AMH Levels 0.7

[Kerrigan90]

I am 31 and have no children. My partner and I were attending a fertility clinic with the hope of him under going a vasectomy reversal and part of this was testing my AMH levels through a blood test. Last week it was confirmed my levels were 0.7. I was told I wouldn't be able to conceive and IVF is not an option as my eggs are of so poor quality. As you can imagine this has came as a nasty surprise, however, my mum was completely through the menopause at my age and this is something I have raised as a concern with various doctors throughout my twenties. My periods were symptomatic with endometriosis although this was investigated with two laparoscopy's and never confirmed. Gynocologist advised my periods were a 'variation of normal' in my late twenties. We have a follow up appointment in a couple of weeks to discuss options?

Sharond101...im 32 ....

I had a private Consultation a few weeks ago with a highly appraised Doctor who recommends the use of dhea in women under 25 to improve AMH levels. I purchased some only to find out a week later I am in fact pregnant so will not need to use it. My AMH was low at 4.6. He explained that age is the more important factor in egg quality and AMH is more about quantity. Under 35 the quality of your eggs is relatively good, you just have way fewer than normal with a low AMH level. hth.

Congratulations Sharond101!!! Good luck with everything.... If you happen to be from London can i ask the name of your consultant. Im in the process of researching clinics/hospitals and consultants. Can i ask your age and what was your problem in conceiving?

I am in Scotland but I have heard the Lister is good for low AMH. I am 32 also and have primary amennorrhoea.

Thank you....ive also heard about Lister. im happy everything has worked for the best for you....keep us updated frm time to time.....

Ella, I had an AMH level of 0.2, and managed to have my dd via IVF - so there is hope! I produced more eggs than they thought I would, which basically made me realise that AMH is just a number and does not dictate what is going to happen. Do you know what your FSH level is?

Hi Shroomboom, thats great news for you! I have just been in for all of my blood tests yesterday including FSH. I will be receiving results next week. In the meantime i'l need to decide which hospital to be referred to under NHS. Did you go private? Are you also able to share your consultant/clinic/doctor? The info im getting from all of you ladies are a breath of fresh air and gives me hope!

Ladies, anyone can suggest which of the London hospitals are good for fertility? I live in south london and trying to get info between Guys&Thomas, Chelsea&West, Kings and UCL hospt. any feedback would be good, thanks

Hi again
Glad you have a bit of hope, I remember not being able to find anyone with as low an AMH level as mine when we first found out my results. I was devastated, and thought that I would never get pregnant!
I'm actually in Belgium, and have been to two clinics here. The first was useless, and I did four rounds there, but the clinic we changed to is amazing. It's in Brussels, and treats a lot of overseas patients. Everyone speaks english, and they were just so professional. I was recommended to go there by a friend of mine who had twins via IVF after treatment there. Since my dd was born I have recommended it to another friend who had had three failed cycles elsewhere, and had almost given up hope - she's now 20 weeks pregnant It really is fantastic, and also might not be as expensive as clinics in the UK. Being in Brussels it's easy enough to get to from London on the Eurostar… If you're interested let me know and I'll give you the details

HI SHROOMBOOM- that would be fantastic -yes i would love for you to share details of the clinic...

Hi Ella. It's the CRG clinic in Jette, Brussels. This is the link to their website. I saw Professor Dr Christophe Blockeel, and he was brilliant, but both my friends saw other doctors and apparently they were wonderful too. What I loved most about this clinic is that every situation seems to be a problem waiting to be solved - I went there as a last resort, and came out of the initial appointment full of hope again. They really seem to know what they're doing, and I cannot recommend them highly enough!! If you have any other questions then please don't hesitate to ask me, and good luck!!!

thank you for all the info....i will look at researching as soon as i have more clarity with the test results....x

Would not recommend Lister Hospital. Not what was expected. I went to Lister hospital for egg freezing. I had Dr Jaya Parikh who performed the surgery. On the cycle I was due to start, my follicles were low compared to the previous cycle. I was concerned but Dr Parikh seemed very commercial and money driven and persuaded me that l never know if the next cycle is going to be good cycle in terms of higher number of follicles. So l went ahead. She also said there was a polyp in my uterus that needs to be removed. In fact l never had a polyp and Dr Parikh proliferated and the dialator went through my uterus and l had to do an emergency laporoscopy to check for internal bleeding. I also only had 2 eggs retrieved. Very disappointing. I went to private thinking that I will get better service but please be cautious. I was otherwise healthy now l have scars from laporoscopy and a damaged uterus. Be warned of Dr Parikh, she is not good doctor, and she became very defensive, no apology at all from her. I want to write this, so that other patients do not go through what l did. I also asked for refund and they refused to give me back the £5.8k I spent on the egg freezing. My social life has taken a bad turn as a result, it has left me psychologically damaged.

Hi all, just hear to try to share a positive story. I was 35, had an AMH of 0.7, and was told by the NHS that I should consider donor eggs. 3 years later and I have two healthy kids - both conceived naturally.

How did we do it? I'm not sure. I did change jobs to reduce stress levels and saw an acupuncturist, and also met started down the IVF route at the Lister. I think the consultants there telling me that the AMH was a measure of egg quantity but not quality helped me relax and in the end we conceived on holiday. That pregnancy ended with a mmc but after a DNC I conceived again just 2 mths later after a laparoscopy for possible endometriosis.

After my first we started trying quickly thinking it would take ages and I fell pregnant (again, with acupuncture) after 5 mths of trying.

Even googling 'AMH of 0.7' just now brings back such feelings of panic as I really was such a low point.... I ended up disconnecting from any internet research but i have promised myself that I'd come back online to share my story. Don't give up hope- there is so much about fertility that they still don't understand.

May I ask why they've said your eggs are poor quality? AMH is a measure of quantity not quality. The biggest determinant of quality is age - and you are young in fertility terms

My AMH is 1.5 and I fell pregnant on my 2nd IVF cycle. Very sadly I miscarried at 10w but the cytogenetic analysis showed the baby was chromosomally normal - ie it wasn't to do with egg quality, the baby was genetically perfect.

So I would challenge the idea you have bad eggs. You have fewer eggs. And it's quality that counts, not quantity. As my consultant said to me - it only takes one!!

Hi Kerrigan90 - just wanted to add that I also have low AMH and I had successful IVF three years ago. I got a letter from my clinic saying that due to the level of my AMH, IVF was highly likely to be unsuccessful for us, but we got pregnant on our first go, so it is possible! Good luck!

Hi I was ttc for 4.5 years from age of 35 , has a miscarriage after about three months of trying then after that was a struggle , I had Clomid , no joy , 2 ivfs the first cycle we didn’t even get any eggs good enough to fertilise so none transferred , second time not as bad got five eggs , went to blastocyst implanted but didn’t work. My amh was 0.06 and my fsh was high I was advised that highly unlikely would get pregnant and beat chance donor eggs. After sometime I grieved for the biological child I would never have and started the ball rolloung with donor eggs, we received a few matches and as we were coming up to fourth we decided to take a break from it all and wait till the following year as it had been such a stressful journey for us both , we planned to start ivf with the donor egg in the January so we booked lots of holidays and planned lots of celebrations and three days before we were due to fly to America I found out I was pregnant , I now have a healthy bright two year old little girl. I did everything I could cut out caffeine , didn’t drink alcohol , exercised had accupuncture took Chinese herbs and none of this worked for me , as soon as I got back to my normal lifestyle I fell pregnant , call it a gift from
God I don’t know but please don’t give up as I never thought it would happen to me but it did, I am 42 and trying again against all the odds . Keep trying everyone and keep the faith , things happen when you least expect them to

Hello! Definitely don't give up hope! I did a ton of research into AMH and FSH levels, and wrote a couple of articles about them here:

theduff.co.uk/amh-levels-ivf/

theduff.co.uk/fsh-levels-ivf/

You might also like to read this one about egg quality and egg quantity: theduff.co.uk/egg-quality-quantity-ovarian-reserve/ (which also contains a teensy bit of info about DHEA)

As for acupuncture... I'm afraid there's no evidence that it does anything. Evidence might appear in time, of course!