Low ovarian reserve results - very upset, please tell me there is hope

[Honeybee]

Thanks Marcellus and BG.

When I saw my FS last I asked whether I could have treatment and continue to BF. He said it wouldn't be ideal, but wouldn't refuse to treat me if I was still BF. I don't know how happy I'd be taking artificial hormones and BF at the same time, especially as I have a son - it would worry me that the female hormones would get into the milk, and then into him. I am very confused about the whole thing. It's breaking my heart to think about weaning him, he couldn't possibly understand why his source of love and comfort would be cut off. How could I hurt him for the sake of a baby that doesn't even exist yet?

I will look into the ABA woman's research, sounds very interesting. I'm looking up some sleep specialists in Perth, I think I've found one that sounds 'gentle', so I might give them a call and find out what they do.

I only BF to sleep, so really only twice a day. But if he's restless during the night, sometimes he can be sucking on me for ages off and on.

I do wonder whether my absent cycle would affect the AMH levels. I tried googling AMH and BF, but no results. It would be so great if that was causing the low results.

Thanks again girls.
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[onthefly]

There was a thread about the ABA stuff - including link to a podcast

I think the key issue for you at this point is getting your cycles back. The next step would be cutting out night feeding, I guess, and hoping for the best.

On the hormones, it's good to remember that these are normally ocurring hormones through your cycle (though at elevated levels when doing IVF, admitedly). Also, if pregnant you would have elevated E2 and P4 levels, but it is still safe to breastfeed.
The woman in the podcast goes through the main IVF drugs and their risks etc.

[Trillian]

Honeybee, I don't have any advice, but I just wanted to give you some 's and I hope that it all works out just fine for you.

[BellyBelly]

Just a thought - have you tried acupuncture? Its brilliant for helping put the body back into balance, and great for stress too. Make sure the person is experienced in fertility work though, but its great stuff. If money is an issue, you can get cheaper acupuncture at teaching colleges too, they work under supervision of course, so it will be safe...

[Honeybee]

Thanks Trillian xxx

Marcellus - thanks for the link to the IVF thread. I will talk to FS seriously about this option when I see him on Tuesday. I actually feel that the most distressing thing about all of this is the feeling that I have to wean DS really abruptly. It's not so much weaning (although I feel sad about that), but I just don't know whether I could put DS through a really quick weaning process. Poor little mite But then the thought of him being a single child also makes me feel sad.

Kelly - I have been thinking about acupuncture a bit actually. I have a great acupuncturist whom I saw to help me conceive DS, and also to help my labour start on time. He was fantastic! I've put it off because of the $$$ factor, but it might be worth starting to see him again. Thanks for the reminder xxx

Thanks everyone
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[KitKat72]

Hi Honeybee,
Just to answer your initial question, my AMH is barely better than yours -- 6.9 -- and I'm now 8 weeks pregnant. I managed to get lucky on my first round of IVF, which we were doing not really because I had any issues (other than needing to get a move on because of my low AMH!), but because of my DH's poor sperm morphology, which apparently is why we did not fall PG after 6 years of TTC naturally. I hope this gives you some hope!

KitKat72

PS. I did acupuncture during IVF and who knows -- it may well have helped ensure that the embryo "took" on the first try.

[Honeybee]

Hi KitKat72 - thank you so much for getting back to me - and big congrats on your pregnancy. Can I ask what your FS said about your AMH result? Did s/he think that it was really bad? Or just a wake up call that you had to get on with treatment? I am very nervous about what we will be told on Tuesday when we see our FS. But the fact that you got pg with an AMH of 6.9 is very reassuring to me. I am hoping we might do a couple of cycle of IUI with ov induction (which is what we did to get DS), and then go into IVF with all guns blazing.

Would be very interested to hear you experience.

Thanks again

ETA - I would definitely do acupuncture in conjunction with any fertility treatment, I started acupuncture the IUI cycle I conceived DS and I'm sure it contributed.

HB
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