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Anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH) is currently the gold standard for ovarian reserve testing. To recap, AMH is produced by granulosa cells of early developing follicles, and correlates well with age and antral follicle count (AFC), where we covered in ‘3As of Fertility’. Here, we will explore what is normal level of AMH, and what it means if AMH is too high or low.

Women are born with all the eggs that they will ever have. In fact, by the time a female infant is born, still many years from reproductive potential, the number of eggs in her ovaries has already declined by 80% from the peak number of eggs. The number gets even smaller by the time a girl enters puberty and begins to menstruate.

If you have chosen to read this article, you are most likely intrigued by this statement and you want to know more or you are not surprised by it but you are struggling to keep up with it. The aim is to help you get positive emotions which will hopefully lead to an enjoyable road to having a baby, not the other way around.