At the end of April 2021, I was preparing for motherhood. At that time, I was 34 years old. Thinking that I was too old, I went for a pre-pregnancy exam. It was found that my AMH was less than 0.05. My ultrasound showed that I only have one follicle in the right ovary, and my menstrual cycle fluctuated around 23 to 30 days, and there was not much abnormality in menstruation. At that time, since I already had my period, the doctor didn't give me a blood test for hormones. The doctor will need hormone tests before he can give the diagnosis of premature ovarian failure. I began to change my diet and adjust my work and rest schedule after I went home.
At
the time, I didn’t know what such a low AMH meant. Doctor told me it is the
value of women who are about to have menopause. I began to be very afraid. I
did research on social media while I waited for the second day of my menstrual
cycle at the end of May to check for 6 hormones. The result turned out to be
okay. FSH at 10. The doctor had me try taking medicine to stimulate ovulation
and monitor follicles to see if I can conceive on my own. After two months of
ovulation stimulations, ten follicles that are being monitored have superior
follicles and excreted. The doctor instructed me to have sex, but I did not get
pregnant. In the third month of my menstrual cycle, I gave up taking ovulation
pills and monitoring the follicles, there were no good follicles and ovulation.
At
this time, I was very anxious and was preparing to do test tubes. At the same
time, I was amazed by all kinds of social media and various health care
products that help people get pregnant. Finally, I chose coenzyme q10 and a
package of nutritional supplements. From May to August, I regularly
adjusted my work and rest schedule, diet, and exercise. But there are still so
few follicles. I'm afraid there will not be any fertility clinic willing to
accept me for IVF. But I decided to take the first step of doing IVF and chose
a fertility clinic. Before going to the fertility clinic, I went to hospital and
examined my AMH and 6 hormones again. Although the doctor said that the
re-examination is meaningless, I still want to re-examine. My AMH was 0. 2, FSH
was 11. I had period on August 16. On August 19 I went to a fertility clinic.
The doctor read my report and examined my antral follicles. Both left and right
follicles added up to four. The doctor gave me a diagnosis of low ovarian
reserve. He ordered all the tests before the IVF, and prescribed more health
care products, including Calcium+ D3 and DHA.
During
this period, I went to a traditional Chinese medicine doctor introduced by my
friend. He prescribed traditional Chinese medicine for a week. Traditional
Chinese medicine is completely different from Western medicine. The Chinese
medicine doctor thinks I can have regular menstruation, and pregnancy is just a
matter of time. So, I took one week of traditional Chinese medicine. Then I
went to another Chinese doctor who is said to be very powerful, and he prescribed
the medicine for another 15 days. Originally, I had given up hope this month. I was thinking about
going to do IVF next month, therefor I felt less anxious. However, on August
27th, I couldn't help but to use another ovulation test strip. The result was
strong positive. However, on August 28, test result from strong become
weak. In September, I found out I was pregnant.
My
last menstrual period was on August 16, 2021. My follow-up prenatal exam went
well, and the due date was May 23, 2022. On May 20, my little tiger was born by
caesarean section at 5.8 kg! From preparation of pregnancy to being pregnant, I
had a total of four menstrual cycles. What I want to say is, AMH does not mean anything,
as long as you have menstruation, stick to monitoring your follicles and adjust
your mentality, you only need one good egg to get pregnant.
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