Low AMH Natural IVF

[Everhopefull83]

Hi All, I've not posted on one of these site before but am hoping this can help provide some clarity on what's a very confusing issue. Having successfully conceived my son naturally in early 2015 we started thinking about number 2 earlier this year. I've just turned 34. I'd had irregular periods before my first pregnancy and had some tests done that showed my FSH was 16 but didn't do anything about it as I was pregnant the following month (7 months since ttc). When my periods were so irregular again this time I went back to the doctors and it showed I had an FSH of 61! I was referred to a consultant for more tests and scans. Retests showed my FSH has returned to 14.2 but my AMH was very low at 0.5 and the scan only found one ovary with 4 follicles. Off the back of this my consultant was clear that although I could ttc naturally (as I do have periods albeit irregular ones), it was highly unlikely that I'd conceive and that IVF would be a waste of money. My only option is egg donation (I was devastated!) Since then I've come across Create Fertility and natural/mild IVF along with the research they've done on the success of using a breast cancer drug (tamoxifen) to promote better quality eggs being released. My initial consultant warned me off IVF saying some clinics would try but this would be a waste of money. On speaking to create they said it was worth trying and they'd successfully treated women with a lower AMH than mine. I was wondering if anyone is in/has been in a similar position to me as I don't know who to trust and which way to go. Anyone got any experiences of Create themselves (I've been speaking to the Manchester clinic) or used tamoxifen or know of any alternative people to speak to as I feel I need an impartial third party opinion. Thanks in advance for any help you can give

[JoJoSM2]

Have you had a look on Fertility Friends? There should be quite a few threads/diaries from ladies in a similar situation. I'm no expert but from what I've heard a lot of clinics probably would attempt IVF with those FSH and AMH levels.

An interesting thing I've read about is a procedure they do in a clinic in Greece- apparently they inject plasma (or sth like that from blood). That can bring back regular cycles in women with POF.

[JoJoSM2]

• wouldn't attempt IVF

[jessie18]

Hi x I'm 42 now and just completed one cycle at create health manchester. My AMH when last checked was 2.7 FSH 8.2. I had a tubal reversal at 39 then suffered 6 recurrent early losses- devastating, tubes left blocked and nearly gave up then. Last attempt just one natural modified cycle producing one egg am now 5.5 weeks pregnant with HCG rising for the first time in any of the pregnancies (461 to 9449 in a week) so still very nervous but trying to be optimistic. Have you met with the consultant there? I found them all great to deal with - out of hours phone calls, the drugs were really light no affect at all and the cycle was quite relaxed and stress free- all the reasons I'd avoided ivf!