intro - low amh issues

susieandmarty

Hi everyone,

I introduced myself on TTTC a little bit ago because I actually did not realize this board existed.  A bit about me...

DH and I have been trying to conceive number 2 since June.  After one crazy cycle I went to the doctor and after some blood work to the RE.  I may have jumped the gun but I felt something was wrong... since my world has been turned upside down.  My FSH is all over the place from normal to high - 5 to 14 depending on the month.  My AMH was a horrid .25 and my antral follicle count was 4.  On top of it, my thyroid was all sorts of screwed up from a virus/fever I had for two weeks in November.

I cannot believe that this is my life - we had no difficulty conceiving dd1 - at least none that I know of - we got lucky on month 5 so I am not sure if there was any issue.

We did a femera cycle this month and I go in on Friday for an ultrasound - after that I will likely go straight to IVF - given my numbers.  I started acupuncture this week (always wanted to but this finally convinced me to call).

I am trying not to stress but it is hard.  I am trying to search success stories, but it is so easy to find negative things. we are leaving on a cruise with dd and my in laws on sunday - I am excited to get away, but annoyed it may completely ruin any chance for an iui if I ovulate after saturday

anyway, just wanted to introduce myself to this group.  if anyone has any of these issues, I would love to hear from you.

 

egsquared

Hi and welcome! We're in the same boat over here with low AMH. We also conceived DD without any problems on cycle 6. That was obviously when I was a few years younger though, so AMH probably wasn't an issue then. We're doing our first IVF this month assuming everything looks good at my baseline appointment tomorrow.


Enjoy your trip!! Hope the timing is right an you O before you leave.

susieandmarty

good luck to you tomorrow.  I am just learning about it and I am sure at my doc appointment on Friday I will learn more about my IVF options.  What protocol are you trying?

 Yeah, I conceived DD when I was 32 and now I am 34 - was shocked I had to deal with it.

egsquared

susieandmarty:

good luck to you tomorrow.  I am just learning about it and I am sure at my doc appointment on Friday I will learn more about my IVF options.  What protocol are you trying?

 Yeah, I conceived DD when I was 32 and now I am 34 - was shocked I had to deal with it.

We're doing an estrogen priming protocal - basically estrogen in place of BCP's and then antagonist protocal for stims (Follistim and menopur with Ganirelix added in at some point). That's all I know - I still feel so new to this too!

74dragonfly

Welcome! I am low AMH too. We have been trying for 2 since Jan 2011. We are moving and once we settle in we will try IVF.
Have a great cruise!

jtorgersen

egsquared:

susieandmarty:

good luck to you tomorrow.  I am just learning about it and I am sure at my doc appointment on Friday I will learn more about my IVF options.  What protocol are you trying?

 Yeah, I conceived DD when I was 32 and now I am 34 - was shocked I had to deal with it.

We're doing an estrogen priming protocal - basically estrogen in place of BCP's and then antagonist protocal for stims (Follistim and menopur with Ganirelix added in at some point). That's all I know - I still feel so new to this too!

 

Graduate from 2IF but still lurk & cheer you all on...my AMH was 0.48 back  in April 2011...typically only had 9 follies on both sides total...definitely made me feel like my body was falling a part...conceived dd on cycle #3 with no known issues at age 34...did want to chime in that I did the estrogen priming antagonist protocol with follistim, menopur, ganirelex, & ovidrel too was 37 at the time of my cycle...resulted in DS...didn't think I'd have to go the IVF route asi've seen others with lower AMH be successful with IUIs...but the protocol I was on wasn't so bad and gave me a great reward at the end.   

Good luck!  If either of you have questions let me know.

egsquared

jtorgersen:

egsquared:

susieandmarty:

good luck to you tomorrow.  I am just learning about it and I am sure at my doc appointment on Friday I will learn more about my IVF options.  What protocol are you trying?

 Yeah, I conceived DD when I was 32 and now I am 34 - was shocked I had to deal with it.

We're doing an estrogen priming protocal - basically estrogen in place of BCP's and then antagonist protocal for stims (Follistim and menopur with Ganirelix added in at some point). That's all I know - I still feel so new to this too!

 

Graduate from 2IF but still lurk & cheer you all on...my AMH was 0.48 back  in April 2011...typically only had 9 follies on both sides total...definitely made me feel like my body was falling a part...conceived dd on cycle #3 with no known issues at age 34...did want to chime in that I did the estrogen priming antagonist protocol with follistim, menopur, ganirelex, & ovidrel too was 37 at the time of my cycle...resulted in DS...didn't think I'd have to go the IVF route asi've seen others with lower AMH be successful with IUIs...but the protocol I was on wasn't so bad and gave me a great reward at the end.   

Good luck!  If either of you have questions let me know.

Thanks! I love seeing success stories - gives me hope! I'm starting stims tomorrow, and I'm sure I'll have questions along the way!

hoping4more

Can I ask why you are worried about the iui possibly not being possible? Does your DH have known issues? Has he been tested? If he's OK then TI could work well for you guys too!

Either way enjoy your vacation!

susieandmarty

hey there  - we did do the iui yesterday.  we are going on vacation tomorrow and so it is good, I ill go without any tests and have no temptation to test.  Because of that, we did not do an ultrasound.  My positive OPK timed with my monitoring ultrasound (CD12) and he decided not to do it - I am not 100% sure why but since we committed to the iui we just went for it.

This will probably be our only planned iui and we will move to straight to IVF.  DH had a good SA but a little bit low on morphology, but not unworkable.  The doctor wants to be aggressive and so do I.  I am still hopeful that this IUI is it - but I am moving straight to my best chance. 

IBackBevo

Lurking...

My RE told me to go straight to IVF, too.  AMH=0.5; FSH-13.  However, we were able to get pregnant through clomid/iui. 

Since you had your LO not that long ago, if I were in your shoes (and especially if you are still relatively young), I would be tempted to try more than one IUI. 

ceebeetee

i am in a similar situation - conceived DS in June 2009 on our second cycle of trying, but we started trying for #2 in July 2011 and still no luck.  Back in August I was diagnosed with a low AMH of .75 (at age 31).  we have not been able to even try IUI yet due to my bloodwork showing I have cytomegalovirus, hopefully will be able to do that next month though if bw is clear.  our doc is recommending for us to try IUI before IVF, although my numbers are a little higher than yours.  Good luck to you!