Hello mumsnet :)
I’ve been lurking for a while but finally decided to post.
my OH and I have been on the fence about ttc / parenthood for 18 months (I’m 37, he’s 39). I decided to look into my hormones to assess if the decision has been made for me as it’s been driving us nuts (appreciate his is a factor too). We both want them in an ideal world but are really worried about work/money/stability etc (we both have good jobs but are self employed and I have debt I’m clearing so ideally if we did have them we’d want to wait life 5 years - lol).
So, my FSH are elevated - 12.7 and LH also elevated 13.2.
amh and all else within range.
my understanding is that this would make ttc difficult potentially and that ivf with my own eggs off the cards. We don’t want to go down ivf with my eggs or a donors (mainly as we can imagine a CF life well and don’t want to put ourselves through the stress particularly with close friends who want children so desperately- we realised that isn’t really our stance), but have decided to just see what happens.
My gp told me not to bank on not getting pregnant with those results - what do you think?! I’ve been given poor gp advice on gynae issues in the past so loathe to trust him…
I guess I’m trying to work out if we’re being frivolous in thinking we probably won’t get pregnant (and also trying to get our heads into a place where we can feel comfortable with a CF life).
GP’s main takeaway is that if we’re on the fence we should see what happens but prepare in case it does appear, and that if we left it another year before trying our fertility would be worse. I also don’t want to let myself get my head into a mum space, and then get my hopes up if it’s really unlikely.
anyone have any sage advice or stories of your own?
sorry this is so rambling. I just can’t find good consistent info anywhere and I’m confused :)