by Randine | Fertility, Trying To Conceive
A simple analogy – FSH is the flame. The uterus is the oven. LH is the opening of the flu. The ovaries are the wood; Estradiol measures the available wood for burning, inhibin B could be seen as the damper that keeps the fire from burning out of control, and AMH could...
by Randine | Fertility, Trying To Conceive
Within the last ten to 15 years, reproductive medicine has made quite a fuss made over high FSH levels. Chinese medicine doesn’t focus so much on the unqualified meaning of laboratory values like Western medicine does; we view lab results energetically according to...
by Randine | Fertility, Trying To Conceive
As if high FSH values, and low estradiol/inhibin-b levels weren’t enough to convince you of your need for drastic intervention and donor eggs, the newest craze in ovarian reserve testing is a hormone known as Anti-Mullerian Hormone or AMH. Again, some reproductive...
by Randine | Fertility, Trying To Conceive
Markers of Ovarian Reserve Viewed Through the Lens of Chinese Medicine Estradiol FSH – Follicle Stimulating Hormone Inhibin B AMH – Antimullerian Hormone “Ovarian reserve” testing can be intimidating and daunting. The results often feel like a fertility...