This Is How Long It Took Once I Decided to Freeze My Eggs
It Took More Than 7 Months For Me to Freeze My Eggs — Here's What I Learned Along the Way
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On Dec. 26, I had just flown back to New York City after spending Christmas with my family in Ohio, and I headed straight to Extend to sit down with reproductive endocrinologist Bat-Sheva Lerner Maslow, MD. She explained that my AMH level was 0.52. To put that in perspective, the average AMH level for a 33-year-old woman is around 2.7. Dr. Malsow broke the terrifying news to me that my level was low even for someone who is on birth control.
I already knew my antral follicle count was nine, because the doctor counted them aloud during my ultrasound. Those numbers combined gave me an anticipated egg retrieval of between four and 10 eggs. Based on the limited amount of time I had been off of birth control, Dr. Maslow recommended we wait, so that's what we did.