24/08/2026
Knowing your AMH has become very fashionable in the fertility world - and with women having babies later, and egg freezing becoming increasingly common, I understand why.
I’m now seeing women in their early–mid 20s wanting to know their AMH “just in case”.
And sometimes that number comes as a huge shock.
I know several women who discovered around age 30 that their AMH was 2 pmol/L. Understandably, they panicked. They worried they were running out of time and decided to freeze their eggs.
But with an AMH that low, collecting enough eggs for future use can sometimes mean 2–3 full IVF stimulation cycles - potentially costing around $30,000 AUD.
Here’s the twist…..
The majority of these women went on to conceive naturally in their 30s - and have never needed to use those frozen eggs. 🤦🏼♀️
Because AMH is not a measure of your ability to get pregnant naturally.
It primarily gives us information about ovarian reserve and can be particularly useful for predicting how the ovaries may respond to IVF stimulation.
So yes, AMH can be a really useful piece of information.
But it is only one piece of the fertility picture- not a fertility verdict.
Consider this your gentle reminder: don’t let one AMH result freak you out. ❤️
