10 Low AMH Facts You Need to Know

10 low Anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH)

Here are 10 low Anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH) facts you should know right now to help you make intelligent choices for you upcoming fertility journey. Don’t worry if you’ve already found yourself in the following places, just take a breath, sit back and open your mind to other possibilities. Low AMH is not the end to your fertility; it is a problem to overcome. Treating women with low AMH levels remain the biggest problem for IVF since the early 80’s … yet they don’t have to be your final destination.

“You can’t change the direction of the wind, but you can adjust your sails to reach your destination.”

1. “Do IVF before it is too late” is expensive advice.

The science to solve low AMH infertility is still beyond the scope of IVF. Low AMH pregnancies are still in the realm of luck and chance, and not the domain if IVF cycles. IVF costs for women with low AMH are the highest in the world and this published study show that success rates the lowest. The study shows that success rates of women using IVF to solve low AMH infertility problems is a 2% – 8% chance having a baby as a result of each IVF cycle. The lower the AMH levels the lower the success rates are. This is the reality that all women with low AMH levels face. IVF marketing or individual IVF clinics may suggest higher success rates but after 40+ years of trying effective treatments to overcome the problem of low AMH levels still do not exist in IVF. You will receive the same treatment protocols as women who have perfectly normal AMH levels, just the dosages vary. If you want to improve your success rates going straight into IVF with low AMH levels try our IVF Support solution before jumping straight in.

2. Low AMH is not the end of your fertility.

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”

We want to help you get real with the challenges you face. Once you understand what you are up against will the options that are available to you make better sense. AMH levels determine the effectiveness of IVF drugs to stimulate your ovaries. When it comes to low AMH test results the upper and lower limits that you see on AMH hormone tests only define what IVF cycles can do, not what is possible or impossible with your body. Outside of IVF doctors advice, products like Ovance & RPM the low AMH combination, may solve your low AMH levels restoring fertility to your eggs once again so that you can have your baby naturally. Use the Ovance & RPM Combination for the right amount of time to increase AMH levels and improve ovarian function to restore fertility to your eggs.

3. A donor egg is not always your only way to get pregnant.

The highest success rates for women with low AMH levels using IVF treatments are from implanting donor eggs from younger women. If you are out of options, a donor egg can work. The following markers are the best indiction of when a donor egg is necessary.

You have no eggs visible on a transvaginal ultrasound.

Your AMH scores of 0.2 ng/ml (0.02 pmol/l) are this low and FSH levels are above 40 IU/L.

Falling pregnant naturally with these low AMH levels matched with such high FSH levels and no visible eggs is the trifecta of ‘against all odds.’ Donor eggs the most realistic path forward. Spending your money, faith and time on anything else is not going to help unfortuantely.

4. Normal AMH levels are not necessary for natural pregnancy.

This study from 1993 shows the benchmark for optimal levels of AMH are 1.69 ng/ml or 14 pmol/l (taken any time of the month) and FSH under 11.5 IU/L on day 3 of the menstrual cycle.

Most women only need 1.1 ng/ml or 5.0 pmol/l and above to fall pregnant.

The Ovance & RPM Combination can provide benefits within these ranges.

Diet and lifestyle changes will improve your overall health and well-being, but may not have sufficient influence on egg quality or pregnancy: this is where treatment is required.

5. Your doctor, fertility specialist or ObGyn is limited in what they can recommend for your treatment.

The doorstep of an IVF clinic is where you will end up is because almost every medical fertility specialist is associated with or works for an IVF clinic. Rules bind doctors to whom they can refer patients when they can no longer help and alternative medicines are not something they are allowed to recommend. Unfortunately when IVF or Modern Medicine fails to solve your problems it is up to the you to find the answers they do not have.

This post talks about ‘why your doctor says you can’t raise AMH levels’ or doesn’t believe that alternative treatments could be of help. Unfortunately the position of ‘if we cannot help then nothing can’ comes from the bias against alternative therapies, and not from because they have any formal education in the alternatives.

Asking your doctor’s opinion on something they have no experience or training in will not give you an informed answer. Seeking health professionals outside of the medical system is the only way to get a different opinion. Ultimately everyone wants to help in the best way they can, the problem is very few have perspective outside of their profession – this is the reality.

6. AMH levels reflect an acton not a result.

Anti-Mullerian Hormone begins the life cycle and protects the development of your maturing eggs. Without sufficient AMH levels, growing good eggs is like trying to grow a plant without the sun. Your primary follicles spend 300 days moving towards the secondary follicles that you see on an ultrasound called the Antral Follicle Count. Science says you need a minimum of 8 eggs at pick up to have one ‘euploid’ egg – an egg that has all of its DNA intact and likely to go on to be fertilised and create a ‘viable embryo’ that the IVF doctor will implant in you with the hope that you will fall pregnant.

So when you are diagnosed with low AMH levels it suggests to your doctor how likely IVF is going to produce at least 8 follicles in a stimulated IVF cycle so that you have just one chance at have a good egg to use when it comes time to implantation. Low AMH levels mean that IVF is unlikely to work 0 the action. Low AMH levels do not mean that you won’t fall pregnant, just that IVF without outside help is not likely to get you pregnant. Read the ‘essential guide on Low AMH and IVF‘ so you understand the facts better.

7. ”Low Ovarian Reserve” and “Diminished Ovarian Reserve” do not mean you are running out of eggs.

Low Ovarian Reserve describes how many eggs you are naturally growing in each ovary. Less than 10 eggs per ovary is a sign that the ovaries are not growing eggs as they should. Learn more about Diminished Ovarian Reserve.

Diminished Ovarian Reserve is the term used when a woman grows five or less eggs for harvesting after IVF ovarian stimulating drugs. Both of these terms can be associated with low AMH levels. Most women entering menopause still have 1000 primordial eggs within their ovaries. The ability to fall pregnant appears to be how many eggs you are producing NOW, now how many eggs you have remaining.

8. You don’t decide if you get pregnant, your body does.

Does your body have a hard time keeping up with you and your daily needs?

Do you wake up tired every morning, wishing just to stay in bed? Stressed out, strung out, or wrung out?

Running you and your needs can take an enormous amount of energy day to day… does your body have enough energy left over to grow a baby? There is nothing in a woman’s world that takes more energy than growing and nurturing a new born baby. Your body knows how much energy it takes to grow a baby… but do you?

If your body struggles to keep up with the daily demands placed on it: it probably does not have enough energy to grow a baby. Growing a baby for you under these conditions is too much. Find out what almost every woman with ‘low AMH levels have in common.’

9. There can be simple answers to improving your fertility.

Problems with our health will also indicate there are problems in managing our life… our bodies are simply not coping with the demands we place upon it.

We generally get away with a poor diet and lifestyle while we are young. A woman’s menstrual health can be a great indicator for her fertile health. Menstruation problems such as hormone imbalance, PCOS, painful, irregular or absent periods are all a sign that things are not right. Have a look at what is going on in your life. See what you can improve. Read this guide we have on ‘the five elements of fertility.‘

10. Take some time to reflect before you jump into what you do next.

Many women are well into trying for a baby before a low AMH diagnosis is made. Maternal instincts are strong and desperation can be high. Throwing money at IVF does not guarantee you a baby. In reality IVF needs help – but they won’t tell you that. Using other real-world solutions to solve low AMH problems. Falling pregnant is not just about low AMH. Improving your health and well-being may be a necessary adjustment in your life, and unlock the key to finally falling pregnant. You can use our ‘Ultimate Fertility Combination’ for excellent results.

​We wish you all the best on your fertility journey and hope that the information we have provided here has been of use to you. Our program director Dr. Scott Martin is available to you through consultation to help you with your needs.