Diminished ovarian reserve at age 33

[sonolady]

Hello everyone... I was wondering if anyone has been diagnosed with this same condition.  I am 33 and trying to get pregnant.  My fsh was normal back in march so I was not expecting my fsh to be 15 this past month with low antral follical count to go along with it. I've been going through infertiltiy since December of 2007.  I was scheduled for ivf this month but we stopped my stim meds due to 3 follicals not as large or muture as my dominate follical.  So after I start my menstrual cycle we will do a follical count on day 2 and start over.   After two failed iui's I'm hoping this will work for us.  We also are dealing with low sperm count.  So wish us luck!!!!!!!!!

[sonolady]

Do you know what your antral follical count was on day 2 or 3 of your cycle?

[Arlotheslug]

I am 36 and my first IVF attempt was cancelled due to poor stimulation ( 2 follicles were resonding).  My antral follicle count was 10 and the other levels were normal.  They believe that the Lupron over-supressed me.  While Lupron is used a bunch, this is apparently a very common side effect and without any indication of egg reserve.  If you used Lupron, you may want to talk with your physician about a different protocol.  I will be trying an IVF in November/December using a protocal with Ganirelix.  My doctors seemed cautiously optomistic and assured me that his does not mean I have a diminished ovarian reserve.  I am also dealing with male factor.  

Good luck!  I know exactly how you feel!  

[tina1111]

I wish you the very best of luck! Please keep us posted :)

[40smama]

My first IVF cycle was cancelled too because of lack of stimulation - I couldn't get those follies to get big enough but I was 10 years older than you too - at your age, I would think your odds of getting pg w/IVF are lot higher than mine even w/a high FSH number.  

I wish you good luck in your upcoming cycle - hope everything works out and you get some big follies!!  SSBD!