London IVF Recommendations - Low AMH

[Iwouldlikesomecake]

Hi all,

We were turned down for NHS funding just before Christmas and all we were told was my AMH is low (4.3 I think she said) and I should take Coenzyme Q10 and DHEA (no doses given) and maybe try the blood test again in 3 months. I called to chase up my results at work and got a nurse on the phone who told me that - and that's that apparently. It would have been nice to be able to speak to someone properly!

Anyway I have read that you can improve AMH and also that you absolutely can't. The doctor said my scan was good with lots of follicles. Husband has poor morphology and we are likely to need ICSI, but if I'm honest I don't know where to start.

Do I just pay £200 a pop to find a clinic by having initial consultations to find one we like and can afford? Some places publish costs and some don't... we can probably afford IVF but it all seems really overwhelming.

I'm 41 and don't have a lot of time to do it if we go for it, unfortunately.

Does anyone have any recommendations or where to even start?

@Iwouldlikesomecake please could I ask which clinic you went with in the end? And how you have found them?

We went with Guy’s personalised care and they have been absolutely brilliant I have to say. We had first appointment in Feb and are on the 2ww now… they are very realistic and evidence based (and won’t sell you lots of things that don’t really hold up to scrutiny with a decent evidence base that they work) but I’m a bit brutally realistic and it worked well for us. Don’t want to say which consultant I’m using but I’ve some experience of all of them and they are all good. Also the fees are super transparent and we knew what we were paying from the start.

@Iwouldlikesomecake thank you. Lots of luck for your tww! From the time frame does that mean you did short protocol?

We did! Crap odds for me and I’m well aware of it but I just don’t think anything would improve it than donor gametes which we don’t want to do.

We’re in a similar situation. Just did first round (long protocol) and had no embryos by day 5. Think I need to speak to our doctor about short protocol for round 2, as it’s such a long process otherwise to end up with nothing at the end. Thank you!