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Testing: I had FSH, AMH, thyroid, ultrasound, HSG, Semen analysis, saline uterine ultrasound

Diagnosis: low AMH (.7) high FSH (11), DOR (with suspected poor egg quality due to back to back losses)

Treatment plan: originally we wanted to try injectable a with IUI, with the intention of moving to IVF fairly quickly because of my age,but I decided to try clomid first and responded well so we stuck with that. I did 1 unsuccessful IUI and then a timed intetcourse cycle with clomid, trigger injection, and progesterone, and that one worked. I had three follicles release that cycle but only one implanted successfully. We were supposed to start IVF the next cycle!

Oh man, ok.

What tests did you have done? I did a monitored cycle with all my levels tested, AMH, 4 SHGs, thyroid, semen analysis, and all sorts of blood tests for other things that I don't remember (I went once and had 17 vials of blood taken)

Diagnosis? High FSH, low AMH, DOR, arcuate uterus (my first two doctors said this wasn't an issue, third suggested surgery to correct)

What was the treatment or plan to over come any diagnosis? I had a hysteroscopy/laporoscopy to correct the arcuate uterus and check for asymptomatic endo, and another hysteroscopy the next year to more completely resect the uterus, did 8 medicated IUIs and 2 IVFs.

What was the final outcome? A son, who is almost 2. Also I think that the arcuate uterus was a significant issue in my fertility problems because I'm now 24 weeks pregnant with a baby conceived naturally.

We are starting to TTC#2 and I have to redo all my testing (it's been over 4 years).

What tests did you have done? All the standard blood tests, HSG. Will be repeating all the tests this month.

What were those results (by test, include FSH levels, AMH levels, progesterone and anything else that RE's focus on)? HSG was clear, blood tests normal

What were you diagnosed with/if anything? Two RE's diagnosed me as unexplained, my current RE says it is PCOS

What was the treatment or plan to over come any diagnosis? For our first, we did 4 rounds with Clomid and timed intercourse, 2 rounds of Femara and timed intercourse. We then moved to our second RE and did two rounds of IUI with injectibles. Now that we are looking to start TTC#2, our current RE (third one I've seen) wants us to start with Femara+injectible and IUI.

What was the final outcome? We were successful with our second IUI with injectibles and have a 3.5 year old.

What tests did you have done? Day 3, AFC, 7 dpo progesterone, HSG, lap, doppler, AMH, vit d, DHEA, TSH, prolactin, insulin/glucose tolerance/resistance, mthfr, good start panel, SA for DH

What were those results (by test, include FSH levels, AMH levels, progesterone and anything else that RE's focus on)? AMH a little high (9 and 13), vit d borderline low (30), ,AFC high? (25) all else normal.

What were you diagnosed with/if anything? mild PCO/unexplained

What was the treatment or plan to over come any diagnosis? IVF. supplements Vit D, vit C, vit E, acai, reversitol, melatonin, coq10

What was the final outcome? 3 IUI failed, 3 fresh failed rounds, no FETS. 4th round next year.

What tests did you have done? Cycle day 3 bloodwork, regular baseline bloodwork (CBC, Chem Panel, Thyroid), cycle day 3 ultrasound, HSG and Semen Analysis

What were those results (by test, include FSH levels, AMH levels, progesterone and anything else that RE's focus on)?
I don't remember the specific levels, but every single thing was within normal limits.

What were you diagnosed with/if anything? Unexplained.

What was the treatment or plan to over come any diagnosis?
We tried 4 IUIs, 3 with clomid. These were unmonitored because I did them with a midwife (long story of fertility clinic basically refusing to work with us...gay and using a sperm donor wasn't what they were used to) but I'm confident in our timing. My cycles are super regular and I had very textbook ovulation symptoms that lined up perfectly with the OPKs.

What was the final outcome? Well, I hope this isn't discouraging. I don't doubt that I could get pregnant, maybe through IVF, if I kept trying. Maybe it just needed more time. We tried for 12 straight cycles with zero BFPs. All while tracking, temping, monitoring CM, etc. We had good timing on all 12 of those cycles. We decided after a couple of months off from trying, that we were going to pursue the foster care system and hope to foster to adopt an infant. We are well aware we might not get to keep the first or second or third infant we foster, but are hoping that eventually we will get to adopt one. This sounds very likely given the stories I've heard about others who have done this in our county. In the meantime, we will be caring for and loving infants who really need it. We originally thought we'd keep TTC while we started the foster process, but it became clear that we would need to really commit to it fully, and that's when we decided to stop trying. We may try again at some point in the future, but for now we are 100% dedicated to being amazing foster moms to needy infants and we can't wait to meet the babies we get to love! We are a couple of months into the process and are moving along quickly now, so I'm guess it won't be more than a couple more months until we're licensed.

@Ajsmommy: I hear you on feeling like things are moving quickly. I started with an RE in July, found out I have a very low AMH (though fine FSH), so we jumped into femara/ovidrel/IUIs. We ended up paying $1600 for a package of 3, plus meds. They didn't work, so we are gearing up for IVF. I'd said I'd never do IVF, but when faced with IVF or not having kids, things seemed more real and I changed my mind.