How fast does ovarian reserve deplete?

Hello,

Last February my day 3 FSH tested to be 9.2 (which is fair). I was 36 years old when I conceived my first child via Clomid + monitoring cycle + trigger + IUI.

Due to marital problems that may lead to divorce, I'm wondering how fast does ovarian reserve deplete? I would love to have another child and our original goal was to try next year using the same methods. But now that we are on the verge of a divorce, I'm wondering if my first child will be my only child given that who knows how long it will take to find someone new, etc?

I'm curious if it goes down a point or a whole number every year or is it really a matter of the patient, etc? (i.e. unknown)? They didn't find an explaination of infertility beyond the fact that only the trigger shot seemed to work.

thank you

[Elaine Brown, MD]

Hi!
Everyone is different, and there is no way to know.  I must honestly say, that my best adviice is not to have more children until you have a stable living situation--now that you are a mother, I'm sure you know that we moms always put our baby's welfare first, and coming into the world with estranged parents is not the best start!
Good luck!
Dr B