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Clomid?
Hello,
My partner and I are both 32 with healthy family histories of fertility (my mom had her youngest at age 39 and is 1 of 10 kids). And I have always had a regular cycle averaging 30 days.
We have been trying for a year and, preemptively at 9 mos went to an OBGYN for some testing.
Radiology: Looks good, no tube blockage
Ultrasound: Lining looks good, follicles look good, I was there the day I ovulated and could see the burst follicle (pretty cool) and the cycle after that, a few days before ovulation, I had a healthy follicle ready to go.
Blood testing: everything looked normal except my AMH, which was a 0.83, My FSH level was 7.7
My partner does have a low sperm count (12 million) so we tried IUI, which was unsuccessful (although we did wait 2 hours at the office to be squeezed in, so perhaps this made his sample ineffective?)
All of this is background, here are my questions:
1) How accurate is the AMH test? I was told this meant I am at advanced maternal age and have a low egg count. They suggested I try egg freezing soon. It's been hard for me to digest given my healthy personal and family history
2) The doc prescribed clomid and instructed I take it days 3-7 of my cycle. I'm concerned that this will make me release more than one egg. If I have a low egg count (as I've been told) and have been ovulating regularly (as evidence by 2 months of ultrasounds, several months of positive OPKs, regular menstruation etc) then is clomid going to make the eggs 'stronger' or simply increase the likelihood that I'll release egg(s).
My partner and I are both 32 with healthy family histories of fertility (my mom had her youngest at age 39 and is 1 of 10 kids). And I have always had a regular cycle averaging 30 days.
We have been trying for a year and, preemptively at 9 mos went to an OBGYN for some testing.
Radiology: Looks good, no tube blockage
Ultrasound: Lining looks good, follicles look good, I was there the day I ovulated and could see the burst follicle (pretty cool) and the cycle after that, a few days before ovulation, I had a healthy follicle ready to go.
Blood testing: everything looked normal except my AMH, which was a 0.83, My FSH level was 7.7
My partner does have a low sperm count (12 million) so we tried IUI, which was unsuccessful (although we did wait 2 hours at the office to be squeezed in, so perhaps this made his sample ineffective?)
All of this is background, here are my questions:
1) How accurate is the AMH test? I was told this meant I am at advanced maternal age and have a low egg count. They suggested I try egg freezing soon. It's been hard for me to digest given my healthy personal and family history
2) The doc prescribed clomid and instructed I take it days 3-7 of my cycle. I'm concerned that this will make me release more than one egg. If I have a low egg count (as I've been told) and have been ovulating regularly (as evidence by 2 months of ultrasounds, several months of positive OPKs, regular menstruation etc) then is clomid going to make the eggs 'stronger' or simply increase the likelihood that I'll release egg(s).
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