Anyone know about chances of conception with very very low AMH?

[captivatingtears]

My AMH is rock bottom; 0.09

My recent blood tests aren't bad - high oestrogen, good progesterone.

Anyone know anything about all this and can tell me the chances of natural conception with low AMH?

[SweetieTime]

My AMH was also 0.0, it didn't go to a lower decimal point. I was told I had a 5% chance of getting pregnant naturally or via ivf. I am not sure what age you are but I am 38 so hadn't expected such a pessimistic diagnosis.

I only had 2 Antral follicles when scanned too, I think this counted to the dismal diagnosis too. My FSH was 8.9 when tested on CD2 and everything was normal so this came as a real shock and it took me a while to get my head around it.

[hopefulgum]

I had my AMH tested after I had two miscarriages. It was "extremely" low. They didn't even give me a figure. My Doctor told me that it meant that I had few eggs left. This was no surprise to me as I am 46 (the test was done when I was 44). Since then I have had another pregnancy , but sadly it was another miscarriage. So although the quality of my eggs is poor (again, not surprising at this age) I did at least conceive again.

I have been charting too, and it is clear that I do ovulate and have a temperature rise,which suggests that I am ovulating - so perhaps,despite low AMH I do still have some eggs, but I don't know how much longer I will.

However, I have done a bit of research and I've found a few interesting things: 1) many women go on to have babies after a low AMH diagnosis
2) The AMH test is often done to give fertility doctors an idea of how you will respond to IVF drugs - low AMH usually means low response
3) It is arelatively new test and not all fertility experts believe it is a true indicator and
4)Despite being told that the figure will not change, I read on mumsnet (just do search with "AMH" in it) that a woman had a better reading of AMH a year or so after her first test.

In my personal experience tests don't tell the whole story. I had low estrogen after my 2nd miscarriage and was told I wasn't ovulating , then had a progesterone test done the same cycle which told me I was ovulating.

Good Luck : I do hope you are able to have a baby.

[captivatingtears]

Thanks for your replies; sorry you've both had difficulties.

Actually, when I was forty (I'm now 43), I had blood tests and AMH done. They showed high FSH (24.5) and low AMH 0.9. I was damned to infertility by a fertility consultant who literally shut the file once she read the figures, showed me a power point on how FSH and AMH work and talked to me about menopause and donor eggs...

Two days later I conceived! I am the mother to a beautiful 2 year old boy.

Since then, however, my periods have gone haywire - very perimenopausal - and a retest of my AMH showed it had plummeted even further.

Hence the question as i am torn about trying again.

Incidentally, DHEA is meant to be very good for egg quality, especially in older women.

Good luck to you too - I do believe that tests don't tell the whole picture, but sadly, I do feel my body and cycle has really started to change, so I should probably count my blessings

[hopefulgum]

captivatingtears, I have been taking DHEA and Coq10 for a while now hoping for a healthy egg.

I'm now at the stage that I'm not TTC with too much effort - I've put away the clearblue fertility monitor, won't be using opks or charting anymore. I'm just going to see what happens.

If you'd like to join us on the over 40's thread, you will find it here . We are a very nice bunch of supportive ladies.