Author: Jacky Dixon

Fertility and Anti Mullerian Hormones (AMH)

Recently the test to assess ovarian reserve has become more sophisticated, using the Anti Mullerian Hormone blood test. Most medical practitioners still use the three day Follicular-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) test, determining levels on day three of the cycle; this is an inexact test as FSH levels fluctuate in the blood over the course of a day, this is only a measure of FSH at the time you are drawing blood, so it would only be accurate if you had several blood tests of the course of the day to get an average reading.
14 April, 2014
Australian research on fertility, carried out by Dr. Anne Clark, (2006) the Chair of the “Preservation of Fertility”,  gives us an insight into issues surrounding fertility today. The research covered 2,400 Australians age 18+ across all states, the results were as follows:
07 March, 2014
My number one New Year’s resolution this year is to get up 5 minutes earlier to ensure that I can prepare my green smoothie for the day (or whatever colour, depending what is left in the fridge!)
17 January, 2014