A few days after the last post I got the result of my AMH
(Anti-Mullerian Hormone) this is a blood test to determine fertility. In
Australia, a woman is considered to be on the low side of fertility if her AMH
number is less than 14. See helpful link: http://ivf.com.au/ovarian-reserve-amh-test
I am 34 years old and
my AMH level is 5.9!!! Not even a six?! Well, I was shocked. The shock here is possibly
very different from most women that haven’t been able to conceive, as I have
fallen pregnant three times and have had two healthy babies -and a miscarriage, so when you are given a
number and told you are low; it felt like a slap in the face and a reminder
that I was getting old. Would I still be
able to help Abby? I also had to consider the impact of knowing this number. I
have always thought about having more children when I move back to Brazil...
Then Henry did a great job in reminding me about our old conversations, so I
put my AMH level knowledge in the “bin”.
The joy here is that even with a low AMH level, I will still
produce eggs; there are countless women that have a single digit, even smaller
than mine, that have been able to conceive. It just gets harder to harvest as many
as possible and the production of good quality eggs is reduced.
I will start on Gonal F (I say it “gone feral”) soon, with a
300iu dose. Not sure if this is the highest dose, but it is what I will start
with. In the mean time, I am on day 15
of Synarel and do I feel any different? No, not really.
The hay fever symptoms are still there after I inhale the
hormones; I have no headaches and my mood has not been badly affected. I had my “bad mood day” and that was it, but
if there was anything that could bring a tear or two, now it means that I will
cry a river... Crying is good for the soul, so I am not bothered. I am though,
sleeping a lot. I feel constantly tired!
Synarel was meant to delay my period, but it didn’t. I had
the worse cramps and the heaviest period in my life! I reported to the nurse how
bad the cramps were, really, they were like contractions and how heavy the flow
was. All symptoms that Synarel is meant to help with, (reduce cramps, flow,
painful bowl movements, etc) I had on the opposite side of the scale! She (the
nurse) was surprised as she never heard anyone reporting that before and we
were quick to blame my body, still recovering from the cyst removal!
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