AMH (test) to define Fertility? | Akanksha Hospital

AMH is an important marker to gauge fertility and define the biological ticking in a woman.

The test measuring anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) concentrations, reflects the activity of the ovaries during a woman's lifetime and estimating her remaining egg supply. Where a woman falls on this fertility scale may help her learn the likelihood of becoming pregnant now and how that might change in the foreseeable future. 

AMH (Anti- Mullerian Hormone) is produced directly by the Ovarian Follicles. For Infertile women, AMH has become the standard marker for egg equality. It provides us with a quantitative measure for checking Ovarian Reserve and measures both egg quality and quantity.

Therefore, a woman with lower AMH have lower Antral Follicular Count and produce a lower number of Oocytes. (eggs)

A little information about AMH is that it is produced by the granulosa cells linning the ovarian Follicles. AMH level correlate with the number of Antral Follicles in the Ovaries.

Interestingly, PCOS women are found to have higher AMH levels.  It is also noted that, AMH does not change significantly throughout the menstrual cycle but decreases with age.

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The following are the times where AMH is fo utmost importance:

• Evaluating Fertility potential & Ovarian Response in IVF Serum AMH level correlate with the number of early antral follicles. This makes it useful for predicting your Oavrian Response in IVF Cycle. Women with Low AMH levels are more likely to be Poor Ovarian Responders.
• Measuring Ovarian Aging – Dimished Ovarian Reserve, is signalled by reduced baseline serum AMH concentration.

For young women planning to post-pone the child bearing age, it is esential to test AMH levels to check their fertility potential.

At Aknksha Hospital & Research Institute, India’s Best Infertility Hospital, there are numerous options available for Low egg reserve and Poor responders.