ManchesterMrs]

Thank you NBP for the reassurance.

I am more and more keen just to be pregnant now - a girl would be a bonus but I will feel lucky to just be pregnant and provide a sibling for my son.

I wish I had never found out my AMH really - was thinking that many women who have low AMH never find out that they have it because they just get pregnant naturally.

[Babygirlquest]

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[ManchesterMrs]

Thanks so so much BGQ! You have been such an amazing support and so kind of you to pop up here and give me some extra reassurance. I have always been a worrier and I think I am just letting my worries take over instead of being rational. You have been my saviour these past few (stressful) weeks.

It just seems like every day getting towards my fertile window is dragging! Once we actively start ttc hopefully I will feel much better about it all and more positive. Can't wait to get my sway plan!

Thank you so much once again for helping me calm myself down about it all.

[Babygirlquest]

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[ManchesterMrs]

Thanks Hun! Cannot thank you enough for your positivity. I am going to TRY my hardest to put it behind me and try to move on with positivity that I can conceive again xx

[atomic sagebrush]

MM, I just wanted to reassure you that I have had several dozen swayers with numbers MUCH worse than that get pregnant naturally even after several failed HT rounds. Babygirlquest is exactly right, you only need ONE egg with natural conception!! (we like to call "her" Goldie the Golden Egg)

Your plan is done and was sent to be reformmated and posted in your Custom Forum. You'll get a PM with a link as soon as it's up. :)

[ManchesterMrs]

Thank you so much atomic! You are so so kind to reassure me like this. I have been going out of my mind with worry since the cycle failed last month. The doctor was so negative that he really scared the life out of me.

I feel so much more positive now and cannot wait to start swaying! I hope my goldie the golden egg is waiting for me as I am certainly ready for her! x

[atomic sagebrush]

I am not a fan of that doctor and have found (just my VVVVVHO) that he has a tendency to tell people they are infertile to cover up when he screws up their protocols. :/ Again, JMO but I feel like it's happened so often that I cannot come up with any other reason. Other RE's are like "here's what we are going to do to help you get pregnant" even in very hard cases. Any doctor who tells anyone "this is your fault" particularly after one cycle, I feel is not a reliable source of info into your fertility status.

[ManchesterMrs]

I think you are right atomic. I just felt he was being so negative without very good cause and really shook me up. He just bluntly told me my quality is really bad and then when we said, 'but we concieved our son very quickly' he just said it was 'a coincidence.' I definitely felt he had washed his hands of me (but I wouldn't cycle there again in any case).

He also told me that my AMH level meant my quality is bad and that it was 'masking' a low FSH number (my FSH was 4.1). He said my true FSH is probably much higher. But I cannot find much online to suggest that low AMH means poor quality. Also, on the US scale, my AMH level is 'normal' so I cannot understand why he had me crying in his office telling me I was basically a lost cause.

Psychologically I feel it is really affecting me as we start our sway but - as BGQ has said many times to me - I am just going to try my best to draw a line under it and think positively about going au natural.

Thanks so much atomic. I cannot wait to see our sway plan and to get going!!

[Babygirlquest]

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[ManchesterMrs]

Thanks Hun! Lovely of you to say so! Hoping I can prove you right very soon! xx