[Moldovandish]

I did some bloodwork after my last chemical pregnancy last month and the RE left me a voicemail saying I have a low ovarian reserve. It's weird because we checked it after my last m/c in March and it was fine.
Anyway, he said there's nothing we can do to treat it but it explains the loss. We had decided on doing femara for 3 cycles, he just said to definitely come back in for a consult if nothing happens after these 3 months.
Does anyone have experience with low ovarian reserve? Any advice?

[LindseyE117]

It depends on what he checked. If he checked your FSH, he cannot accurately determine your numbers without doing 2 months back to back because the numbers have been known to flucuate so much. Anything under 10 is considered good, and mine from one month was 10.2. My RE at the time told me I had the ovaries of a 35 year old (turns out it was not true, as numbers can flucuate from stress and anxiety among many other things).

I then had my AMH checked (way more accurate as it does not flucuate like FSH does, and only requires one test), and my numbers were normal. Anything under one is bad, between 1 and 2 is good, and over 3 can indicate PCOS. Mine was 1.68 I believe (it has been a while, so I could be off by a bit), which indicates I was fine.

I'd call back and find out exactly where he got these numbers and what tests are he basing it off of. If it is the FSH, I's demand a 2nd test your next cycle. Be careful though, fertility drugs can also alter this number.

[Moldovandish]

Unfortunately I deleted his message, but I believe he said AMH, but I can't remember the nr., possibly under 1.

[.:Shortcake:.]

I agree with Lindsey and your numbers can also fluctuate do to a loss. I hope you get some answers soon.

[StaceygirlPa]

I agree with the other ladies about how the numbers can go up and down. I was told by my old Ob that it would be hard for Dh and I to get pregnant on our own because of my age and number of eggs. We have gotten pregnant 3 times on our own. Sadley we lost two of them. We are now pregnant and expecting our rainbow baby in May. There is a good friend of mine on here that did research on eggs. She took a vitamin called DHEA and she just delievered her rainbow baby last week after being told she had low egg reserve. I also took DHEA and I think it helped with this pregnancy.

[Moldovandish]

Thanks, ladies. Stacey, what brand of DHEA did you take and how much per day? Are you still taking it during pregnancy or while TTC only? Also, did you have any side effects from it?

[missy123]

Thanks Stacey!!

That is me! I have very low ovarian reserve and my FSH was in the 16 range. The RE basically told me I would not have a baby without donor eggs. We did have 4 miscarriages but right now I am looking at my beautiful 1 week old daughter that was conceived naturally.

We were out of options, my dh lost his job and we could not afford any more medical assistance. I did as much crazy research as possible on low ovarian reserve and found a few small online studies that showed women who took dhea (you can buy it at walmart) helped make the "good eggs" come out. It showed an increased success rate when dhea was used with IVF as well. I am not a doctor and am not telling you to run out and buy it but it has had a few success stories around here.

I am sorry you are going through all of this. I remember how hard I cried and how much it hurt the day the doctor told me all this. I sobbed so hard in my husbands arms. At the time we were not married yet and I tried to break it off with him. I told him I was so sorry I was broken and for him to go off and find a younger girl that he could have babies with. We had just gotten engaged and I was due to pick up my ring from the jewlers that day. I just sobbed even harder and it was so painful. ((hugs)) do not give up hope, ok?