Answered by Dr Natalia Szlarb, fertility specialist
Yes, IVF may still be worth trying with AMH under 1. Dr Natalia Szlarb explains that a lower AMH result may mean that fewer eggs are collected, but a smaller number of eggs does not necessarily mean that the eggs or resulting embryos will be of poor quality.
The Patient’s Questions
The following question was shared by a patient in our Facebook fertility support group:
“Has anyone done iVF with AMH under 1? Don’t know if it is worth the risk…”
You can check the questions here
Doctor’s Answer
Every IVF is worth the risk as long as we generate blastocysts, embryos on day 5 of development, and as long as we define that they are genetically normal. Yesterday we did a social freezing of a lady at the age of 38 and AMH 0.7.
She was able to generate 7 eggs, 5 mature ones and 5 of them got frozen. We are encouraging her to do one cycle more in December to have at least 10 mature eggs. Do something called egg banking.
Fertilize all of her eggs, generate at least 5, 6 blastocysts and at least 1 genetically normal one. So never give up, allow yourself for a cycle and sometimes you have fewer eggs, but good quality and you still can be a mom.
About Dr Natalia Szlarb
Dr Natalia Szlarb is a fertility specialist with an international background in reproductive medicine, gynaecology and obstetrics. Her experience includes working with patients affected by diminished ovarian reserve, poor ovarian response, advanced maternal age, repeated IVF failure and problems with embryo development.
Important Information
This content provides general educational information and does not replace an individual medical assessment. AMH, age, ovarian response and previous treatment results should be reviewed by a fertility specialist before deciding whether to begin or continue IVF.
