Low ovarian reserve results - very upset, please tell me there is hope
Hi everyone
I just got some very upsetting results over the phone - my AMH results just came back as 5.9, apparently it should be at least 14.
I'm not even TTC, still BF with no AF and wanted to do some preliminary investigations to find out if I needed to hurry up, wean DS and start TTC number 2.
I haven't spoken to my FS, am seeing him next Tuesday to discuss. But I just feel so upset and hopeless. I'm now wondering if I will ever have another child.
Please, does anyone have any advice? Is this as bad as it sounds? I'm only 35. Has anyone had low ovarian reserve results and gone on to have a successful pregnancy?
You poor thing to be stressing when you have to still wait until seeing your FS . BUT an AMH on its own is only one of a number of tests they would do to measure 'possible' ovarian reserves. I don't know if BF and not having AF may also influence the results as you aren't currently O'ing. Also AMH doesn't reflect anything to do with egg quality, which as you know is as, if not more, important that follicle/egg numbers.
I know its scary not having the answers you want right now. I hope you can balance this result against a whole heap of other factors and tests you would need in order to estimate your possible ovarian reserves. None of this is an exact science, they are used as indicators only.
Try not to focus on what you think may be happening. You have had a bub, hence you can fall pg and the odds are higher in favour of you having another baby and as you say you haven't even tried yet.
That must have been very upsetting to hear
Hang on till you can talk to your FS - hopefully like Dusty says this can be balanced against better news elsewhere.
All the best~~
Thanks so much for replying Arimeh, Dusty and Marcellus. It came as such a shock, as I had assumed that the test would come back fine. Now I'm wondering if I'm going into early menopause and will ever have another baby.
Dusty - thanks so much for your message. I didn't realise that the AMH doesn't reflect poor egg quality, that makes me feel a little better. The nurse I spoke to said that she was going to ask the head FS at the clinic whether BF might impact on AMH, but the asking around she had done so far indicated probably not.
My FS apparently wants to check my FSH on CD2 before coming to any conclusions about my diminishing fertility. But I have to wean in order to ever get to a CD2. The thought of giving up BF my son in order to try for a baby I might never have is awful. The thought that DS might be my only baby makes me want to keep BFing him for as long as possible
Thanks for your positive thoughts - I did get pg, and it was only two years ago. I guess I'm just scared that since then my body has started shutting down, and maybe even early menopause is on the way. I'm now worrying that my cycles aren't being suppressed by BF, but because something bad is going on.
I think the news has taken me back emotionally to where I was when I was TTC my DS, and the thought of going back there to all that uncertainty and misery is just awful.
I guess will just have to hang on until next Tuesday and get the whole picture from my FS.
Honeybee, there's a women at the ABA that's done a lot of research into breastfeeding and IVF - she might have a line on this. Worth giving them a call anyway. I wouldn't be surprised if there's little known about the affects of breastfeeding in these circumstances.
Also, while bf in itself may not affect those numbers, the fact that you're currently not have cycles might (i guess). It is possible to have a normal cycle while breastfeeding and even do IVF without weaning - it just depends on the circumstances. How much are you feeding now? Cutting back might be enough to bring af back - it's a compromise, but would give you a better indication of what's going on without fully weaning (hopefully).
The decision to wean your first to try for another is really hard - especially when there's so much uncertainty about conceiving at all. It's why we put off ttc #2 till DS was 2.
Hope the next week isn't too stressful and you can get some clarity from your FS
Hun, one of my baby buddies is pg with a baby conceived through IVF while she continued BF her DS - so you don't necessarily need to wean. she had to have two stim cycles to get a healthy embryo and is now about 6, maybe more, weeks pregnant and continues to BF her one year old.
as to the results - i really have no idea, but i'm wondering if the fact your cycle hasn't returned is impacting you at all. hope you can get some answers next week hun
Thank goodness for BB.
I have just got my AMH results back, 7.8. Shocked would be an understatement at the moment. Information is knowledge and I'm calming down the more and more I read.
So I'm still in shock and BB'ing (googling) like mad.
Thank you so much KitKat for the detailed post.
Hi Dusty, sorry I missed your message. Must subscribe to my own threads! Appointment went OK. FS says he's confident that we'll be able to have another baby. Thinks will probably fast track to IVF, but might have the option of trying 1 IUI. Although we really need to do a day 2 FSH. I am still waiting for AF, having weaned DS 4.5 weeks ago. Am having cycle tracking, and something is happening. Progesterone went up, so clinic say hopefully will have AF in a week or so. Really just want to get on with it and can't stand the waiting. xxxx
Hi CharlieBrownGirl. Sorry to hear you had some bad AMH results as well. It's scary, isn't it? Can I ask how old you are? I'm 35.
Got AF this morning actually. Am heartened that my body had actually cycled so quickly after stopping BF. So I supposed I'll have the CD2 BT tomorrow and then will know more. Bit anxious!! Fingers crossed I've started a blog for myself, but have made it for friends only because of my stalking issues in the past. I think you're all my friends, will check in case you're interested in following. I would love it if someone read it occasionally!
CharlieBrownGirl - Thanks hun. best of luck for your appointment today. I hope you can get some answers and they can give you some hope too, I'm sure the wonders of modern medicine will be able to give you your baby or babies. It must be very scary though, especially since you are young. Please let me know how your appointment goes
Low ovarian reserve results - very upset, please tell me there is hope
That's great that your body is doing what it does best, as horrible AF is that is great news AF has arrived. Hoping for great results from your blood test.
Thanks, I'm sitting in the waiting room... I'll update when I'm finished.
Oh, sorry about the multiple posts on your blog. I don't know what happened
Low ovarian reserve results - very upset, please tell me there is hope
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I posted the experience on the 12 month TTC thread. I'll link it when I get home as I cant do it on my phone and work has taken away 'social networking'
Low ovarian reserve results - very upset, please tell me there is hope
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