Low amh 1.3

Hello, Me and my sister are in the same boat and I just wondered if this moved on? And if you had any advice on IVF journey or IVF clinics?

Hi @Pippin34 and @Abracadabra12 - please look into Ubiquinol over CoQ10! Might be better for you. X

@Scrumpy10 I had initially only gone to Create for the baseline scan as things have been so slow from the nhs (been waiting for an initial phone call consultation since July and it is scheduled in for March) My consultation was to inform me on the scan which showed 2 follicles and blood test showed amh level of 0.7. They said chance of conception is 15-20%. She didn't talk about donor eggs and just said I needed to go straight for ivf. I have another consultation booked in for next week and I imagine she will talk about donor eggs then but initially ivf with my own eggs is the first step. I hear that other clinics might not consider me with my results but create specialise in low amh so they will at least give it a try (£360 for baseline scan Inc consultation and I opted for blood test on top £135)
I have ordered some COQ10 and will start acupuncture in a week or so, how are finding it?
How more selective can you be with abroad donor eggs? I have heard this but haven't seen what further information you can have.
Great news that you now have 4 follicles that's really positive.

@Ivfhoper sounds like you got a good amount if eggs. Were these from 3 follicles?
Thanks for your recommendation for the Instagram infertility struggles. It's nice to hear of a positive outcome.

Does anyone know if you have an egg collection for example and there are no eggs to collect that month, does this class as one of your rounds? We are doing a package of three rounds but I new to all this so I don't know what it all means really.

I'm in a similar situation - I'm 36 and my AMH is 1.8. I told the clinic I was interested in IUI as I'm single and donor sperm so haven't been trying naturally so far. They said that given how few follicles they saw there wouldn't be much point in IVF but I could give IUI a go. I've been taking CoQ10 but realised reading these threads I need to take a much higher dosage - have just ordered the pharmanord capsules online!

@Scrumpy10

Please do not lose hope. Last year, at the age of 32, I discovered that I have a low amh of 3.25pmol/l. I had 3 follicles. I had a cyst on my ovary too.

I discovered later I had a subclinical thyroid. I also had a vitamin D deficiency. I remedied these two things.

I had one cycle of ARGC which was not successful due to a late trigger but I got 6 eggs.

Since then I have started "oocyte accumulation", which is essentially freezing as many eggs as possible and then fertilising.
ER 2 - I got 5 eggs, 4 were mature.
ER 3 - I got 4 eggs, 3 were mature.
ER 4 - 1 mature egg.
ER 5 - Feb 2022 due

The aim is to get a "good egg", the fact is, your ovary has a good egg inside, it is just a matter of finding it, and fertilising it. It is a longer process when we have a low AMH.

I have looked at clinics here and abroad, please check the LIFE Clinic - Dr Yelian in California. He has helped women with very low AMH and very high FSH become pregnant.

Create Fertility in the UK also help women with low AMH.

If I give you one piece of advice, you need to be prepared to many many more cycles if you want a biological child.

If you are on instagram follow a handle called "infertility struggles", she did 19 cycles with severely low AMH but she got her biological baby in the end.

Hi,
I've just read this thread and I'm sorry to hear of your struggles.
I'm wondering how you've got on since?
I just found out today that I have very low AMH and have taken a lot from the comments in this post. I only have 2 follicles so have been advised to go straight for IVF. This is through create who have been great so far.

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@Scrumpy10 thanks. I'm thinking of you too. Please don't let it upset you before you even try. This can happen for you x

@Scrumpy10 I think I'm destroyed because I have tired every alternative treatment possible. Accupuncture, homeopathy, fertility coaching, hypnosis. It's what makes it harder. I feel I have done everything I can and to be fair my ovarian reserve seems good but I couldn't make blastocysts and my one little bean didn't implant. Beyond devastated.

@Scrumpy10 wow doesn't sound like the nurses response to you was very sensitive! Can I ask where in the country you are? We are in Bedfordshire not far from London but far enough to make regular trips difficult. I have done a full circle in my mind with regards to clinics. It's led me back to ARGC but they are so costly and I would have to take weeks off work. Just travel expenses could wipe us out financially!

Please keep me posted. I am at the end of my tether.

Well I say messed up - basically I was really stressed and my body was trying to constantly ovulate , I was taking so much cetrotide to stop it. By the time I got to EC I already ovulated! So they converted to iui. It was a bizarre and very rare situation

Thanks @Smiler79 You say they messed up and you got fresh. What does this mean? Sorry still getting used to the terminology. I think that our situation needs a focused approach. I'm mindful that my diet needs to be looked at. I like to think it's good but it could be improved.

In terms of diet etc dh and I took all supplements in it starts with the egg. Wheatgrass , melatonin and ubiquinol I felt were key ones. Avoided dhea as it messed up my cycle. I did a high protein low carb diet , no alcohol and no caffeine. Dh did no alcohol. Did that for a few months.

Off and theirs!

Hi @Lulu106 I did quite a lot different. Had 4 mcs and then did ivf to try to find pgs normal.
Was with argc. I did look at create but I was put of by their marketing too, they were putting things like normal ivf takes one month or something and there’s took 2 weeks ( well most people I know don’t do long protocol) I just felt it was on some areas. Also I spoke to argc and they said as I had so few follicles that I needed max everything and it was a numbers game. I’m not sure really . I got 7 eggs and all fertilised and 2 blasts - one was normal. I wonder would I have just got the one normal from mild any way but who knows , may be not. My second ivf messed up and ended up fresh and I’m in third trimester. Some miracle.
I would say Argc are very focused and do lots of tests to maximise your output and get blasts , that can end up expensive as you have daily, twice daily bloods on week 2. Week 1 can be every day or every other day. I did feel they knew what they were doing though and I do feel I got the best results I could with my low amh and follies

@OrangeLeavesFall thank you! So helpful. I've got supplements on order.

@VenusStarr thank you. We were just suspicious of a fertility clinic hustling for business. It felt odd. But clearly they've worked for you.

I suppose I was complacent about egg quality, as I felt I would produce eggs and just assumed some would be good quality.

Bourn Hall have been very disappointing. I don't expect us to have a second round with them. I just want to find a clinic that is right for us. Such a minefield.

@Lulu106 I'm sorry about your round. I've only been to Create and we started as nhs patients, but now private, sorry you feel pestered by them.

I liked doing the mild ivf approach and I felt quite well on stims, I think the milder meds made it feel manageable. I ate 100g of protein every day during stims and I was taking 400g of ubiquinol (stopped at collection). The embryologist commented on my egg quality too.

I've got a friend at Bourn Hall and she's not found them to be flexible or helpful. A milder approach might be worth a try to get better quality eggs.

There is an infertility board, it might be worth posting over there too as lots of us are going ivf at various clinics xx

@Lulu106

If you suspect egg quality being an issue..
I have had 2 cycles of IVF. My first one, the eggs all fertilised but were very low quality. I was taking CoQ10 but not a high enough quantity I don't think.

For my second round I took Pharmanord CoQ10 Gold (4 x 100mg tablets per day).
I recently had an egg retrieval and they said the 4 eggs I had were all top quality. The only other thing I did differently was have no alcohol or caffeine at all in the weeks leading up to my injections.

For my first IVF round, I still had the occasional coffee or glass of wine a few weeks before starting my injections but I didn't at all this time. So I'm not sure if all of it combined made a difference.

@VenusStarr sorry wanted to tag you also as you might have a perspective.

@Scrumpy10
@OrangeLeavesFall
@Juno231
@PossumGeorge
@Loveintherain
Sorry to tag all but some recommendations would be great. We've just had a failed round of ICSI IVF with Bourn Hall Cambridge. I'm 42 with ok AMH. They collected 18 eggs, 6 fertilised but none made it to blastocyst. They transferred one compacted embryo. Waiting to hear why they think it didn't work. We have male factor issues but I suspect my egg quality wasn't great.
We are now Looking at other clinics. We sat through a Create webinar but then they bombarded us with emails, texts and calls, giving us a discount off initial consultation which is very off putting. ARGC looks best for the over 40s but the time and money seem prohibitive. We also have Care in Northampton nearby. Any thoughts?