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Don't believe the hype. '#EggTimer' tests can't reliably predict your chance of #conceiving or #menopause timing https://theconversation.com/dont-believe-the-hype-egg-timer-tests-cant-reliably-predict-your-chance-of-conceiving-or-menopause-timing-207008 https://theconversation.com/dont-believe-the-hype-egg-timer-tests-cant-reliably-predict-your-chance-of-conceiving-or-menopause-timing-207008?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1686693955 “Online companies are now also selling the test directly to consumers to do at home, promoting the test as a way for women to decide when to have a baby, even if they aren’t thinking of having one any time soon.
But it can’t reliably predict the likelihood of pregnancy or how long it would take to get #pregnant.”
“The test measures the level of anti-Mullerian hormone (#AMH) in the blood and is known clinically as an AMH test.
AMH is produced by follicles in the ovaries (little fluid-filled sacs that contain immature eggs) and helps follicles and eggs grow during the menstrual cycle. Because the number of #follicles in the #ovaries drops with increasing age, the level of AMH also falls.”
“But it can’t tell you anything about egg quality. Women with low AMH levels have the same chance of conceiving as women with normal AMH levels.
It also can’t reliably predict menopause timing for individual women.
Because of this, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists strongly discourages AMH testing in women who are not seeking fertility treatment”