Dr. Hanna – Helping Women with
Poor Egg and Low Ovarian Reserve

Any women diagnosed with LOR and poor eggs should see infertility doctor for advanced fertility testing and treatment. Due to age- decreased number of eggs, women over 35 years of age who are trying to get pregnant are defined as ‘older patients’ and older patients are more often looking for help from Dr. Hanna, ‘poor egg specialist’.

Age Matters

Why Age Matters

  • Women age is one of the most important predictors for her chances for successful pregnancy, healthy baby, and infertility treatments outcomes.
  • With age, number and quality of eggs (oocytes) decreases, making natural conception less successful.
  • Women over 35 should seek help from infertility specialist, a doctor like Dr. Hanna, who treat older patients seeking pregnancy.
  • Women with low egg count or poor egg quality and patients over 40 years old who are trying to have a baby, should right away see infertility specialist.
  • Delaying seeing a doctor to 'WAIT AND RELAX' can dramatically reduce chances for successful pregnancy and baby.

FSH and AMH Testing for Women Ovarian Reserve

FSH (Follicle-Stimulating Hormone)

  • Main hormone responsible for reproduction is produced by pituitary.
  • FSH regulates menstrual cycle, stimulates hormone estrogen production and ovulation (egg development).
  • With lower egg count, FSH level in blood is high.

AMH (Anti-Mullerian Hormone)

  • Hormone produced in the women ovary.
  • AMH indicates estimated number of EGGS present in her ovaries (ovarian reserve), but not egg quality.
  • Ovarian reserve decreases with age and AMH closely correlates with women fertility potential.

FSH/AMH: Although number of good oocytes decreases with age in all women, there is a better chance for conception and pregnancy with normal FSH/AMH values and when additional infertility factors have been corrected.

Low Ovarian Reserve (LOR)

Low ovarian reserve (LOR) is defined by FSH blood levels over 10 (ten) and/or AMH blood level less than 1 (one). Both results indicated LOR, regardless of women age.

Women diagnosed with LOR, has less eggs left in her ovary and LOR decreases chances for spontaneous pregnancy and infertility successful treatments:

  • Less good quality eggs associated with LOR is responsible for reduced pregnancy rates when compared to same age patients with normal ovarian reserves.
  • LOR patients show poor response to medications and have lower total number oocytes harvested for IVF. More retrieved eggs are immature and with inferior quality including broken zona pellucida and other oocyte defects.
  • Defective eggs produce weak embryos resulting in poor implantation, miscarried pregnancies or failed fertilizations.
  • Low ovarian reserve potentiates negative age factor effect on egg number and quality with much lower number of good quality oocytes.

Why Patients with Low Ovarian Reserve (LOR) Choose Dr. Hanna?

  • Dr. Hanna, 'poor egg quality fertility doctor' is experienced with low AMH and poor egg quality and she is a trusted expert in helping women facing these fertility challenges.
  • Each patient is receiving customized protocols and personalized fertility plans, tailored for each patient needs and based on her lab profile and previous treatment history.
  • Advanced pre-treatment protocols customized to each patient implemented before ovarian stimulation.
  • Stimulation protocols that maximize production of higher-quality eggs employed together with advanced-technology IVF and embryo banking.
  • Gonadotropins and hormonal support to increase high-quality eggs production. High-quality eggs are essential for optimal number of high-quality embryos available for transfer and successful IVF.

Important: Minimum or no medication protocols lower chances for pregnancy by bringing poor-quality eggs especially in older women. 'Mini' IVF or 'Natural' IVF usually eliminates use of injectable fertility meds, but the same time the 'super eggs' production step is eliminated.

Chances for quality embryo and pregnancy produced by a single, sub-fertile oocyte, especially in older patient is too low to recommend.

Too often patients with multiple failed Mini IVF or 'Natural IVF cycles' are looking for second opinion after she was told already that her FSH is too high to continue treatment.

Contact today our Manhattan clinic, trusted by women across Manhattan, and get expert care for your infertility needs.

Premature Menopause

When diagnosed, menopause is usually NOT REVERSIBLE condition. Patient has no periods and no own eggs left in her ovary to make a baby.

Use of egg donors or adoption are options for menopause-diagnosed women and for LOR who failed other treatments.

Our Results

50%+

Pregnancy rate for women age 35-40

40%

National average pregnancy rate

#1 Expert

Trusted 'poor egg specialist' in Manhattan

Our pregnancy rates for older patients, over 35 using own eggs, are one of the highest in New York area, over 50% per IVF treatment for women age 35-40 are higher than national under 40% pregnancy rates.

Schedule FREE consultation with Dr. Hanna today to discuss your options for poor egg and low ovarian reserve. Get expert care for your fertility needs.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Does lower ovarian reserve increase birth defects in babies?

There is no evidence of adverse outcomes with birth defects in patients with LOR

How many stimulation cycles are needed for successful embryo transfer?

Two cycles are usually sufficient

Is there a way to increase woen AMH low number?

Yes. We try to increase AMH in all patients, prior to ovarian stimulation

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Manhattan Reproductive Medicine, P.C.

159 E 74th St C, New York, NY 10021

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