AMH level of 5.1 pmol/l and FSH of 15.7….. advice?

[rainbow3675]

Hi all, Just looking for some more reassurance/success stories. Currently waiting on an appointment from our local Fertility Clinic to come through however in the meantime I requested a female sex hormone panel of bloods from my GP and I bought a AMH test online from Randox to do at home since my GP wouldn’t do it.

My AMH is 5.1 pmol/l and FSH is 15.7. All the googling I’ve done about these numbers is indicating to me that my ovarian reserve is low and that my body is struggling to ovulate.

Has anyone conceived naturally with these numbers or has any recommendations for supplements etc to take to boost them naturally? I already take COq 10 600mg per day and a few others but Coq10 is the one have been advised on the most.

Thanks in advance 🥲

How old are you? At 34, my amh was 2.8 so lower than you - with an fsh of 12.

yes it suggests low ovarian reserve - however - studies have shown that if this is your only issue it has no impact on natural conception. It does suggest that you need to get on with it though.

after my diagnosis I got pregnant three times. Once via ivf, and two natural conceptions, so in summary - all is not lost…..

Also in terms of boosting the numbers - you can’t - you can’t bring back eggs that have gone. The supplements can help with egg quality though - which tbh is the most important thing - not the number of eggs - and there is no test for egg quality.

Thanks so much - that’s very reassuring to hear! I’ve just turned 31. We have been trying for just over a year now and just waiting to get an appointment from our local fertility clinic which can take up to 3 months. Scary when you get told things like that but reassuring to hear not all is lost!

Hey,

I also had 5.1 AMH and similar FSH levels.

This was when I had just turned 33, maybe literally the week I turned 33. We had an NHS round (unexplained infertility but my husband had less than decent sperm). We managed to get 7 eggs, 3 mature, 2 fertilised, 1 day 5 embryo which is my almost 4 year old daughter.

Fast forward trying for a sibling... it had gone down to 4.6 a year ago. We have been doing egg banking rounds; just stimulating and collecting embryos before transfer. We got 1 day 5 embryo in September and 1 day 5 embryo, today as it happens.

We are hoping to transfer this summer after prepping my lining and doing all the tests to see if everything is okay.

This off the back of 11 (yes 11) rounds of IVF in Cyprus that we thought we were "saving money" which resulted in a total of 6 embryos between them, 4 PGD normal, 1 didn't survive the thaw, and 2 failed transfers. We technically have 1 frozen left in Cyprus but I don't have many hopes for it.

We ended up going back to the clinic we used for our daughter in London, CRGH.

We massively regret going abroad at all, especially during covid (I was travelling during 2021-2023).

A long way of saying - it's the quality of your eggs, the quality of the embryologists and doctors and the quality of the clinic that really makes the difference.

I read it starts with the egg and implemented the changes. My husband and I stopped eating red meat, he quit vaping (which was massive for him as he'd been a smoker his whole adult life), switched to a very Mediterranean diet, organic everything, wild caught salmon/fish only, etc. We took a slew of vitamins. My thinking was, if we can't get the quantity then at least I can work on quality.

This last round, (collection last week), we had 3 follicles at baseline, and only 2 grew. We had a meeting with the doctor to abandon and switch to IUI and she thankfully convinced us to continue. Thankfully she was right - out of the 2 follicles, we got 2 mature eggs, both mature. One was frozen today and the other is still looking good but will get an update tomorrow on it as it isn't quite a blastocyst. I am utterly convinced it's quality we need not quantity.

Hope this all helps!