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AMH 9p/mol

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Apple101101 · 18/11/2024 18:01

Has anyone had any success with a low AMH like mine. Most posts seem to be discuss lower AMH levels. Mine is 9. My partner has 2% morphology which doesn’t help. Just had 1 round of IVF and only 1 embryo 4bc. Had another 4 last till day 6 but were all DDs. It must be my eggs that are the issue?!

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Zypig · 18/11/2024 20:15

Hi,

I’m not sure of your age or how many eggs you collected vs embryos made. Definitely things you can do around lifestyle, vitamins, diet, eating organic, don’t use plastic Tupperware’s especially in microwave etc.

I’m 34, I haven’t tested my AMH in a couple of years now but it was measured at 3.3pmol, 5.3pmol and then 2.4pmol when I was 31-32 years old. I’ve been freezing the last couple of years and we have MFI as well (1-2% morphology). I’ve found a huge amount of variation over the last few years, for me this has looked like:
Round 1 - 5 eggs collected, ICSI 1 embryo (3BB) made it to freeze
Round 2 - same results as round 1.
Round 3 - cancelled cycle, poor response, looked like max 1-2 eggs would make it if any.
-changed protocols to slightly different drugs -
Round 4 - 12 eggs collected, ICSI, 5 embryos made it to freeze (3AA, 3AB, 3BA, 2-3AB, 6 day 3BC)
Round 5 - cancelled cycle, same issue as round 3 despite new protocol.

Moved on to frozen transfers:

  • x1 on board, BFP MMC at 8+5, growth was behind from 6 weeks so likely embryo problem
  • x1 on board, BFN
  • x1 on board, BFP, now 18 weeks pregnant and all looks great!

it’s a long road but just one cycle doesn’t tell a whole story, different people react to different protocols and each cycle is different. If you took my third or fifth cycle in isolation it’d look pretty stark without the wider context.

Wishing you the best!

Apple101101 · 19/11/2024 08:41

Thank you so much for sharing this with me. I’m 34 years old as well. You’re round 4 went so well, do you know why it was much better? It’s good to know the lower quality embryos can be just as successful!

big congratulations on your pregnancy!!

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Zypig · 19/11/2024 13:26

Hi, so the only practical differences beyond just a bit of luck and timing were:

  • I was mentally in a better place - I’d almost expected it not to work so anything was a bonus so I removed the pressure I usually put on myself.
  • I started eating mostly organic (where it wasn’t insanely expensive)
  • removed Teflon coated pans, cling film and plastic Tupperwares & black plastic utensils - I didn’t understand about plastics as hormone disrupters before. I used to microwave almost daily in plastic tubs.
  • I doubled my vitamin D daily tablets
  • new protocol using cetrotide not buserelin

Theres lots of advice out there about supplements and egg quality so definitely worth reading up on that for what might work for you.

Also worth noting that our ‘perfect’ AA embryo turned out to have chromosomal abnormalities whereas the slightly lower grade is the one that stuck - so grading isn’t everything.

good luck!

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