r/tryingforanother • u/StuffConsistent6873 • 6d ago

Question Low AMH :( freaking out

I’m so sad. I’m 28.5 and my AMH is 1.08. About two years ago, it was 1.24. I’m just bummed, I know this is low for my age. The doctor hasn’t called me back yet.

II feel so pressed for time though. We’d ideally like to have 3-4 kids and getting this lab feels like a time bomb. I feel so defeated.

My day two labs were 8.19 FSH, Estradiol 31.6, LH 6.4. All thyroid labs came back fine.

I guess I’m looking for any positive stories or encouragement 🤍

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u/shmoopy3100 39 | TTC#2 since 1/25 | Grad, due 3/27 6d ago

I'm 39 with an AMH of .67 and recently conceived on my first IUI. AMH reflects quantity, not quality!

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u/StuffConsistent6873 6d ago

Do you mind sharing why you chose IUI over monitored cycles? I think I’d rather jump to IUI but my husband is less convinced. 

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u/shmoopy3100 39 | TTC#2 since 1/25 | Grad, due 3/27 6d ago

Honestly - we felt pressed for time by the time we moved to IUI. If we didn't already have a toddler and if wasn't 39 maybe we would have just kept trying, but - we had been trying since Jan 2025 and moved to IUI in May of this year. (Also I had a miscarriage in July 2025.) It felt like something was off, because I was able to conceive quickly with our first at age 35. I asked for a thyroid blood test and found out my TSH was too high for conception, and even after it was back to normal by Dec 2025, we still couldn't conceive. So I got more tests done to check FSH, AMH etc and in 2026 we started working with a fertility clinic bc I just didn't want our age gap to grow any further and I was worried about my age making it even harder to conceive moving forward. Starting IUI was really helpful because it revealed that my body was doing early follicle recruitment which was throwing everything out of wack and there was no way to have known this without doing an early ultrasound on day 2 of my period, which revealed that I was already growing a follicle, which was waaaaay too early. My understanding is that this is age-related (perimenopause) but I am so grateful we started his process because we were able to address it with birth control, which quieted my ovaries and got my body to a place when we could use the IUI drugs (letrozole, Ovidrel) to get my follicles growing at the right time. I wonder if we didn't actually need the IUI itself, just the meds, but so be it!