Dhea

[Lesley03]

Hi All,

Ive also just posted this in TTC forum...

This is my first post in a long time! I was TTC for my little girl for 18 months. We ended up having 2 unsuccessful rounds of clomid and a final successful round of Letzerole. The only problem our fertility doctor could find was a slightly blocked tube, which was flsuhed out, and a low (13.7) AMH score for me. He told me to take 3 x 25mg of DHEA to improve this - which I did.

So (now you know my story!) we were thinking of TTC baby no. 2 and I started taking DHEA again. Then I got a bit worried because a. I didnt know what changed my body has gone through since having my baby and b. I am not being supervised by a doctor like I was last time...so i stopped after a week. I have now been spotting very lightly for 4/5 days and I am only on CD 12. My cycles are usually 40 days long.

I have had a google and it seems like it could be a side effect of the DHEA, alebit one i never had before. I was just wondering if any of you ladies had/were taking it and had spotting?!

Thanks in advance! x

 

[lisey]

13 seems like a reasonable AMH level. Mine was 2!!
I know DHEA can have a lot of side effects, I took it for a couple of days but found it made me very agitated so I stopped.

Maybe it would be worth seeing him again to get some advice xx

 

[Lesley03]

Oh really? I've tried to look into AMH levels and what's "normal" etc but always find conflicting reports and/or little info!

I've stopped it for now. I think we will see a doctor again in a few months if we don't get a BFP. I've heard your body changes after birth too so who knows what's going on!

Thanks for your reply x

 

[lisey]

This gives a run down of UK amh levels. Yours are considered on the low side but nearer the top end towards the normal. I personally wouldn't be concerned with those levels. They may have changed since you last had them done of course. Mine went up after two years (only to 4 but still). I took igh dose vit d which I think helped xx

http://www.simply-fertility.com/patient-info/fertility-assessment/a-guide-to-amh/