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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]/\ PP here. I'm sorry to hear that. And yes, exactly. Close to half of infertility cases are unexplained, so something like normal AMH results would be false reassurance that everything is okay. [/quote]

I don't know, though. I hear what you're saying, and I'm another one with unexplained infertility, but I think there certainly are women who'd benefit from early testing and learning about issues that might be addressed if caught in time. I'm not sure if the fact that the results wouldn't be a slam-dunk for everyone doesn't mean it wouldn't be worth doing since it could still help a lot of people, especially as we continue to learn more about fertility and develop increasingly better treatments. And even just knowing at a younger age so one could start making financial plans for treatment or coming to terms with the fact that they aren't likely to ever have their own biological child would be helpful to plenty of people IMO.[/quote]

AMH is so far from a complete picture, though, that I doubt it would really give you much. The other problem is, what about single women in their early/mid-30s who want kids? When I was that age, there were no options like that modern fertility testing company that will give you (some of) your CD3 numbers to tell you where you stand. But even if there had been, I'm not sure what I could/would have done with that information at the time. I wasn't willing to be a single mother, and I was dating like my life depended on it, but I knew I was still years out from a baby. Ultimately I froze my eggs (and I'm glad I did) but the RE told me right after getting a bumper crop of 22 eggs from me at 35 that I "should try to get pregnant as soon as possible" because the eggs were no guarantee. It's funny, my whole life, I always loved being a girl, but when I hit 35, was still single with no prospects and desperately wanting to be a mom, I never hated being female so much as I did then. I really hope that someday doctors are able to extend the fertility window for women by another 5-7 years at least to catch up with later marriage/childbearing in our society. [/quote]

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