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diagnosed with early menopause is there any hope at all

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Please can anyody give me any inspiring stories of woman diagnosed with early menopause who have gone onto become pregnant.
After a year of ttc without success I have been given this devastating news and I am heartbroken.
Please can anybody lend some support is there anybody on here who has been given this devastating news recently.
I just cannot seem to accept it fully and I am still hoping that somehow if I do have any eggs left that one somewhere will result in pregnancy.
I feel that this has ruined my life I am so depressed about it.
Is there anything that can be done for me at all any experiences out there I am so desperate.
I feel like a dried up old prune before my time and have such a strong desire to have a baby that I just cannot shake off.
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I am under the care of a fertility clinic who by looking at my blood work a fsh level of 62 and lh of 25 have suggested either premature ovarian failure or early menopause.
They said if its menopause then my only option of having a baby is by donar egg.
I became unwell recently with symtpoms such as dizzy turns, muscles weakness, sleep disturbance, anxiety, depression it appears that my fsh rose during this time suggesting my symptoms were menopause.
I was also referred to an endo but not a reproductive one I don,t think.
The reason I was referred was because I went to my doctor about all of the crazy symptoms I was getting who suggested it could be my thyroid which is underactive and still not controlled since I was diagnosed last November.
The endo sat there like a sargeant major armed with my results from the fertility clinic and blatently said I am in early menopause as my blood work suggests it and all of my symptoms are down to that.
Now while I realise that she could quite easily be correct she is only basing her assumption on one set of dodgy blood tests I have had high fsh before which came back down to a normal level.
She said I need to get myself on hrt as I am so young at 37 and my chances of concieving are slim.
That appointment really upset me and I burst into tears after it.
I have not pursued the hrt as yet I don,t want to jump in I would like more blood work doing and I would like my estrogen checking which apparently falls rapidly when in menopause.
I have not had this done recently and I want that checking before I think about hrt.
I told the endo that it has not been checked recently but was met with the response it will be very low in a brutal matter of fact way.
Meanwhile the fertility clinic want me to take the birth controll pill to try and regulate my periods as I have not had one for 4 months now, they want me to atke it for 21 days and see if I get period to try and determine if I am indeed in early menopause.
I realise that I prbably am and all of these people could be right but something compells me to pursure things a bit just in case there is a remote chance of me having a baby.
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I was told that my blood work showed premature ovarian failure after my response to Femara was less than favorable. Then my RE decided to try injectables to see if I could produce any more eggs. We did one month of it, and I had two eggs on each side! The two on the left didn't ovulate and ended up being cysts, but the two on the right did and I am now 6 wks pg. I was completely hopeless too, but kept at it. I don't know your exact situation, but I know there are medications out there that can help. Are you seeing an RE? Have you tried injectables yet? Best of luck to you, and keep trying! There are so many things you can do and lots of reasons to keep hope. I wish you all the best! Please feel free to ask any questions-I am here for you!!!!
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