Hi everyone. My husband and I got told this week that I have premature ovarian failure. Gut-wrenching, sad, sad news. Questions going around our head: How is this fair? How do you move forward knowing you may never have a child of your own genetics? What problems come with having a child from a donor egg? Is it at all possible to have a child on our own and if so, what can we do to optimise our chances? We are heartbroken and disappointed, having had a dream taken away.
Hi...I'm so sorry for you traumatic news...hope you know you're not alone here...we are here for you...sending you well wishes!
Thank you, it is strangely comforting knowing there are others going through the same thing as us; even though I'd never wish this upon anybody.
I have been battling this since Nov 13' and I feel that not all hope is lost. My FSH was 89 in Nov 13' and now its 18. Yes, 18 is still high but it's come down.
Wow, did you do something to achieve that or did it come down on its own?
I switched my thyroid meds to Armour and changed my diet. I worked in the ER department and worked all weird hours. Basically consisted of sleeping getting up and grabbing something on the way in to save time. I changed everything!! I also had blood work done to rule out genetic issues. No one in my family has had POF and all females in my family went through the change around the 51yr mark. So since all my genetic testing was negative, there had to have been something causing the cells in my body to these things. Food, stress and anxiety play a role and wreak havoc in your body.
I am the same, I have no history of pof, and am only 26. I, too, work in a busy unit within a busy hospital and have often wondered about the effects of stress upon my body. I wonder, have you ever had ur AMH tested? Mine is 1.8 so I assume that is a definitive diagnosis.
I cut out gluten, dairy, coffee and sugar. It took 10 months for it to come down. I had 'leaky gut' and stress causing havoc on my system. I had an AMH done it was low but my Vit D was also low (25). There are studies (http://www.inviafertility.com/infertility/drvkarande/vitamin-d-influence-anti-mullerian-hormone-amh-levels/) (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22508713). there are more but here are two. There are other studies where women have had their AMH increase so if this is a definitive test, how can there be an increase?? Nutrition is very important our digestion is 70%. Think of it like pollution in a river; 1st few years its not bad still swimmable but after a decade there is so much trash in the river you cant swim. Why are females more affected? Who knows! Probably because we are the ones that are on birth control for so long and our hormones are more sensitive than males.
I was just diagnosed with POF, age 39, it's come on suddenly with no warning that I can see. I've been getting lots of blood tests done, trying to figure out what the underlying cause may be, if that's possible. I had my vitamin D tested and it was 27, my doctor said that is just fine. I noticed you said yours is low at 25... that is very helpful. I will look further into that aspect. This is such a confusing thing to navigate through! I did start acupuncture and have mostly cut out white flour, white sugar and dairy, so that's another reason your post spoke to me. Thank you!
Having Vit D at 27 is NOT normal. Normal is 50-70.
Mnbudd and curly89, thank you both very much! This is very helpful. I am already looking at my test results and situation in a new light.
Because of all I went through I am now on the path to becoming an ND. I have been mismanaged for years my MD's and even lost a vital endocrine organ in the process (Thyroid). Never let them take out your Thyroid =)