Hi Mog
I'm afraid I haven't got a success story for you .... yet
but I'm an old wrinkly, spinster of the parish, with uber high FSH levels and I'm not giving up without a fight
and I'd like to share with you why I'm not giving up using my own eggs.
I too was devastated when I got my first FSH level result (29.4 IU/L) I cried for days ... so much so that I had to walk the dog in the dark so I wouldn't scare people and live off whatever was in the freezer
But then over a few weeks after I found this site, did a lot of on-line research, I slowly began to try feel as though I might be able to have some control over this nightmare. Some might think I'm being naive but I just can't give up without trying.
Anyway, I started taking Agnus Castus (despite some people advising me against it or other saying it just wouldn't do anything). I had a second FSH level taken one month after the first and week after taking Agnus Castus , and it was down to 20.57 IU/L and I was over the moon
I was half expecting it to be in the 100s.
I know it's still mega high but if it can drop 9 in month without being proactive I'm hoping I can get it down further.
I don't think my levels dropped because of Agnus Castus cos I'd only been on it a week, it was probably a natural fluctuation, but I'm continuing to take this and 'other potions'
to do my damnedest to get my levels down further.
I still have my bad days, wake up with palpitations and can still burst into tears at the most inappropriate moment but thankfully these are getting less and less. I'm generally I'm a lot more positive
and I think this too can have an enormous effect on one health.
Anyway, that's enough of my general twaddle, so now I'll share the 'positive' comments I've had from some doctors .(we've all heard the nagative ones so we don't need to repeat them again
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My email started: I am a 44 year old woman with an underactive thyroid and high FSH levels who would dearly like to try IVF treatment using my own eggs. I know my chances of conception and a live birth are very slim but at the moment I would like to actively and exhaustively persue the possibility of using my own eggs before considering donor oocytes.
Reply from Dr Ales Sobek, Fertimed Clinic, Czech Rep:Yes, I can do it. I know, you understand low chance in 44.
Reply from Dr Stepan Machač, Reprofit Internation, Czech Rep
Of course you can try to have a cycle with your own eggs. There is only a high risk for cancelling he cycle because of no respond. But based only on FSH levels no body can tell you 100% of not being able to conceive with own eggs unless FSH more tan 40
Reply from on-line consultation from Center for Human Reproduction, New YorkConsidering your age of 44, and your elevate FSH, your chances with your own eggs are very slim. If you still would like to try, we will gladly help.
I can't comment on the ARGC because I believe they won't treat single women so I never contacted them.
At the moment I'm leaning towards Reprofit International (the Czech clinics are so much cheaper than those over here and given that I feel as though I'll have to have several cycles to get a success or to be able to give up and move on).
Anyway, I'm hoping you're feeling a bit better these days ... all I can say is that you're not alone ... keep us updated.
Love and hugs
dcon_blue
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,an FSH of 19 is quite a high level but most clinics like to do more than one test as levels can vary from month to month.
? and I went on and produced 5 eggs. Not a huge amount compared to many but enough. Unfortunately it ended with a negative result but the moral of the story is just go for it and don't be put off by the first hurdle.
